Patent ID: 7979888

Claim:
A computer that is physically configured to implement a method of identifying an entry in an entity model as being at least one of potentially private and potentially sensitive if the entry is combined with one or more specified entries wherein the method comprises: creating an indication related to a specific entry in the entity model wherein the entity model has at least one entity and each entity has at least one property and where each property is a specialization of one data type and where each data type has at least one attribute that indicates whether the data type contains at least one of potentially personally identifiable entry and potentially sensitive entry if the entry is combined with one or more specified entries and wherein the entity model is a relational database that indicates whether the specific entry is one of potentially personally identifiable and potentially sensitive wherein a first attribute indicates whether an entry is a potentially personally identifiable entry if the entry is combined with one or more specified entries or with a data type wherein the potentially identifiable entry comprises information that may be used to identify a specific person; a second attribute indicates whether an entry is a potentially sensitive entry if the entry is combined with one or more specified entries or with a data type wherein the potentially sensitive entry comprises information that is desired to be kept from the public; and a default value of the indication is that the entry is one of: potentially personally identifiable if the entry is combined with one or more specified entries or with a data type, potentially sensitive if the entry is combined with one or more specified entries or with a data type; personally identifiable and potentially sensitive; the specific entry alone is not at least one of personally identifiable and potentially sensitive but would be one of potentially personally identifiable and potentially sensitive when combined with one or more additional specified entries or with a data type; and allowing the indication to be modified by a user with permission to indicate whether the specific entry is one of potentially personally identifiable and potentially sensitive if the entry is combined with one or more specified entries or with a data type.