Universal Data Scaffold for Zero-Knowledge Content Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
File hosting services lack the ability to understand the underlying data of digital files, leading to limitations in viewing and collaboration, and they do not support structured data storage, which hinders efficient management and analysis of digital content.
Innovation Solution
A data management platform that uses a universal data scaffold to represent digital content as structured data, enabling intelligent connection and analysis through a semantic graph, supports zero-knowledge encryption, and facilitates sharing and intelligent retrieval of relevant content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If file hosting services store digital files as unstructured data, then users can upload and access files across devices, but the service cannot understand the underlying data meaning and provides limited viewing and collaboration capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a data scaffold as an intermediary layer between the raw digital file and the service's processing systems. The data scaffold captures and stores the semantic meaning and structure of the file separately, allowing the service to understand and process file contents without changing the original file storage mechanism. This resolves the contradiction by enabling both file access versatility and data meaning understanding through the intermediary scaffold structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the digital file information into multiple components: the raw file data stored as-is for access, and a separate data scaffold that captures structured metadata and semantic meaning. This segmentation allows the system to maintain simple file storage for accessibility while creating a parallel structured representation for understanding and processing, resolving the contradiction between versatility and information loss.
2Ease of operation
If file hosting services use standard compliant formats presented as visual renderings, then files can be viewed by users, but the service remains unaware of what the underlying data actually means
Solution Approach 1:
The data scaffold acts as an intermediary that bridges the visual rendering layer and the underlying data meaning. It captures semantic information from the file content and stores it in a structured format, allowing the service to understand file meanings while maintaining the visual rendering interface for user access. This resolves the contradiction by preserving ease of operation through visual viewing while eliminating information loss through semantic capture.
3Device complexity
If the service stores digital content without structured data representation, then storage is simple, but efficient management and analysis of digital content is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments storage into two independent parts: simple raw file storage for minimal complexity, and a separate structured data scaffold for efficient management and analysis. The scaffold organizes content metadata in a standardized format that enables powerful search, filtering, and analysis capabilities without complicating the actual file storage mechanism. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining storage simplicity while achieving high productivity through structured representation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the representation parameters of the data by introducing a standardized scaffold structure that transforms unstructured file data into structured metadata. This parameter transformation enables efficient content management and analysis while keeping the original file storage simple, resolving the contradiction between storage complexity and management efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure is related to a data management platform (“platform”) for providing a secure storage environment for digital contents associated with a user. The platform may be accessible via an app installed on a user device, which allows the user to upload, modify, and view digital contents. Because a digital content is mapped to a universal scaffold in a structured format, the platform can organize and display the digital contents in meaningful ways. The digital contents can be hosted on a remote server. The platform provides zero-knowledge encryption so that the digital contents stored at the server are secure, as in one cannot know the contents of the encrypted information stored at the server. The platform also facilitates zero-knowledge offers in which offers are sent to multiple users but the server does not know to which users the offers are presented until an offer is accepted by the user.