Connect System Centralizes User Data Across Platforms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing online transaction systems require users to repeatedly input the same user data across different platforms, leading to inconvenience and increased risk of data security issues due to multiple copies of user data being stored on various servers.
Innovation Solution
A connect system that dynamically and securely manages and shares user data across multiple online platforms, allowing users to opt-in to a connect service that stores user profiles independently of the platforms, thereby reducing the need for repeated data input and minimizing data security risks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users provide the same information to each online platform, then each platform can independently store and manage user data, but users face cumulative data entry burden and security risks increase with each additional platform
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts user data from multiple platform-specific storage locations and consolidates it into a single user-controlled data vault. This eliminates the need for users to repeatedly input the same data across multiple platforms while reducing security risks by minimizing the number of data copies stored across different systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a centralized data vault as an intermediary between users and multiple online platforms. This vault securely stores user data and selectively shares it with authorized platforms through controlled access mechanisms, thereby reducing both user burden and security risks.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple copies of user data are stored on different servers, then each platform can access data independently, but the risk of data breaches increases with each additional storage location
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts data access control from individual platforms and centralizes it in a user-controlled vault. This maintains platform access independence while reducing breach risk by eliminating unauthorized platform-to-platform data sharing and giving users sole control over data distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension of user control to the data storage architecture by introducing authentication mechanisms and access policies that operate at the user level rather than the platform level. This allows platforms to access data independently when authorized, while users maintain ultimate control over data security.
3Measurement precision
If users manually update user data on each platform, then each platform maintains current information, but the time and effort required increases with each additional platform
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts data update operations from multiple platforms and consolidates them into a single user-controlled vault. Users update their data once in the vault, and the system automatically propagates these updates to all authorized platforms, maintaining data accuracy while eliminating repetitive manual updates.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a self-service mechanism where the data vault automatically manages data synchronization across platforms. Once user data is updated in the vault, the system autonomously distributes the updated information to all connected platforms without requiring user intervention, thereby maintaining data accuracy while saving time.
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AI summary
Methods and systems are presented for providing a framework for facilitating electronic transactions by dynamically managing and sharing user data with multiple online platforms. As a user accesses one or more online platforms, a connect system that is integrated with the online platforms interacts with the user and obtain, from the user, user data that is usable for completing transactions between the user and the online platforms. The user data is stored in a user profile associated with the user and linked to an identifier of the user. When the user subsequently accesses an online platform, the connect system authenticates the user based on an identifier associated with the user, and share at least a portion of the user data stored in the user profile with the online platform to facilitate a transaction between the user and the online platform.