Patent ID: 11934463
Assignee: SECURITYMETRICS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for identifying potentially sensitive information, comprising:
a scanning device that communicates with a memory device that stores data including potentially sensitive information comprising a unique identifier associated with a specific individual, the scanning device programmed to:
determine whether a number of sequential bytes corresponding to decimal numbers or decimal numbers and dashes corresponds to the potentially sensitive information; and
search for a combination of place names within a predetermined number of bytes of the potentially sensitive information by:
identifying a first potential place name within the predetermined number of bytes;
identifying a second potential place name associated with the first potential place name; and
confirming that the first potential place name and the second potential place name correspond to acceptable place names, each of the first potential place name and the second potential place name including a consecutive string of alphabetical characters with optional spaces, dashes, commas, periods, or apostrophes.