Authorization Token for Insight Distribution Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Individuals lack control over the distribution of their valuable information, such as credit or location data, maintained by third parties, with no effective mechanisms to manage access or authorization.
Innovation Solution
The use of authorization information provided by an asserting agent to control interactions between a receiving agent and an insight agent, allowing the asserting agent to authorize and manage the distribution of their insight, ensuring controlled access and adherence to set policies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If third parties maintain and control valuable information about individuals, then information management and distribution can be efficiently handled by institutions, but individuals lose control over how and to whom their information is distributed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an authorization token as an intermediary mechanism that enables individuals to control information distribution without directly managing complex authorization systems. The token acts as a mediator between the individual's preferences and the information distribution system, allowing simple user interaction while maintaining sophisticated control capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables individuals to autonomously manage their information distribution preferences through self-service mechanisms. Users can independently configure, update, and revoke authorization tokens according to their needs, without requiring intervention from information holders or complex manual authorization processes.
2Reliability
If institutions maintain information without authorization mechanisms, then information can be freely distributed, but individuals cannot control access to their personal information
Solution Approach 1:
The authorization token serves as a mediator that encapsulates complex authorization logic into a simple, manageable form. It enables reliable information access control by translating individual preferences into enforceable authorization rules without requiring the individual to understand or manage the underlying complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-configuring authorization tokens with specific permissions and constraints before information distribution occurs. This advance preparation ensures that authorization rules are already in place and validated, enabling reliable control without requiring complex real-time authorization decisions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If individuals want to control information distribution, then privacy and data integrity can be protected, but no effective mechanisms exist for individuals to manage access authorization
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments information access control into discrete, manageable authorization tokens that can be independently configured and managed. Each token represents a specific authorization decision, allowing individuals to granularly control different aspects of information distribution without being overwhelmed by a monolithic authorization system.
Solution Approach 2:
The authorization token acts as an intermediary that translates complex authorization requirements into simple, manageable units. It enables flexible information access control by allowing individuals to create, modify, and revoke specific authorization decisions without needing to manage the entire authorization system.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to using authorization information provided by an asserting agent to control insight-related interactions between a receiving agent and an insight agent. The insight may be information that relates to an entity with whom or a device with which the asserting agent is associated. Such insight is generally referred to as insight of the asserting agent. An insight source maintains the insight of the asserting agent, and the insight agent provides controlled access to the insight by the receiving agent through the insight-related interactions. For others to gain access to at least certain of the asserting agent's insight, the asserting agent must authorize the insight agent to provide the asserting agent's insight to the receiving agent. Upon obtaining the proper authorization, the insight agent will interact with the receiving agent and distribute the asserting agent's insight to the receiving agent.