Gopala K Tumuluri

US Patent:

20120036352, Feb 9, 2012

Filed:

Jul 12, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/181440

Inventors:

Tom C. Tovar - San Francisco CA, US
Gopala Tumuluri - San Jose CA, US
Hongche Liu - Fremont CA, US
Rujul Patel - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 9/00
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

713153, 713150

Abstract:

A method for anonymization of personal data is provided for protecting the privacy of a user while sharing user information with a third party. The method includes receiving from a user a domain name address associated with an intended website and an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the user and determining that the domain name address is an invalid domain name. The method may further include encrypting the IP address associated with the user by translating the IP address into a unique identifier, with the encryption being a one-way hashing process, and then sending the unique identifier and the invalid domain name address to the third party. The method may further include receiving, from the third party, the unique identifier and a third party content, with the third party content being based on the invalid domain name; decrypting the unique identifier by translating the unique identifier back into the IP address, associating the third party content with the IP address, and based on the IP address, providing the third party content to the user.

US Patent:

20110246634, Oct 6, 2011

Filed:

Apr 2, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/753827

Inventors:

Hongche Liu - Fremont CA, US
Tom C. Tovar - San Francisco CA, US
Gopala Tumuluri - San Jose CA, US
Robert Wilbourn - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/173
G06F 17/30
G06F 21/00
G06F 15/16
G06F 15/18

US Classification:

709223, 707770, 726 22, 709235, 706 12

Abstract:

Redirecting DNS traffic includes receiving, at an Internet improvement platform, a DNS query issued from an Internet application running on a computing device. The Internet navigation platform determines an appropriate response to the DNS query. The response is then executed. Characteristics relative to the query and to the result of a served page may be recorded and later referenced by the Internet improvement platform.