Electronic Device Privacy Access Control via Dynamic Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices lack effective mechanisms to control and manage access rights for applications, leading to potential unauthorized access and transmission of sensitive user data, such as messages and contact information, which can result in unintended and privacy-invasive operations.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a touch-sensitive display and processor that provides a right setup screen for users to select which data applications can access, based on established access right policies, allowing users to control and restrict access to sensitive information, thereby preventing ill-intentioned operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an application is given broad access rights to perform expected operations, then the application functionality is improved, but the risk of ill-intentioned operations and privacy leakage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments access rights into different categories (e.g., read rights, write rights, execute rights) and further divides them into groups that can be selectively granted to applications. This allows the system to provide granular control over data access, enabling applications to perform necessary operations while preventing unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic access right management where users can modify granted rights at any time through a setup menu. The system continuously monitors and adjusts application access based on user decisions, transforming static permission models into dynamic, user-controlled access management that adapts to changing privacy requirements.
2Ease of operation
If a setup menu is provided for users to manage access rights, then user control over privacy is improved, but the device complexity and user burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent presents access right setup screens to users before applications actually access sensitive data. By proactively seeking user permission in advance, the system simplifies the interaction flow and prevents users from encountering complex permission management issues after privacy breaches have occurred.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary access right management system that mediates between applications and user data. This intermediary layer handles the complexity of permission management, presenting simplified yes/no decisions to users while managing the intricate details of access control policies in the background.
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AI summary
According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a touch-sensitive display; a processor operatively connected to the display; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: control the display to provide a right setup screen that enables a user to select data which an application is allowed to access among data stored in the memory, receive a read request for the data stored in the memory from the application, select data to be provided to the application among the data stored in the memory based on an access right policy established using the right setup screen, and provide the selected data to the application in response to the read request.