# US 2019/0319982 A1 · Protecting personally identifiable information from electronic user devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0319982 A1 - Document ID: US20190319982A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/452,977 - Filed: 2019-06-26 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-23 - Assignees: McAfee, Inc. - Applicants: McAfee, LLC - Inventors: Ryan M. Durand; Carl D. Woodward; Kunal Mehta; Lynda M. Grindstaff - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190319982A1 ## CPC - H04L 63/1475: {Passive attacks, e.g. eavesdropping or listening without modification of the traffic monitored} - H04L 63/04: {for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks} - H04L 63/0407: {wherein the identity of one or more communicating identities is hidden (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for anonymous credentials or for identity based cryptographic systems H04L9/00)} - H04L 63/10: {for controlling access to devices or network resources} - H04L 63/126: {the source of the received data} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract An example system to obscure personally identifiable information of a user of an electronic device is disclosed. The example system includes a first processor to select a set of instructions from a plurality of sets of instructions. The first processor also is to transmit the set of instructions to a second processor, the second processor disposed in an electronic device, the electronic device remote from the first processor, the set of instructions to cause the second processor to obtain non-personally identifiable data from the personally identifiable information gathered by the electronic device. The example system also includes a remote data reader to read the non-personally identifiable data from the electronic device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system to obscure personally identifiable information of a user of an electronic device, the system comprising: a first processor to: select a set of instructions from a plurality of sets of instructions; transmit the set of instructions to a second processor, the second processor disposed in an electronic device, the electronic device remote from the first processor, the set of instructions to cause the second processor to obtain non-personally identifiable data from the personally identifiable information gathered by the electronic device; and a remote data reader to read the non-personally identifiable data from the electronic device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first processor is to confirm an identity of the system with the second processor via a trusted execution environment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the first processor is to add a signature to the set of instructions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further including an editor to create the set of instructions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the editor is to specify a type of personally identifiable data used to obtain the non-personally identifiable data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the editor is to specify a type of electronic device to receive the set of instructions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the editor is to specify a type of sensor used to gather the personally identifiable data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the editor is to limit a range of non-personally identifiable data that can be read by the remote data reader. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the remote data reader is to map the non-personally identifiable data to the set of instructions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the set of instructions causes the second processor to perform a verification that the non-personally identifiable data excludes the personally identifiable data. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the set of instructions enables the remote data reader to read the non-personally identifiable data based on the verification. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is wearable. ### Claim 13 A machine readable storage device comprising instructions, which when executed, cause one or more processors to: select a procedure from a plurality of procedures; transmit the procedure to an electronic device, the electronic device remote from the one or more processors, the procedure to cause the electronic device to obtain non-personally identifiable data from the personally identifiable information gathered by the electronic device; and read the non-personally identifiable data from the electronic device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The machine readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the instructions further case the one or more processors to: add a signature to the procedure; and perform an authentication based on the signature in a trusted execution environment. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The machine readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to create the procedure by specifying a type of personally identifiable data used to obtain the non-personally identifiable data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The machine readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to create the procedure by specifying a type of electronic device to receive the procedure. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The machine readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to create the procedure by specifying a type of sensor used to gather the personally identifiable data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The machine readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to create the procedure by limiting a range of non-personally identifiable data that can be read by the remote data reader. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The machine readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to map the non-personally identifiable data to the procedure. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The machine readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the procedure causes the electronic device to perform a verification that the non-personally identifiable data excludes the personally identifiable data, and the procedure enables the one or more processors to read the non-personally identifiable data based on the verification.