Content-Level Encryption Controls for Faster Privacy Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing encryption methods for electronic devices are cumbersome and inflexible, requiring multiple levels of input to encrypt application programs and often fail to encrypt specific contents within them, leading to a rigid and inefficient user experience.
Innovation Solution
An encryption method and apparatus that allows users to select from multiple encryption controls corresponding to different encryption manners, enabling direct encryption of target objects by matching the control with the object's compatibility, and providing flexible encryption options through intuitive user inputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing encryption method is used to encrypt an application program, then the application program can be protected, but the user has to input level by level which makes the process cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the encryption process into distinct selectable options (file encryption, folder encryption, camera encryption, etc.) rather than requiring sequential level-by-level navigation. Users can directly choose the specific encryption type needed, dividing the complex encryption system into manageable, independently selectable components that reduce operational steps and time.
2Reliability
If existing encryption method is used, then application program can be encrypted, but it cannot encrypt specific content in the application program which makes the encryption manner rigid and inflexible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic encryption system where the encryption scope and method can be flexibly adjusted based on user selection. The system transitions from static application-level encryption to dynamic content-level encryption, allowing users to selectively encrypt specific files, folders, or camera content within applications, thereby adapting the encryption protection to precise user needs rather than applying rigid uniform encryption.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by enabling differential encryption where different portions of data receive different encryption treatments. Users can encrypt specific sensitive files or folders within an application while leaving other non-sensitive content unencrypted, allowing localized security protection rather than blanket encryption of entire applications, thus achieving both protection and flexibility.
3Reliability
If existing encryption method is used, then security protection is provided, but the deep setting level required makes the operation complex and user-unfriendly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-organizing encryption options into clearly defined categories (files, folders, camera, etc.) that are immediately visible and selectable. Rather than requiring users to navigate through deep settings menus to configure encryption parameters, the system presents ready-to-select encryption types in advance, allowing users to quickly choose and apply appropriate encryption without complex configuration steps.
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AI summary
An encryption method includes receiving a first input by a user; displaying N encryption controls in response to the first input, where each of the N encryption controls corresponds to an encryption manner; receiving a second input by the user for a target object currently displayed on the electronic device and a first encryption control of the N encryption controls; and processing, in a case that a first encryption manner matches the target object, the target object in the first encryption manner in response to the second input. The first encryption manner is an encryption manner corresponding to the first encryption control.