Cross-Group Collaboration Platform for Secure Data Sharing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for sharing data across groups face issues of low security, control difficulty, and low efficiency, particularly in collaborative scenarios involving multiple groups.

Innovation Solution

A cross-group collaboration platform that facilitates collaboration approval processes, project creation, and data sharing among designated project collaborators, enabling secure and efficient data exchange between groups.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If data is shared using instant messaging or e-mails, then data sharing can be achieved, but security is low and control difficulty increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata sharing securityVSAvoidcontrol difficulty

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a collaboration platform as an intermediary system between groups for data sharing. This platform provides centralized control mechanisms including approval workflows, permission management, and audit trails, thereby improving security while maintaining manageable control complexity through standardized processes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If data is shared using instant messaging or e-mails, then data sharing can be achieved, but sharing efficiency is low

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata sharing efficiencyVSAvoidtime for data sharing

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple data sharing operations into a unified collaboration platform that handles file transfers, approvals, notifications, and version control in a single integrated system. This consolidation eliminates the time loss associated with switching between multiple tools and manual coordination steps

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The platform implements preliminary actions by pre-configuring approval workflows, permission settings, and notification rules before data sharing begins. This preparation reduces the time required for actual data sharing operations by eliminating ad-hoc decision-making during the sharing process

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If groups collaborate on projects, then collaboration can be achieved, but data security and access control become difficult to manage

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecollaboration flexibilityVSAvoidaccess control management

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments access control into hierarchical levels (project level, folder level, file level) and role-based permissions. This segmentation allows flexible collaboration arrangements while maintaining manageable control complexity through modular permission structures that can be configured independently at each level

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12354064B2Method and apparatus for sharing data across groups

Publication Date: 2025.07.08 CLOUD INTELLIGENCE ASSETS HOLDING (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD

AI summary

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for sharing data across groups. In one embodiment, the method comprises creating, by a cross-group collaboration platform, a collaboration project; determining, by the cross-group collaboration platform, groups participating in the collaboration project to designate the groups as project collaborators for the collaboration project; and sharing, by the cross-group collaboration platform, collaboration data amongst the project collaborators of the collaboration project.