Patent ID: 11960624
Assignee: IMMUTA, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for anonymizing an answer to a query sent to a relational database, the system comprising:
one or more hardware processors; and
a non-transitory computer-readable data storage device storing program instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
obtaining the query to the relational database, the relational database containing a plurality of records, each of the records having a plurality of attributes pertaining to a unique entity;
determining a frequency of occurrence of the attributes in the relational database;
creating an anonymization rule set based on the frequency of occurrence of the attributes, the anonymization rule set defining which attributes are to be suppressed in the answer to the query;
generating the answer to the query using the anonymization rule set, wherein the answer to the query has k-anonymity; and
controlling a display or other device based on the answer to the query.