Patent ID: 11914738
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 1:
2. A client device for obtaining a categorization of a sensitive data field in a dataset, the dataset comprising one or more records, each record of the dataset comprising a value of the sensitive data field, the client device comprising:
a communication interface configured for digital communication with a data provider device and a categorization device;
a memory configured to store categories of the sensitive data field for records of the dataset;
a processor configured to:
determine categorization data, the categorization data comprising, for one or more possible values of the sensitive data field, a homomorphic encryption of the one or more possible values and data encoding a category of a possible value of the one or more possible values;
provide the categorization data to the data provider device;
obtain from the categorization device data encoding a category of the sensitive data field for a record of the dataset, and store said category for the record in the memory.