US Patent 12131542 Processing media data with sensitive information

It is provided a method for processing input media data. The method is performed in a media data processor and comprising the steps of: obtaining input media data; identifying, in the input media data, sensitive information; generating replacement information, wherein the replacement information is at least partly anonymised information corresponding to the sensitive information, and the replacement information contains at least one characteristic based on the sensitive information; modifying the input media data by replacing its sensitive information with the replacement information, resulting in a modified media data; and providing the modified media data for further processing.