Distributed Data Security via Encryption Fragmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Data transmitted and stored on networks is vulnerable to hackers, lacking effective multi-layered security measures for encryption, jumbling, and fragmentation.

Innovation Solution

A method involving an electronic computing device that receives data, generates an encryption key, encrypts, fragments, and stores data across multiple geographical locations, providing multiple layers of security through jumbling, encryption, fragmentation, and secure reassembly.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If data is encrypted and stored on network data stores, then data security is improved, but data remains vulnerable to hackers who can intercept and process stored data

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata securityVSAvoidhacker vulnerability

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides encrypted data into multiple fragments and stores them across different data stores. Even if hackers compromise one data store, they cannot access the complete data without all fragments, thereby reducing vulnerability while maintaining security

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements multi-layered security by nesting jumbling, encryption, and fragmentation operations. Data is first jumbled, then encrypted, and finally fragmented - creating nested protective layers that hackers must penetrate sequentially

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Reliability

If data is fragmented and stored across multiple data stores, then security is improved, but data retrieval complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata securityVSAvoiddata retrieval process

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent stores metadata information about fragment locations and arrangement with the fragmented data. This preliminary organization enables automated reassembly during retrieval, reducing the complexity of the data recovery process despite the fragmented storage structure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If multiple security layers (jumbling, encryption, fragmentation) are applied, then data security is enhanced, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata securityVSAvoidprocessing time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The jumbling operation is performed on data before encryption, preparing the data structure in advance. This preliminary action optimizes subsequent encryption and fragmentation operations, reducing overall processing time while maintaining the multi-layered security structure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11768947B1Distributed data security

Publication Date: 2023.09.26 WELLS FARGO BANK NA

AI summary

First data from a user device is received on an electronic computing device. The first data is encrypted to generate second data. The second data is fragmented and stored in a plurality of data stores.