Configurable Content Document System with Compartmentalized Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current digital data processing systems for serving content over networks lack the ability to provide customizable and secure, dynamically selectable content on a scalable basis, limiting user experience and flexibility for both providers and end-users.
Innovation Solution
A third-party service that enables arbitrarily selectable and dynamic content to be served securely to users through a scalable system, allowing entities to configure and customize content documents, with features like multiple levels of configurability, security through compartmentalization, and scalability using non-relational databases.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If portals are offered directly from portal developer to end user with limited content specified by portal provider, then security and control are maintained, but customization capability and user flexibility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a portal hosting entity as an intermediary between the portal developer and end users. This intermediary receives content from developers, hosts it, and delivers it to users, enabling third-party content providers to add value without directly managing user access or security. The hosting entity acts as a mediator that facilitates customization while maintaining system security and control.
2Productivity
If portals cannot be easily mass-produced in a customizable way for large numbers of portal providers, then system simplicity is maintained, but scalability and productivity are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the portal system into distinct functional components: portal developers who create content, portal hosting entities that manage and host content, and end users who consume content. This segmentation allows each entity to operate independently at scale, with the hosting entity able to serve multiple developers and users simultaneously through standardized processes and technologies.
Solution Approach 2:
The portal hosting entity is designed with universal capabilities to serve multiple portal developers and end users simultaneously. It can host content from various developers, manage different user groups, and deliver customized content through a single platform, enabling mass production of personalized portals without requiring separate systems for each provider.
3Reliability
If content is securely incorporated into container documents through compartmentalization, then security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements compartmentalization by dividing the container document into distinct segments or modules, each representing separate content from different developers. These compartments are securely isolated within the document structure, allowing content to be delivered and displayed without requiring the entire system to be secure at once, thereby managing complexity through modular design.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented system and method to distribute a content document with security, customization, and scalability is provided. One or more servers provides a customizable content document associated with a first entity, enables a second entity to specify content to be included for users associated with the entity in the customizable content document, and delivers the customized content document incorporating the specified content in a secure manner to users associated with the second entity.