METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPLEMENTING SEARCH QUERY PRIVACY
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1. A computer method for implementing search query privacy for a user comprising:
- receiving a query from the user;
processing the query to identify an unsafe query;
responsive to identifying said unsafe query, submitting the unsafe query to a proxy service;
said proxy service submitting the query to a search engine and preventing the submitted query from being associated with the user;
receiving the search results for the user from the proxy service; and
responsive to identifying a safe query, submitting said identified safe query directly to the search engine.
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Abstract
User privacy is protected by preventing certain unsafe search queries from being associated with the user when saved by a search engine. When an unsafe query is detected, the unsafe query is submitted to a proxy service, and the proxy service submits the query to a search engine preventing the query from being associated with the user. The user receives the search results from the proxy service. Query filtering only allows queries to be submitted directly to the search engine that do not provide personal information or information which may infer an undesirable trend when taken in aggregate with other submitted queries by that user.
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1. A computer method for implementing search query privacy for a user comprising:
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receiving a query from the user; processing the query to identify an unsafe query; responsive to identifying said unsafe query, submitting the unsafe query to a proxy service;
said proxy service submitting the query to a search engine and preventing the submitted query from being associated with the user;receiving the search results for the user from the proxy service; and responsive to identifying a safe query, submitting said identified safe query directly to the search engine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program product for implementing search query privacy in a computer system, said computer-readable medium consisting one of a floppy disk, a hard disk, a high capacity read only memory in the form of an optically read compact disk or CD-ROM, a DVD, a tape, a read only memory (ROM), and a random access memory (RAM), said computer program product including instructions executed by the computer system to cause the computer system to perform the steps of:
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receiving a query from the user; processing the query to identify an unsafe query; responsive to identifying said unsafe query, submitting the unsafe query to a proxy service;
said proxy service submitting the query to a search engine and preventing the submitted query from being associated with the user;receiving the search results for the user from the proxy service; and responsive to identifying a safe query, submitting said identified safe query directly to the search engine. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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