Decentralized Identity Access Control via User Interfaces

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing digital identity management systems lack user control over personal data, leading to inaccurate identity representation and uncontrollable security risks.

Innovation Solution

Decentralized identity techniques provide users with control over their identity data through user interfaces that specify what data is stored and shared, using application programming interfaces (APIs) and access protocols defined by the user.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If decentralized identity techniques are implemented, then user control over identity data is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser controlVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a decentralized identity system that acts as an intermediary between users and data storage systems. Users maintain control over their identity data through cryptographic keys and decentralized storage mechanisms, while the system handles the complexity of data management, authentication, and access control. This intermediary layer enables user control without requiring users to directly manage the underlying system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If users control what data is shared, then security is improved, but communication efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesecurityVSAvoidcommunication efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by having users pre-configure their data sharing preferences and access controls before any data exchange occurs. The system stores these preferences in advance and automatically applies them during data sharing operations. This eliminates the need for real-time negotiation or manual approval processes, thereby maintaining high communication efficiency while ensuring security requirements are met beforehand.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If access protocols are defined by users, then accuracy of identity representation is improved, but ease of operation worsens

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveaccuracyVSAvoidease of operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent enables users to define their own access protocols and identity representation rules through self-service interfaces. Users can specify what data to share, with whom, and under what conditions, without requiring manual configuration or expert intervention. The system provides automated tools and templates that guide users through the process, making it easy to achieve accurate identity representation while maintaining operational simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250200539A1Access Controls for a Decentralized Network
Publication Date: 2025.06.19 BLOCK INC
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AI summary

A decentralized node may generate a network of decentralized nodes individually configured to store, receive, and transmit data based on rules associated with the decentralized nodes. A decentralized node may associate a decentralized identity of an entity with a select decentralized node of the decentralized nodes. A decentralized node may present a user interface including one or more access controls at a edge device, the access controls configuring rules to be applied to third-party access and modification of decentralized identity data associated within the decentralized identity of the entity and stored at the selected decentralized node. A decentralized node may identify the decentralized identity data accessible to the select decentralized node based on the rules. A decentralized node may store the decentralized identity data within the decentralized identity associated with the entity at the select decentralized node.