IoT Device Data Segmentation for Privacy and Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current IoT devices lack the capability to share sensor data with third-party communities or servers while maintaining private data access and control for the device owner, necessitating more robust and scalable solutions for implementing IoT functionality for shared devices with public and private instances.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system where IoT-capable devices receive and analyze sensor data to determine whether to send it to user devices or third-party devices, using APIs or VPN connections, allowing users to register and manage access levels, and utilizing AI for interactions and data protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If IoT devices share sensor data with third-party communities or servers, then the functionality and utility of the device is improved, but the privacy and security control for the device owner deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments data access into multiple levels: public data accessible to third parties, private data restricted to the user, and configurable data shared under specific conditions. This segmentation allows the device to simultaneously provide broad data sharing capabilities while maintaining strict privacy controls for sensitive information, resolving the contradiction between versatility and privacy protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a gateway device as an intermediary between the IoT device and third-party servers. This gateway acts as a secure mediator that handles data requests, enforces access policies, and protects the user's private data while enabling third-party access to appropriate data, thus maintaining both data sharing functionality and privacy security.
2Reliability
If a system allows both public and private data access for shared devices, then the scalability and robustness of the IoT solution is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway device serves multiple functions: it manages both public and private data access, handles device registration, enforces access policies, and provides security controls. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single universal gateway, the system achieves robustness without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic access control where the gateway can adaptively manage data sharing permissions based on user preferences, device type, and security requirements. This dynamic approach allows the system to maintain robust security and reliability while avoiding the need for overly complex static access control mechanisms.
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AI summary
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing Internet of Things (“IoT”) functionality. In some embodiments, a processor might receive sensor data from a plurality of sensors of a first IoT-capable device, and might analyze the sensor data to determine whether to send the sensor data to at least one of second IoT-capable devices or user devices, each associated with the user of the first IoT-capable device, and/or to at least one of third IoT-capable devices associated with one or more third party groups. Based on a determination to send the sensor data to at least one of the second IoT-capable devices associated with the user, the user devices associated with the user, and/or the third IoT-capable devices associated with third party group(s), the processor might send the sensor data to the at least one of the second IoT-capable devices, the user devices, and/or the third IoT-capable devices.