Patent ID: 9356961
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising the steps of: collecting data indicative of privacy attributable to at least one of a service and a provider of the service accessible in a cloud infrastructure; generating a privacy rating for at least one of the service and the provider of the service based on at least a portion of the collected data, wherein the privacy rating is generated utilizing a decision tree to evaluate at least a portion of the collected data, the decision tree comprising two or more decision nodes, each decision node computing a score for a privacy criteria, wherein the scores are aggregated to generate the privacy rating, and wherein evaluation of at least a portion of the collected data by the decision tree comprises comparing at least a portion of the collected data to one or more privacy standards and determining a text-match percentage between at least a portion of the collected data and the one or more privacy standards, comparing the text-match percentage to a specified threshold, and classifying the provider as a first type privacy violation risk when the text-match percentage is at least below the specified threshold and a second type privacy violation risk when the text-match percentage is at least above the specified threshold; and enabling negotiation of one or more aspects of the service between a user of the service and the provider of the service based on the generated privacy rating; wherein at least part of the collecting, generating and enabling steps are performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.