Centralized Data Store for Cross-Device Application Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems do not effectively allow access to application data across multiple devices and applications, limiting user convenience and consistency in settings and preferences.
Innovation Solution
A centralized data store system that manages application data, enabling access across multiple devices and applications, using application-level security credentials for secure sharing and translation of preferences across different devices and platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If application data is stored locally on a single device, then data security and privacy are maintained, but access across multiple devices and applications is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-based data store as an intermediary between local applications and user data. This mediator enables applications on different devices to access the same data without direct peer-to-peer connections, resolving the contradiction by providing centralized access while maintaining security through authentication mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a universal data access layer that serves multiple applications and devices through a common cloud store interface. This multi-functional approach allows any authenticated application to access user data regardless of the specific application or device, enabling cross-platform versatility while maintaining data consistency.
2Ease of operation
If application data is shared across multiple applications, then user convenience and consistency are improved, but security and privacy control are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments data access rights at the application level, where each application receives unique credentials rather than universal access. This segmentation allows convenient cross-application data sharing while maintaining security through fine-grained permission control, as each application can be individually authorized or revoked access.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the security parameter model from binary (access/denied) to multi-level authorization based on application credentials. By introducing application-specific credentials and scopes as variable parameters, the system achieves both ease of operation through automated authentication and reliability through configurable security policies.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a centralized data store is implemented, then access across devices is enabled, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where applications automatically authenticate and retrieve their own credentials from the cloud store without user intervention. This automation reduces the operational complexity for users while maintaining the architectural complexity necessary for secure centralized access, effectively managing the contradiction through automated processes.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are various embodiments for providing access to application data associated with multiple applications of a user. A request to store application data is obtained by a data storage service from an application associated with a user. The application is executed in a client computing device, and the request is obtained by way of a network. The application data is stored by the data storage service in response to the request to store. The data storage service may be configured to store data for multiple applications associated with the user.