Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Monitoring a privacy rating for an application or website
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Application No.: US17147018Application Date: 2021-01-12
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Publication No.: US11588858B2Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: Mark A. Sartor
- Applicant: The Privacy Factor, LLC
- Applicant Address: US NJ Princeton Junction
- Assignee: The Privacy Factor, LLC
- Current Assignee: The Privacy Factor, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Princeton Junction
- Agency: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
- Main IPC: G06F21/60
- IPC: G06F21/60 ; H04L29/02 ; G06F21/62 ; H04L9/40 ; G06F21/53 ; G06F21/78 ; G06F16/951

Abstract:
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and policy rating server device that receives a request from a client computing device for one or more privacy ratings. The request identifies at least one application, such as an application installed on the client computing device for example. A policy associated with the identified application is obtained. The obtained policy is analyzed to identify a plurality of key words or phrases associated with use by the at least one application of functionality of, or personal information stored on, the client computing device. One or more privacy ratings are generated based on numerical values assigned to each of the identified key words or phrases, the generated one or more privacy ratings are output to the client computing device in response to the request.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210385250A1 MONITORING A PRIVACY RATING FOR AN APPLICATION OR WEBSITE Public/Granted day:2021-12-09
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