Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for masking user input and sensor data at a user device
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Application No.: US16684195Application Date: 2019-11-14
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Publication No.: US10970422B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Bruno Mendez , Manuel Enrique Caceres
- Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Applicant Address: US VA Arlington
- Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Arlington
- Main IPC: G06F21/83
- IPC: G06F21/83

Abstract:
A system described herein may allow for the masking of user input and/or sensor data, which could otherwise be used to uniquely identify and track a user. For example, user inputs (e.g., keyboard or mouse inputs) and/or sensor data (e.g., data from a touchscreen, pressure sensor, gyroscope, etc.) may be normalized and randomized. The normalization and/or randomization may include modifying metadata associated with user inputs or sensor data (e.g., modification of timestamps and/or modification of raw data) prior to outputting the user inputs or sensor data to an application, and/or to a service that attempts to uniquely identify users based on such metadata.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200082129A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MASKING USER INPUT AND SENSOR DATA AT A USER DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-03-12
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