US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on June 3 for "Cognitive iterative minimization of personally identifiable information in electronic documents" (Maryland, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,492, issued on June 3, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Cognitive iterative minimization of personally identifiable information in electronic documents" was invented by Kristen M. Summers (Takoma Park, Md.), Stephen A. Boxwell (Columbus, Ohio), Keith G. Frost (Delaware, Ohio), Kyle M. Brake (Dublin, Ohio) and Stanley J. Vernier (Grove City, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mechanisms are provided to minimize personally identifiable information (PII) in an electronic document. An iterative personally identifiable information minimization (IPIIM) engine receives an electronic document comprising ...