Distributed Customer Data Privacy Broker Architecture

The patent segments the centralized data storage system into multiple distributed data stores across different locations. Each data store holds portions of customer data and can independently serve requests, eliminating the single point of failure inherent in centralized storage. The segmentation allows the system to maintain reliability even when individual nodes are compromised or fail.

The patent introduces a privacy management broker as an intermediary component that coordinates between distributed data stores and applications. This broker enforces privacy rules and manages data access permissions across the distributed architecture, simplifying the complexity by providing a centralized control mechanism while maintaining distributed storage benefits.

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-fetching and caching customer data in distributed data stores before it is actually needed by applications. Data is retrieved from central storage in advance and stored locally at distributed nodes, so that when applications need the data, it is already available locally, significantly reducing access time and network overhead.

The patent applies local quality by allowing different distributed data stores to maintain local copies of data relevant to their specific regions or functions. Each node can serve local requests independently without requiring continuous communication with the central storage, improving access speed while maintaining data consistency through selective synchronization.

The privacy management broker serves as a security intermediary that all data access requests must pass through. Even though data is distributed locally, the broker enforces centralized security policies, validates access permissions, and monitors data access patterns. This maintains centralized control and security oversight while allowing fast local access to authorized data.

The patent changes the security parameter from centralized physical security to distributed logical security. Instead of relying on the physical security of a single central storage facility, the system implements security through distributed encryption, access control lists, and policy-based authorization that can be enforced across all distributed nodes, reducing the impact of any single point being compromised.

The patent segments the centralized privacy management system into multiple distributed privacy rule engines deployed across different nodes. Each engine can independently evaluate and enforce privacy rules for data in its local data store. This segmentation enables the system to scale horizontally by adding more nodes while maintaining fault tolerance, as the failure of one rule engine does not affect the others.

The patent implements dynamics by making the privacy management architecture adaptable and reconfigurable. The distributed rule engines can dynamically load, update, and enforce privacy rules without requiring centralized coordination for every change. This dynamic capability allows the system to scale flexibly and maintain reliability even as the system grows and individual components fail.