Patent Document ID: 9686242
Application ID: 13826456

Base Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a protection system comprising a hardware controller implemented in a network in a data path between a device of a user and a web server that provides a web service; the hardware controller intercepts communications exchanged between the user and the web service over the network, identifies text in the communications between the user and the web service, and identifies subjects discussed in the text; the controller communicates with the device to display the subjects to the user and determine which of the subjects are sensitive to the user, and interacts with the web server over the network to delete a history for the user from the web server that relates to the sensitive subjects.

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Claim 7:
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein: the hardware controller intercepts a request for the web service as initiated by the user, parses the request to determine if the request includes text that relates to a sensitive subject, and sends an alert to the user that includes at least one option for handling the request.