Distributed Asset Module Isolation for Data Privacy Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
The hub and spoke model for deploying software and services is inefficient, particularly for partners and customers who need to manage data privacy and security, as it centralizes resource delivery and lacks flexibility in meeting privacy laws such as HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, and Patriot Act requirements.
Innovation Solution
A distributed offering management system that allows offerings to be deployed from vendor, partner, or customer systems, using asset platforms to register and provision assets, enabling flexible business process abstraction and customized offerings with local data control, and implementing privacy zones for secure data handling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a hub and spoke model is used for centralized resource delivery, then resource management is simplified, but data privacy control and flexibility for partners are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the centralized hub into multiple distributed offering modules that can be deployed across different systems (vendor systems, partner systems, customer systems). Each module operates semi-independently, allowing local data privacy control while maintaining overall system coordination through standardized interfaces and registration mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local quality by allowing different systems to have different levels of data control and privacy policies. Partner systems can establish local offering modules that process data locally according to their specific privacy requirements, while still integrating with the broader offering network through standardized protocols.
2Reliability
If data is collected and processed at the provider's central hub, then centralized control is achieved, but customer data privacy and security requirements under laws like HIPAA are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts data processing capabilities from the central hub and distributes them to local offering modules deployed at partner and customer systems. This extraction allows data to remain within customer-controlled environments, reducing privacy violation risks while maintaining offering delivery functionality through distributed module execution.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an asset platform as an intermediary layer between the central hub and customer data. The asset platform manages local offering modules that act as intermediaries for data processing, ensuring data stays within customer-controlled boundaries while still enabling offering functionality through the intermediary module architecture.
3Device complexity
If offerings are deployed only from vendor systems, then centralized management is maintained, but partner autonomy and customer network control are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by creating offering modules that can be universally deployed across multiple system types (vendor systems, partner systems, customer systems). The same module architecture and interface standards apply regardless of deployment location, enabling partner autonomy while maintaining system-wide consistency through universal module design.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide for deploying an asset platform to an asset in a distributed offering network. The asset platform includes a container and an asset module and offering module implemented on the container. The asset module provides an abstraction of the asset to the offering module such that offer modules may communicate through the container with asset modules in a standard manner.