Patents Assigned to Anonos Inc.
  • Patent number: 11030341
    Abstract: Systems, computer-readable media, and methods for improving data privacy/anonymity and data value, wherein data related to a data subject can be used and stored, while minimizing re-identification risk by unauthorized parties and enabling data related to the data subject to be disclosed to an authorized party by granting access only to the data relevant to that authorized party's purpose, time period, place and/or other criterion via the obfuscation of specific data values. The techniques described herein maintain this level of privacy/anonymity, while still empowering Data Subjects, e.g., consumers or customers of such authorized parties, e.g., business entities, by enabling them to request or specify their desired level of engagement with such business entities. Data Subjects may then receive privacy-respectful, trusted communication, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Anonos Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Gary LaFever, Ted N. Myerson, Steven Mason
  • Patent number: 10572684
    Abstract: Systems, computer-readable media, and methods for improving both data privacy/anonymity and data value, wherein data related to a data subject can be used and stored, e.g., in a distributed ledger data structure, such as a blockchain, while minimizing re-identification risk by unauthorized parties and enabling data, including quasi-identifiers, related to the data subject to be disclosed to any authorized party by granting access only to the data relevant to that authorized party's purpose, time period, place and/or other criterion via the obfuscation of specific data values, e.g., pursuant to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or other similar regulatory schemes. The techniques described herein maintain this level of privacy/anonymity while still satisfying the immutability, auditability, and verification mandated by blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) for the decentralized storage of transactional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Anonos Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Gary LaFever, Ted N. Myerson, Steven Mason
  • Patent number: 10043035
    Abstract: Systems, computer-readable media, and methods for improving both data privacy/anonymity and data value, wherein real-world, synthetic, or other data related to a data subject can be used while minimizing re-identification risk by unauthorized parties and enabling data, including quasi-identifiers, related to the data subject to be disclosed to any authorized party by granting access only to the data relevant to that authorized party's purpose, time period, purpose, place and/or other criterion via the required obfuscation of specific data values, e.g., pursuant to the GDPR or HIPAA, by incorporating a given range of those values into a cohort, wherein only the defined cohort values are disclosed to the given authorized party. Privacy policies may include any privacy enhancement techniques (PET), including: data protection, dynamic de-identification, anonymity, pseudonymity, granularization, and/or obscurity policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Anonos Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Gary LaFever, Ted N. Myerson, Steven Mason, Colin W. Wetherbee
  • Patent number: 9619669
    Abstract: Various systems, computer-readable media, and computer-implemented methods of providing improved data privacy, anonymity, and security by enabling subjects to which data pertains to remain “dynamically anonymous,” i.e., anonymous for as long as is desired—and to the extent desired—are disclosed herein. This concept is also referred to herein as “anonosizing.” In some embodiments, the anonosizing of data may be implemented by encoding and decoding data under controlled conditions to support specific uses within designated authorized contexts. By anonosizing data controls via “identifying” and/or “associating” data elements within a population, data uses may be restricted to only those uses permissioned by a data subject or authorized third party. If new authorized data uses arise, all original data value and utility may be retained to support them—to the extent authorized by a data subject or authorized third party—but inappropriate, i.e., non-permissioned, uses of identifying information may be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Anonos Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Gary LaFever, Ted N. Myerson, Steven Mason
  • Patent number: 9361481
    Abstract: Various systems, computer-readable media, and computer-implemented methods of providing improved data privacy, anonymity, and security by enabling subjects to which data pertains to remain “dynamically anonymous,” i.e., anonymous for as long as is desired—and to the extent that is desired—are disclosed herein. This concept is also referred to herein as Just-In-Time-Identity, or “JITI.” Embodiments include systems that create, access, use, store and/or erase data with increased privacy, anonymity and security—thereby facilitating the availability of more qualified information—via the use of temporally unique, dynamically changing de-identifiers (“DDIDs”). In some embodiments, specialized JITI keys may be used to “unlock” different views of the same DDID (or its underlying value), thereby providing granular control over the level of detail or obfuscation visible to each user based on the context of said user's authorized use of data, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Anonos Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Gary LaFever, Ted N. Myerson, Steven Mason
  • Patent number: 9129133
    Abstract: Various systems, computer-readable media, and computer-implemented methods of providing improved data privacy, anonymity and security by enabling subjects to which data pertains to remain “dynamically anonymous,” i.e., anonymous for as long as is desired—and to the extent that is desired—are disclosed herein. Embodiments include systems that create, access, use, store and/or erase data with increased privacy, anonymity and security, thereby facilitating the availability of more qualified and accurate information. When data is authorized by subjects to be shared with third parties, embodiments may facilitate sharing information in a dynamically controlled manner that enables delivery of temporally-, geographically-, and/or purpose-limited information to the receiving party. In one example, anonymity measurement scores may be calculated for the shared data elements so that a level of consent/involvement required by the Data Subject before sharing the relevant data elements to third parties may be specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Anonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Gary LaFever, Ted N. Myerson, Samantha L. Hampton, Howard Kaushansky, Steven Mason
  • Patent number: 9087215
    Abstract: Various systems, computer-readable media, and computer-implemented methods of providing improved data privacy, anonymity and security by enabling subjects to which data pertains to remain “dynamically anonymous,” i.e., anonymous for as long as is desired—and to the extent that is desired—are disclosed herein. Embodiments include systems that create, access, use, store and/or erase data with increased privacy, anonymity and security, thereby facilitating the availability of more qualified and accurate information. When data is authorized by subjects to be shared with third parties, embodiments may facilitate sharing information in a dynamically controlled manner that enables delivery of temporally-, geographically-, and/or purpose-limited information to the receiving party. In one example, anonymity measurement scores may be calculated for the shared data elements so that a level of consent/involvement required by the Data Subject before sharing the relevant data elements to third parties may be specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Anonos Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Gary LaFever, Ted N. Myerson, Samantha L. Hampton, Howard Kaushansky, Steven Mason
  • Patent number: 9087216
    Abstract: Various systems, computer-readable media, and computer-implemented methods of providing improved data privacy, anonymity and security by enabling subjects to which data pertains to remain “dynamically anonymous,” i.e., anonymous for as long as is desired—and to the extent that is desired—are disclosed herein. Embodiments include systems that create, access, use, store and/or erase data with increased privacy, anonymity and security, thereby facilitating the availability of more qualified and accurate information. When data is authorized by subjects to be shared with third parties, embodiments may facilitate sharing information in a dynamically controlled manner that enables delivery of temporally-, geographically-, and/or purpose-limited information to the receiving party. In one example, anonymity measurement scores may be calculated for the shared data elements so that a level of consent/involvement required by the Data Subject before sharing the relevant data elements to third parties may be specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Anonos Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Gary LaFever, Ted N. Myerson, Samantha L. Hampton, Howard Kaushansky, Steven Mason