Communication Broker for Secure Encrypted Data Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Service providers face challenges in securely transmitting sensitive IT infrastructure information to online service providers without compromising data privacy, as existing methods fail to adequately protect the identity of the entities and secure the data transmission process.
Innovation Solution
A method involving a communication broker that facilitates the exchange of encryption keys between entities and service providers using anonymous key exchange protocols, ensuring that the communication broker does not retain the encryption key and anonymizes sensitive data using universally unique identifiers, thereby protecting the entity's identity and maintaining data security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If encryption keys are exchanged between entities and service providers, then data transmission security is improved, but the communication broker cannot facilitate the exchange without potentially retaining or accessing the keys
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a communication broker as an intermediary that facilitates key exchange between entities and service providers without retaining the actual encryption keys. The broker uses anonymous key exchange protocols and universally unique identifiers (UUIDs) to enable secure communication while maintaining anonymity, thus resolving the contradiction between enabling secure key exchange and avoiding key retention.
2Ease of operation
If the communication broker retains encryption keys to facilitate communication, then ease of operation is improved, but data privacy and entity identity protection deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The communication broker acts as a mediator that enables easy communication setup and management without compromising entity identity protection. It uses anonymous key exchange protocols and UUIDs to facilitate operations while ensuring that the broker never retains or accesses the actual encryption keys or entity identities, thus resolving the contradiction between operational ease and identity protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses universally unique identifiers (UUIDs) as anonymous copies or representations of entity identities during communication. These UUIDs allow the broker to facilitate communication and track interactions without exposing or retaining the actual entity identities, resolving the contradiction between operational facilitation and identity protection.
3Productivity
If service providers access detailed IT infrastructure information, then service quality is improved, but data privacy and security deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The communication broker serves as an intermediary that enables service providers to access necessary IT infrastructure information for delivering quality services while protecting data privacy. It implements anonymous key exchange protocols and encrypts sensitive information, allowing service providers to perform their functions without directly accessing or exposing sensitive entity data, thus resolving the contradiction between service quality and data privacy.
Data Source
AI summary
Sending encrypted data to a service provider includes exchanging an encryption key between an entity and a service provider without retaining the encryption key and while hiding an identity of said entity from the service provider and forwarding encrypted data based on the encryption key to the service provider from the entity while hiding the identity of the entity from the service provider.