Central Token Management System for Distributed Collision Avoidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data protection techniques often fail to efficiently manage token collisions across distributed systems, leading to increased processing and storage burdens while compromising security and tracking capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A central token management system is implemented to manage tokens generated by clients, preventing collisions by querying for candidate tokens and ensuring unique token ranges for each client, thereby avoiding token collisions and optimizing data protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If distinct systems implement data protection techniques with separate repositories, then data security is improved, but processing and storage burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple distinct tokenization systems into a unified distributed tokenization environment where multiple clients share a common token management infrastructure. This allows tokens to be generated and validated across different systems while maintaining security, thereby reducing the overall processing and storage burden compared to completely separate systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the tokenization function across multiple client systems while maintaining a coordinated approach through shared token repositories and validation mechanisms. Each client can independently generate and manage tokens for its specific data protection needs, distributing the processing burden while maintaining overall system security through coordinated token validation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If tokens are generated by multiple clients in a distributed environment, then data protection coverage is improved, but token collisions increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where clients query the token repository to check for existing tokens before generating new ones. The system provides feedback about token availability and validity, allowing clients to adjust their token generation strategy to avoid collisions. This feedback loop ensures that multiple clients can operate independently while maintaining token uniqueness across the distributed environment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary token repository and validation service that mediates between multiple clients generating tokens. This intermediary component coordinates token issuance, validates token uniqueness, and manages the token lifecycle across the distributed system, thereby preventing collisions while allowing multiple clients to provide data protection coverage.
3Reliability
If encryption keys are used for data protection, then security is improved, but vulnerability to interception and brute force increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs short-lived, disposable tokens instead of long-term encryption keys. These tokens are generated for specific data protection purposes and can be invalidated independently without compromising the entire system. The tokens are designed to be used once or for limited purposes, making them less valuable targets for interception and brute force attacks compared to permanent encryption keys.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses token copying and substitution mechanisms where sensitive data is replaced with token copies that preserve data format and functionality. These token copies can be transmitted and stored without exposing the actual sensitive data or encryption keys, thereby reducing vulnerability to interception while maintaining security through the token validation infrastructure.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method for tokenizing data comprises generating, by a central token management system, a unique set of values for each of a plurality of clients communicatively coupled to the central token management system, wherein each unique set of values is generated by the central token management system for the plurality of clients to avoid collisions between token values generated by the plurality of clients based on the unique sets of values; providing, by the central token management system, each generated unique set of values to a corresponding client of the plurality of clients, each client configured to generate one or more token values based on a value within the unique set of values corresponding to the client and to store the generated token values in a token table mapping the generated token values to corresponding input values; receiving, by the central token management system, a request from a requesting client of the plurality of clients for an additional unique set of values; generating, by the central token management system, the additional unique set of values to avoid collisions with the previously generated unique sets of values; and providing, by the central token management, the additional unique set of values to the requesting client.