Techniques for secure network searching

Abstract

Techniques for network searching are provided. A search is defined and the search is encrypted in a format known to a search service. Return instructions are defined for delivering search results of the search to a principal that defined the search and the return instructions. The return instructions are encrypted in a different format know to a return search process. The encrypted search is delivered to the search service for processing the search and the encrypted return instructions are delivered to the return search process for handling search results provided by the search service and for conforming delivery of the search results to the return instructions.

1 . A non-transitory machine-readable media having code for execution on a machine, the machine when executed performing the method comprising:
 receiving, by the machine, return search instructions in a first encrypted format that masks an identity of a searcher associated with a search for the search instructions;   acquiring, by the machine, search results in a second encrypted format for the search that was executed on behalf of the searcher; and   sending, by the machine and to the searcher, the search results in accordance with the return search instructions.