NFT Blockchain Data Transfer for Healthcare Interoperability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data transfer methods in healthcare are insecure, inefficient, and lack interoperability between different healthcare provider networks, leading to administrative burdens and potential data leaks.
Innovation Solution
The system utilizes non-fungible tokens (NFTs) recorded on a blockchain ledger to securely and efficiently transfer data between unconnected entities by generating a metadata file with a pointer to a computer-readable data file containing access details, allowing seamless access to data while maintaining security and integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If centralized platforms are used to facilitate data sharing, then data accessibility and interoperability are improved, but system resilience and security are worsened due to single point of failure vulnerability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the centralized data sharing platform into a decentralized blockchain network where multiple independent nodes store and verify data. This eliminates the single point of failure by distributing the system across many participants, each maintaining a copy of the data ledger, thereby improving resilience while preserving accessibility through the distributed query mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a blockchain as an intermediary layer between data providers and consumers, replacing the traditional centralized platform. This intermediary uses cryptographic protocols and consensus mechanisms to enable trustless data sharing without requiring a single controlling authority, thus maintaining accessibility while enhancing system resilience through decentralized verification.
2Ease of operation
If traditional data transfer methods like email are used, then ease of data transfer is improved, but data security and integrity are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical data transfer methods (email, FTP) with a blockchain-based cryptographic system. Data transfer is achieved through cryptographic hashing, digital signatures, and blockchain transactions, which provide both ease of operation through automated verification and enhanced security through encryption and immutable recording, eliminating the security vulnerabilities of traditional methods.
3Productivity
If EDI technologies are used for data sharing, then data sharing efficiency is improved, but data validation capability and completeness are worsened due to batch processing limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary validation actions at the blockchain transaction level before data is permanently recorded. Each data transfer is individually validated and verified on the blockchain ledger, ensuring data completeness and consistency before commitment. This preliminary verification mechanism, combined with the immutable nature of blockchain records, provides both efficiency through automated validation and precision through comprehensive data verification, overcoming the batch processing limitations of traditional EDI.
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AI summary
Systems and methods that facilitate data access by multiple unconnected entities, each having access to a data storage system storing data relating to a specific topic. A computer-readable data file containing access details for the data is generated and stored elsewhere in the data storage system. A non-fungible token (NFT) is generated that is uniquely assigned to the topic of the data, and is recorded on a blockchain ledger. The NFT has a metadata file that is uniquely associated to that NFT and that contains a pointer to the computer-readable data file containing the access details. Thus, with access to the NFT, an entity can open the metadata file, follow the pointer to the computer-readable data file, use the computer-readable data file to obtain the access details, and access the data itself using those access details. In some embodiments, the access details and/or the data are encrypted.