ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,495, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Utilizing machine-learning models to detect leaking sensitive browsing information" was invented by John Charles Krumm (Redmond, Wash.), Kyle Robert Crichton (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Siddharth Suri (Redmond, Wash.) and Semiha Ece Kamar Eden (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a sensitivity detection system that accurately and efficiently determines when information based on a user's browsing activity unintentionally reveals private or other sensitive information about the user. For example, the sensitivity detec...