Digital Persona Management with Leakage Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users have limited control over the sharing of their account information by online service providers and lack mechanisms to detect data leakage, leading to compromised accounts being used unknowingly.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for managing digital personas, which generates a persona wear indicator (PWI) score to monitor and detect data leakage, allowing for security actions such as notification and data replacement to protect user privacy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users share account information with online service providers, then users can access online services, but user data privacy is compromised and users cannot detect or control data leakage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments user identity into multiple digital personas, each with its own communication alias (email, phone number, physical address). This allows users to interact with different online services through separate personas, preventing a single point of failure and limiting the scope of potential data breaches. Each persona can be independently monitored and managed, so if one persona's data is leaked, other personas remain protected.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that acts as a broker between users and online service providers. This intermediary generates communication aliases and masks real user information, so service providers interact with aliases rather than actual user data. The intermediary also monitors communications for leakage and manages digital personas, providing a protective layer that maintains service access while preserving privacy.
2Productivity
If online service providers share user account information, then service providers can fulfill their business functions, but users cannot identify which services have leaked their data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the intermediary system continuously monitors communications sent to communication aliases and provides real-time information about potential data leakage. The system tracks which online services request or receive user information and feeds this information back to the user through the digital persona management interface, enabling users to identify and respond to leakage events.
Solution Approach 2:
The intermediary system serves as a mediator that observes and tracks all interactions between online service providers and user data. It maintains visibility into which services access what information and communicates this transparency to users, solving the detection problem while allowing service providers to maintain their business operations.
3Ease of operation
If users continue using compromised accounts, then users maintain service access, but users remain unaware of their compromised information
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides continuous feedback to users about the security status of their digital personas through monitoring communications and analyzing leakage patterns. When potential compromise is detected, the system notifies users while maintaining service access through alternative aliases, allowing users to make informed decisions about their account security without losing service continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables users to take preliminary actions by providing advance notification of potential compromises before they become critical threats. The system monitors and alerts users proactively, allowing them to switch aliases or update information before actual damage occurs, maintaining both security awareness and service access.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed computer-implemented method for managing digital personas for online services may include generating a digital persona and a persona wear indicator (PWI) score for a user of an anonymized inbox with a communication alias to use for an online entity, determining, based on one or more communication messages associated with the communication alias, that the online entity has leaked information associated with the digital persona, recalculating the PWI score for the digital persona based at least in part on the determination that the online entity has leaked the information, determining that the PWI score exceeds a privacy score threshold; and in response to determining that the PWI score exceeds the privacy score threshold, performing a security action that protects privacy of the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.