Privacy-Mode Status Presentation for Connected Device Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for managing privacy-sensitive data from connected devices, such as lighting systems, face challenges in allowing users to control device status information without compromising privacy, as disabling data sharing prevents users from accessing necessary information for device control.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize a processor to differentiate between status information presented on user devices based on a privacy mode, allowing accurate information for the user while providing inaccurate or fictitious information to others, ensuring privacy without hindering device control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If privacy mode is enabled to protect device status information, then user privacy is improved, but user access to device status information deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments access to device status information by creating different information views: a first user device receives accurate device status information while a second user device receives inaccurate or fictitious device status information. This segmentation allows the system to protect privacy for certain users while maintaining full access for the device owner, thereby resolving the contradiction between privacy protection and information accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by providing different information quality to different users based on their authorization status. The device status information is tailored locally: authenticated users receive accurate information while unauthenticated users receive fictitious information. This localized differentiation enables privacy protection for specific users without affecting the device owner's ability to access and control the device.
2Adaptability or versatility
If device status information is shared with multiple users, then user collaboration is improved, but user privacy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the user base into authenticated users (including device owner) and unauthenticated users, providing different information levels to each segment. This allows multi-user access and collaboration while protecting the privacy of unauthenticated users, as they receive fictitious device status information that cannot reveal actual device states or user habits.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism that mediates between information sharing and privacy protection. The server acts as an intermediary that authenticates users and selectively provides accurate or fictitious device status information, enabling collaboration among authenticated users while preventing privacy exposure to unauthenticated users.
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AI summary
A system (1) is configured to receive status information reflecting a current status of a device (33) and determine first status information (68,69) for presentation on a first user device (1). The first status information reflects the current status of the device. The system is further configured to cause the first status information to be presented on the first user device and cause second status information (78,79) to be presented on a second user device. The second status information reflects the current status of the device in dependence on whether a privacy mode is active for the device.