Data Safe System for Personal Information Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional solutions for user data security and control are inadequate in addressing user concerns over the misuse of personal information and fail to provide efficient, cost-effective management of user data across different entities, leading to increased costs and risks from data breaches and identity theft.
Innovation Solution
A data safe system that utilizes a distributed file system to store user personal information in block chains, categorized by use, and enables controlled access through authorization mechanisms, allowing users to manage and authorize the use of their data securely.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional data storage and access methods are used, then data availability and ease of access are improved, but user control and security over personal information deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a data safe system as an intermediary layer between users and entities seeking data access. This mediator implements fine-grained authorization mechanisms that enable users to control who accesses their data and under what conditions, while still allowing legitimate access when authorized. The data safe system thus reconciles the contradiction by providing both ease of access (when authorized) and user control (through authorization policies).
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments data access control into fine-grained authorization policies that can be applied to different entities, data types, and access conditions independently. This segmentation allows users to specify different access rules for different scenarios, improving both user control and ease of operation by making the authorization system flexible and adaptable to specific needs.
2Productivity
If data is stored in centralized systems, then access efficiency is improved, but security risks and breach impacts worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the centralized data storage model into a distributed architecture where data is stored across multiple nodes in a distributed file system. This segmentation reduces the impact of security breaches since compromising one node does not expose the entire dataset.同时，the distributed architecture maintains access efficiency through coordinated access control mechanisms that can quickly locate and retrieve authorized data without requiring a centralized bottleneck.
Solution Approach 2:
The data safe system acts as an intermediary that manages data access in the distributed system. It implements authorization checks and coordinates access requests across multiple nodes, maintaining efficient access patterns while enforcing security policies. This mediator layer ensures that the distributed architecture achieves both productivity (through efficient access coordination) and security (through enforced authorization policies).
3Loss of information
If users provide data to multiple entities separately, then data completeness for each entity is improved, but time consumption and operational complexity worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal data safe system that can serve multiple entities simultaneously through a single authorization framework. Users configure their data access policies once in the data safe system, and this single configuration enables controlled access to multiple entities that meet the authorization criteria. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for users to separately provide data to each entity, significantly reducing time consumption while maintaining data completeness for all authorized entities.
4Device complexity
If conventional authorization systems are used, then implementation simplicity is improved, but granular control and flexibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic authorization policies in the data safe system that can adapt to different entities, data types, and access conditions. The authorization framework allows users to define flexible rules that can be dynamically evaluated against access requests. While this increases system complexity compared to conventional static authorization, it provides the necessary adaptability and versatility for fine-grained control over data access in diverse scenarios.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure facilitates creating and using a data safe for user personal information via creating block chains of personal information in a distributed file system (DFS), based on a determined category of use of each of the block chains, and/or transmitting an authorization to access a set of the block chains based on the determined category of use associated with a request for authorization. The disclosure also facilitates storing machine-executable code associated with an offer, wherein the block chains are based on a determined category of use of personal information in the block chains, determining the determined category of use of personal information, and/or transmitting a request for authorization to access personal information and the determined category of use associated with the request for authorization, receiving a cryptographic hash associated with a last block of a block chain and a link to the block chain stored in DFS.