System and Method for Protecting Information - US12596823B2

USPTO issued Patent US12596823B2 titled 'System and method for protecting information' to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC. The patent discloses methods for receiving input content containing sensitive information, processing it through a machine learning model to generate output content, detecting sensitive information in outputs, and scrutinizing input content to verify whether the sensitive information in outputs was supported by the original input. The patent is classified under CPC G06N 20/00 (Machine Learning) and contains 20 claims covering systems, computer program products, and methods.

For technology companies developing AI and machine learning systems, this patent establishes proprietary protection for privacy-preserving AI methods. While patent grants do not create immediate compliance obligations, organizations utilizing machine learning on sensitive data should be aware that Microsoft holds intellectual property rights to specific privacy-protecting techniques, potentially affecting future licensing considerations for similar approaches.