HIGH-ACCURACY CONFIDENTIAL DATA DETECTION

Patent №

US 8,108,370

Granted

2012-01-31

Filed 2010

Owner

SYMANTEC CORPORATION

Lab

AI components

4

nlp · vision · kr · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12982608

A method and apparatus for providing accurate detection of confidential information is described. In one embodiment, the method includes searching a text document for multiple classified data patterns associated with confidential information that is represented as personal identifiers. The method further includes finding, in the text document, one or more personal identifier candidates matching any of the classified data patterns, and validating each of the personal identifier candidates using one or more personal identifier validators to provide accurate detection of the confidential information in the text document.

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Vision1.00
Knowledge representation0.93
Planning0.70
AI hardware0.38
Machine learning0.17
Evolutionary computation0.05
Speech0.00

Ownership

SYMANTEC CORPORATION

assignment · 338960670

Assignors

BRUENING, OSKAR

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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