Decentralized Identity Management via Merkle Database
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Solution Overview
Problem
In cloud computing environments, particularly in metaverse applications, the secure management of personally identifying information is challenging due to issues like data replication, aggregation, limited flexibility in identity solutions, privacy concerns, and lack of user consent in information sharing, leading to potential leaks and compromised security.
Innovation Solution
A decentralized identity management system using a gossip protocol and zero-knowledge proofs to validate identities without sharing personal information, storing realized state transactions in a Merkle database to minimize data replication and ensure privacy, and applying consent-based rules for information sharing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If personally identifying information is stored in cloud computing environments for metaverse applications, then identity verification and authorization operations can be performed, but the information is vulnerable to public leakage and security compromises
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts personally identifying information from the metaverse cloud environment and stores it in a separate decentralized identity management system. Identity verification is performed by referencing this external system rather than storing sensitive data in the metaverse platform, thus eliminating the data leakage risk while maintaining verification reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a decentralized identity management system as an intermediary between the metaverse platform and user identity data. This intermediary system handles all identity verification operations without exposing personal information to the metaverse platform, resolving the contradiction between verification reliability and data security.
2Adaptability or versatility
If user identity information is distributed and stored across multiple systems, then identity verification can be performed, but the complexity of managing and securing this distributed information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal decentralized identity management system that can serve multiple metaverse platforms and applications through a single standardized interface. This multi-functional system handles identity verification, authorization, and consent management across different systems, reducing overall complexity while maintaining flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the fundamental parameters of identity management by transitioning from centralized storage to decentralized storage models, and from direct data sharing to cryptographic proof verification. These parameter changes enable flexible identity solutions across different systems while simplifying management through automated consensus mechanisms.
3Ease of operation
If personal information is shared across metaverse services for user convenience, then service functionality is improved, but user privacy and consent control are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic consent management where users can adjust their privacy preferences and information sharing settings at any time. The decentralized identity system dynamically adapts to user preferences, enabling service accessibility when consent is given while protecting privacy when consent is withdrawn, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and privacy control.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms where users receive notifications and can review what information is being shared with which services. This feedback loop enables users to maintain privacy control while still accessing services, as they can informedly consent to or revoke information sharing based on their privacy preferences.
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AI summary
A request to contact a service provider may be received from a client machine. The request may be associated with an identity claim and including a service identifier. The identity claim may be validated via a distributed identity service that includes a plurality of identity nodes in communication via a network. Validating the identity claim may include determining a designated network identifier associated with a distributed identity account shared among the plurality of identity nodes. A service query that includes the service identifier and the designated network identifier may be sent to a plurality of customer relations management services. A communication session may be established between a service provider remote computing system and the client machine. The service provider may store customer relations management information at a designated one of the plurality of customer relations management services.