Search engine with privacy protection

摘要

A search engine system with privacy protection, including a data indexer configured to create an index of data, a search engine configured to search the index of the data in response to a query, and create a search result set including excerpts from the data, and a privacy protector configured to identify at least one data entity within at least one excerpt of the search result set that meets at least one predefined entity extraction criterion, redact the search result set by removing the data entity from the excerpt, and present the redacted search result set on a computer output device.

主权项

1. A system for classifying data in accordance with data access reasons, the system comprising:
a predefined access reasons database having a plurality of predefined access reasons, wherein each reason defines a purpose to which the data will be applied, once accessed; and at least one processor configured for executing instructions to provide:
a data classifier configured to create a classification index of data by identifying an association between any of said data and at least one of said predefined access reasons, andstoring said association in said classification index; and a data access request logger configured to require selection and submittal of an access reason from said predefined access reasons database at least when the classification index includes an access reason associated with the underlying data of any excerpt in a search result set resulting from the processing of a query.