Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Storing identification data as virtual personally identifiable information
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Application No.: US15475878Application Date: 2017-03-31
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Publication No.: US10210386B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Raphael A. Rodriguez
- Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
- Current Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; H04L9/32

Abstract:
The present disclosure describes methods and systems for storing virtual personal identifiable information. In some implementations, the information is collected during the authentication of identification (ID) documents. The system includes a one-way hashing function that converts unique personal identifiable information into a unique digest. The system can store the digest without having to store the personal identifiable information. Because the hashing function generates the same digest when given the same input, the digests can be used as anonymized identifiers in place of the personal identifiable information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170286765A1 STORING IDENTIFICATION DATA AS VIRTUAL PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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