Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
2004-09-20
2010-06-01
Wong, Don (Department: 2163)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
C707S793000, C705S051000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07730010
ABSTRACT:
A method, system, and apparatus are provided for maintaining user privacy in a knowledge interchange (“KI”) system. A user may provide privacy preferences relating to their participation in the KI system. The user may identify specific keywords, noun phrases, and contacts that should not be transmitted to a server computer. The user may also specify whether each keyword, noun phrase, or contact should be public or private. If a public keyword is identified during a search query as being associated with the user, the user's identity will be made available to a seeker If a private keyword is identified during a search query as being associated with the user, the user's identity will not be made available and a brokered communication process between the seeker and the user will be performed.
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Kishore Ajitesh
Sahasrabudhe Sandeep
Hwa Shyue Jiunn
Merchant & Gould
Microsoft Corporation
Wong Don
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