Aerosol Device Data Security via Pairing Flag

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Solution Overview

Problem

Aerosol generation devices, such as electronic cigarettes, face challenges in securing user interaction data when connected to user computation devices, as existing solutions do not adequately protect sensitive data from being accessed by unauthorized users or devices.

Innovation Solution

An aerosol generation device with a data storage unit, interface, and controller that sets a flag to manage data storage based on pairing status with a user computation device, deleting previous user data when a new user pairs and ensuring data security by only transferring data to the correct user device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the aerosol generation device stores user interaction data locally, then data availability for user experience enhancement is improved, but data security and privacy protection deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata availabilityVSAvoiddata security risk

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by establishing secure pairing protocols and setting cryptographic keys before data storage occurs. The controller pre-configures security parameters and establishes trusted relationships with user computation devices, ensuring that data storage is protected from the outset rather than attempting to secure it afterward.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary layer of security management through the controller, which acts as a mediator between the data storage unit and external access requests. The controller manages pairing protocols, authentication, and data transfer control, preventing direct access to stored data and ensuring that only authorized user computation devices can retrieve information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the device allows data transfer to multiple user computation devices, then user versatility and connectivity are improved, but data access control and privacy protection deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice connectivityVSAvoiddata access control

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments data access rights by creating individual pairing relationships between the aerosol generation device and specific user computation devices. Each device is granted access through separate authentication processes, dividing the access control into discrete, manageable units rather than using a single blanket permission system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies local quality by tailoring data access permissions to each specific user computation device through individual pairing protocols. Each paired device receives customized access rights based on its authentication status, allowing different levels or types of access for different devices while maintaining centralized control through the controller.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Object-affected harmful factors

If the device deletes data upon new user pairing, then data privacy protection is improved, but data loss and information continuity deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata privacy protectionVSAvoiddata continuity

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs copying by transferring data from the aerosol generation device's storage to the paired user computation device. When a new user pairs their device, the system copies relevant interaction data to the new device, ensuring data continuity and user experience consistency while preventing unauthorized access to the original storage location.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements discarding and recovering by selectively deleting data from the aerosol generation device's local storage after successful transfer to the paired user computation device. This ensures that sensitive data is discarded from vulnerable locations while being recovered and safely stored on the authorized user's personal device, maintaining both privacy and continuity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #34Discarding and recovering

Data Source

PatentUS20230141931A1Aerosol Generation Device

Publication Date: 2023.05.11 JT INTERNATIONAL SA

AI summary

An aerosol generation device can generate an aerosol for inhalation by a user. The device 2 includes a data storage unit configured to store data relating to user interactions and an interface configured to establish a communicative pairing with a user computation device. Processor is configured to delete any data relating to user interactions with the aerosol generation device that were previously stored in the data storage unit when a user computation device associated with a new user is successfully paired with the interface. In another arrangement, a flag can be set in the data storage unit when a user computation device has successfully paired with the interface so that the storage of data in the data storage unit is enabled when the flag has been set, and otherwise the storage of data in the data storage unit is inhibited.