Aggregator Platform for Centralized User Data Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in managing and controlling the personal data and privacy consents they provide to various service providers, leading to obsolete information, lost notifications, and increased privacy risks due to the widespread dissemination of their data across multiple services.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for aggregating user information through an aggregator platform, where users and service providers are registered, allowing users to centrally manage their data and consents, replacing redundant information with references, and ensuring data consistency and privacy control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users register with multiple service providers to access various services, then service availability and functionality are improved, but information management complexity and privacy risk increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized information management platform that acts as an intermediary between users and multiple service providers. This platform aggregates user information in a single location, allowing users to manage their data centrally rather than at each service provider separately. The intermediary platform reduces management complexity by consolidating control points while maintaining connections to multiple services.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple information management functions into a single unified platform. Instead of requiring separate management systems at each service provider, the invention merges user information storage, consent management, and data control into one consolidated system that serves multiple service providers simultaneously.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users provide personal data to multiple service providers, then service functionality is improved, but privacy exposure risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The centralized platform serves as a privacy-protecting intermediary that controls how user information is shared with service providers. Users can grant or revoke consent through this single interface, reducing privacy risks by eliminating the need to manage consent separately at each service provider and providing centralized oversight of data exposure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms that notify users about their data sharing status, consent settings, and any changes to their information across service providers. This feedback loop enables users to monitor and control their privacy exposure in real-time, allowing them to make informed decisions about their personal data.
3Reliability
If service providers store complete user information locally, then service reliability is improved, but data consistency across services deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments user information management into two parts: complete user data is stored centrally in one location, while service providers store only references or pointers to this central data. This segmentation maintains service reliability through centralized data integrity while ensuring consistency across all services that access the same user information.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of duplicating complete user information across multiple service providers, the system creates and stores references or pointers to the central user data. This copying approach allows service providers to access user information without maintaining redundant copies, thereby ensuring data consistency while maintaining service functionality.
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AI summary
A solution is proposed for aggregating information of producers being provided to consumers thereof. A corresponding method (500) comprises registering (504) one or more producers with an aggregator in association with information thereof and registering (518) one or more consumers with the aggregator in association with information of producers being registered with the aggregator. The information of each producer being registered with each consumer is replaced (572) with a reference to corresponding information of the corresponding producer being registered with the aggregator. A computer program (400) and a computer program product (330) for implementing the method (500) are also proposed. Furthermore, a computing system (115) and an information technology infrastructure (300) for implementing the method (500) are proposed.