Patent Document ID: 8291213
Application ID: 13193016

Base Claim:
1. A non-transitory machine-readable media having code for execution on a machine, the machine when executed performing a method comprising: receiving, by the machine and from a principal service an identity for a principal that is associated with a search being performed by a search service and receiving return search instructions in a first encrypted format, the identity of the principal is masked or aliased preventing disclosure of a true identity for the principal; acquiring, by the machine and from the search service, search results in a second encrypted format for the search that was executed by the search service on behalf of the principal; and sending, by the machine and to the principal a decrypted version of the search results in accordance with the return search instructions.

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Claim 5:
5. The non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 1 , wherein acquiring further includes acquiring a reference to the identity with the search results and matching that reference to the identity of the principal to ensure the search results, which are in the second encrypted format, are for the principal and the search.