Patents by Inventor Benwen Zhu

Benwen Zhu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Role-based anonymization
    Patent number: 9489538
    Abstract: A data anonymization system provides role-based anonymization for data requesters. The system applies a base anonymization function to subscriber data related to at least one subscriber of a service provider to produce base anonymized subscriber data. Upon receiving a request for the subscriber data from a data requester, a role assigned to that data requester is determined to identify a custom anonymization function to be applied to the subscriber data in order to produce custom anonymized subscriber data for the data requester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Avinash Vyas, Benwen Zhu, Florent Bornard
  • Role-based Anonymization
    Publication number: 20150186674
    Abstract: A data anonymization system provides role-based anonymization for data requesters. The system applies a base anonymization function to subscriber data related to at least one subscriber of a service provider to produce base anonymized subscriber data. Upon receiving a request for the subscriber data from a data requester, a role assigned to that data requester is determined to identify a custom anonymization function to be applied to the subscriber data in order to produce custom anonymized subscriber data for the data requester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent
    Inventors: Avinash Vyas, Benwen Zhu, Florent Bornard