Information Processing Device for Secure Data Access Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems lack the ability to conveniently and securely change the secrecy level and authorized disclosure parties of data, compromising both user convenience and data secrecy.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and method that converts data into vectors in a latent space, displays the data as a graph, and allows users to specify changes to secrecy levels and authorized disclosure parties, with verification processing to ensure secure changes and proper data display.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If data secrecy is maintained at high levels, then data security is improved, but user convenience and accessibility deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata securityVSAvoiduser accessibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts data accessibility by allowing users to change secrecy levels and authorized disclosure parties based on real-time needs. The secrecy level and authorized disclosure parties are not fixed but can be modified through the information processing device, enabling the system to adapt between security and convenience requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes parameters related to data accessibility by allowing modification of secrecy levels and authorized disclosure parties. Users can alter these parameters to balance security requirements with operational convenience, transforming the static access control into a dynamic parameter adjustment mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of operation

If secrecy level is lowered or authorized disclosure parties are increased, then user convenience is improved, but data security deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata accessibilityVSAvoiddata security
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates verification processing that provides feedback to ensure secure changes. Before allowing secrecy level changes or authorized disclosure party modifications, the system verifies the user's identity and authorization, creating a feedback loop that prevents unauthorized access while maintaining convenience for authenticated users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The verification processing acts as an intermediary between the user's convenience request and the actual data access change. This intermediary layer ensures that convenience improvements do not compromise security by validating the user's authority before permitting changes to secrecy levels or authorized disclosure parties.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If verification processing is added to prevent mistaken changes, then data security is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata securityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The verification processing enables the system to self-validate user identities and authorization levels automatically. Rather than requiring complex manual verification procedures, the system performs self-service verification to prevent mistaken changes, reducing operational complexity while maintaining security.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20240160767A1Information processing device, information processing method, and recording medium recorded with program
Publication Date: 2024.05.16 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

An information processing device including a conversion section that converts plural data related to plural materials into vectors in a latent space, and a reception section that displays a graph plotted with the plural data according to the vectors in the latent space, that receives a specification of at least one of the data on the graph, and that also receives a change to a secrecy level or authorized disclosure parties of the data specified.