Ephemeral Shared Data Set Management for Communication Protection

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Solution Overview

Problem

The digital environment's reliance on static shared secrets is insecure due to their vulnerability to theft and misuse, leading to frequent data breaches and compromised communication security, as traditional security mechanisms fail to maintain secrecy over time and are penetrable.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a system that continuously refreshes and changes an ephemeral shared data set, using dynamic generation of values for communication protection, assuming no trust among network elements and relying on unpredictable, multidimensional data sets that are not transmitted, thereby reducing the risk of exploitation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If static shared secrets are used for authentication and secure communication, then the system is easy to implement and operate, but the security is compromised over time as secrets become vulnerable to theft and misuse

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of operationVSAvoidsecurity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms static shared secrets into dynamic, time-varying secrets that automatically change based on temporal parameters. The secret evolves continuously over time through cryptographic functions that incorporate time stamps, ensuring that even if a secret is compromised at one moment, it becomes invalid immediately, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and security reliability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the fundamental parameter of the secret from static to dynamic by introducing time as a variable. The secret is no longer a fixed value but a time-dependent value that changes its state continuously, making it resistant to theft and misuse while maintaining operational simplicity through automated time-based updates

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Duration of action of stationary object

If secrets are kept for extended periods to maintain secure communications, then communication continuity is improved, but the likelihood of secret compromise increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveduration of secret validityVSAvoidvulnerability to hacking

Core Design Contradiction:

Duration of action of stationary objectVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements periodic regeneration of secrets at predetermined time intervals. The secret undergoes regular updates where old secrets are replaced with new time-based secrets, creating a rhythm of renewal that maintains security by limiting the window of vulnerability while ensuring communication continuity through predictable key rotation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent ensures continuous security protection by making the secret evolution uninterrupted and ongoing. The time-based secret changes continuously without gaps, providing uninterrupted protection against hacking while maintaining valid authentication throughout the communication process through seamless transitions between secret states

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Device complexity

If traditional shared secret mechanisms are used, then the system structure is simple, but the system is penetrable and vulnerable to security breaches

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem structureVSAvoidsecurity

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10541989B2Systems and methods for ephemeral shared data set management and communication protection

Publication Date: 2020.01.21 QWERX INC

AI summary

Various embodiments provide methods and computing devices configured to implement the methods for dynamically changing an ephemeral shared data set. Various embodiments provide methods and computing devices configured to implement the methods for the dynamic generation of a value that may be used to protect a communication based on the dynamically changed ephemeral shared data set. Various embodiments incorporate the assumption that trusted systems ultimately are demonstrably insecure, because such systems are penetrable and vulnerable. Various embodiments provide a digital communication system that assumes no trust among various network elements, for at least the reason that the digital environment is inherently untrustworthy.