Address Retrieval System Privacy Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Individuals often face challenges in obtaining a physical address for someone they want to send a physical item to, as they may not have access to the recipient's address, leading to delays or ruined surprises, especially since they typically have the recipient's electronic contact information but not their physical address.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for retrieving a physical address of a network user, allowing a requester to access the address of an addressee through a network, with privacy policies managing the release of this information, ensuring security and consent from the addressee, and enabling transmission to third parties like shipping services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a person contacts the other person directly to obtain their physical address, then the address information can be obtained, but it takes time for the other person to respond and can ruin a surprise
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically querying the addressee's network for their physical address information before the requester needs it. The address is retrieved in advance through automated network queries rather than requiring real-time communication, thus obtaining the address information without time loss or risking surprises.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (the address retrieval system) that mediates between the requester and the addressee. Instead of direct contact between individuals, the system acts as an intermediary that automatically queries the addressee's network infrastructure to retrieve address information, eliminating the need for direct personal communication.
2Productivity
If physical address information is stored and retrieved from network databases, then address retrieval is automated and fast, but privacy and security concerns arise
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the addressee can control and monitor address information access. The addressee receives notifications about address retrieval requests and can approve or deny them, providing feedback control over their personal information. This ensures privacy and security while maintaining automated retrieval efficiency for authorized requests.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different access control qualities to different users and situations. Instead of universally restricting or allowing address access, the system implements location-specific and user-specific permissions where the addressee can grant access to certain parties (e.g., shipping services) while maintaining privacy from others. This localized quality control balances productivity with privacy protection.
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AI summary
An address retrieval system that retrieves the physical address of a user based on a request from another user. The address retrieval system can be connected to a network, such as a cellphone network, to allow a user to submit a request containing personally identifiable information, such as a phone number, of another user and the address retrieval system can locate/retrieve the requested address information and return the information to the requesting user or a third party. The release of the address information can be managed by a user-configurable privacy policy that provides rules, permissions and/or other management regarding the release of the user's address information.