Encrypted Content Publication with Proof Rules
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Solution Overview
Problem
Publishing sensitive content, such as financial reports, at a precise future time is challenging due to risks of early publication and network issues, especially when content is voluminous and requires timely upload and formatting within short timeframes, potentially leading to financial and reputational harm.
Innovation Solution
The method involves encrypting sensitive content before the intended publication time and applying proof rules to ensure its integrity without exposing it, allowing for secure storage and delayed decryption for publication, thus avoiding early disclosure and simplifying the upload process by reducing data transfer size during the publication window.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If sensitive content is uploaded and published in advance to ensure timely publication, then publication speed is improved, but the risk of early publication and security breaches increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by encrypting the sensitive content before the intended publication time and storing it securely in advance. This allows the publication system to be ready with the content pre-positioned, enabling immediate publication when the time arrives while maintaining security through encryption until the decryption key is released at the exact publication moment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces encryption as an intermediary layer between the sensitive content and the publication system. The encrypted content can be safely stored and transmitted without risk of early disclosure, while the decryption key acts as a controlled mediator that enables publication only at the appropriate time, thus resolving the contradiction between speed and security.
2Loss of time
If voluminous sensitive content is uploaded within a short timeframe to meet publication deadlines, then publication timeliness is improved, but network reliability requirements increase and upload failures risk worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing the encryption of sensitive content in advance, before the short publication timeframe begins. This preprocessing step reduces the complexity and time required for the actual publication operation, allowing the system to meet tight deadlines while reducing the burden on network reliability during the critical publication window.
3Ease of operation
If sensitive content is stored in unencrypted form for easy access and formatting, then ease of operation is improved, but security and risk of inadvertent publication worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces encryption as an intermediary that allows the content to be stored securely while maintaining operational efficiency. The encrypted content can be safely stored and transferred without security risks, and the decryption process occurs only at the appropriate time with proper authorization, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and security.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for publishing sensitive content at a future time, where prior to the future time, receiving an encrypted version of the sensitive content is received and a sequence of proof rules are applied to random portions of the encrypted version of the sensitive content. Upon successful application of the sequence of proof rules, the encrypted version of the sensitive content is prepared for publication and optionally published in encrypted form. At the future time, an encryption key is received for the encrypted version of the sensitive content and the encrypted version of the sensitive content is decrypted with the encryption key to produce the sensitive content.