FRONTEO : Safe data export and analysis technology, which has become a hot topic as a new technology to prevent confidential information from crossing borders in international lawsuits, has been granted a patent...

　FRONTEO Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Masahiro Morimoto, hereinafter referred to as FRONTEO) has developed a new technology that analyzes hashed confidential information that cannot be decrypted using the in-house developed AI engine "KIBIT." We would like to inform you that our technology has received a notice of grant of patent from the Japan Patent Office.At the time of the development announcement, this technology became a hot topic in the media as it was expected to be effective in reducing the risk of confidential information leaking overseas by applying it to evidence discovery in international litigation.

[Patent outline]

Application number: Japanese Patent Application No. 2023-078058

Patent filing date: January 2023, 5

　Until now, in e-discovery (electronic evidence discovery) and digital forensic investigations in international litigation, vast amounts of data containing confidential company information may be taken out in a readable format if analysis is required by an external organization. The risk of confidential information leaking at that time was an issue.

　This technology, which has recently been granted a patent, uses KIBIT to analyze hashed data to obtain analysis results necessary for investigation purposes (degree of relationship with document evidence, points of interest, AI analysis model, etc.). , it is possible to compare and identify that information with the original data and submit only the necessary information as evidence.From an economic security perspective, the handling of information in the past could lead to the risk of technology leaks and the resulting decline in Japan's international competitiveness. Increases sex.

　This technology is expected to begin service within the year in FRONTEO's legal tech AI business.By utilizing this, confidential information such as medical, financial, and economic security information, which is restricted from being taken outside the company or overseas due to information management reasons, can be safely transmitted and analyzed outside of the controlled area.

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■ About FRONTEO　URL: https://www.fronteo.com/

FRONTEO is a data analysis company that provides various AI solutions and services using the in-house developed AI engine "KIBIT". Based on the philosophy of "providing solutions that do not overlook risks and opportunities buried in records and realizing fairness in the information society," extract meaningful and important information from vast amounts of text data and complex networks. Our strengths are natural language processing and network analysis technologies that support advanced judgments by experts.We are developing businesses in the areas of legal tech AI, business intelligence, life science AI, and economic security, and contributing to solving various corporate and social issues. Founded in August 2003, listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers (currently Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth) on June 8, 2007.The company operates in Japan, the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan.Acquisition of first-class medical device manufacturing and sales business license, notification of controlled medical device sales business.Capital 6 thousand yen (as of March 26, 3,042,317).

* FRONTEO and KIBIT are registered trademarks of FRONTEO in Japan.

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