Multimedia Data Transcoding for Secure Transmission and Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data transmission methods, particularly through social media and business applications, are insecure and lack user control over privacy, with sensitive information vulnerable to hacking and exposure due to unencrypted storage and transmission.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that transcodes any form of electronic data into indecipherable multimedia files, such as images or music, which are only decipherable through authorized decryption, providing encryption and control over data transmission and storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If data is transmitted through conventional social media and business applications, then ease of operation is improved, but security and privacy control deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary encoding layer that converts sensitive data into indecipherable formats (such as scrambled images or audio files) before transmission through conventional platforms. This intermediary representation allows use of existing social media and messaging applications while preventing unauthorized access to the underlying sensitive information, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and security.
2Ease of operation
If data is stored on third-party servers, then ease of operation is improved, but loss of information control worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The system stores an intermediary encoded representation of the data on third-party servers rather than the original sensitive data. This encoded form appears as random or meaningless content to anyone accessing the server, including the service provider. The user retains full control over the original data locally and can delete it at any time, while still benefiting from cloud storage capabilities.
3Reliability
If encryption is applied to data transmission, then security is improved, but device complexity worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional cryptographic encryption mechanisms with an alternative encoding approach that transforms data into indecipherable formats through deterministic algorithms rather than cryptographic key management. This substitution eliminates the complexity of key generation, distribution, and management while maintaining security, as the encoded data cannot be deciphered without the specific decoding algorithm and parameters.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method that comprises determining clear data from one or more input files, generating a second file, which is user-recognizable as an audio and/or visual file, by transcoding the clear data into transcoded data using at least one encoding domain, wherein the transcoded data within the second file is no longer user-recognizable as the clear data. Transcoding clear data comprises: determining presentation properties for generating the second file according to presentation elements; determining a mapping associated with the at least one encoding domain; generating the presentation elements representing the clear data values of the clear data; and generating the transcoded data of the second file by combining, based on the presentation properties, the presentation elements such that, upon a presentation of the second file at a user interface, the transcoded data is audibly and/or visually user-recognizable based on the presentation properties.