Patent ID: 9489530
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of anonymising user data by aggregation, the method comprising at least one server-side device: receiving, at the at least one server-side device, an anonymous aggregation command from a user client device, the anonymous aggregation command including a specification of a set of users, the specification relating to user behavior, the anonymous aggregation command further including an action to be taken in respect of at least some of the users who meet the specification; generating an aggregated list of users who meet the specification in the anonymous aggregation command; validating the aggregated list of users who meet the specification by determining if the aggregated list meets at least one criterion for anonymous aggregation; and if the aggregated list is validated as meeting the at least one criterion, triggering the action in the anonymous aggregation command to be taken in respect of the validated aggregated list of users who meet the specification.