Obscured Device Data Management for Privacy-Preserving Service Provision
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data management systems face challenges in acquiring and utilizing device data while maintaining user privacy, as they struggle to balance data access for service provision with the need to obscure device identities to prevent unique identification.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that acquire obscured data from devices, using this data to offer services while ensuring access to identifying information, employing data anonymization and obscuration techniques to protect device identities, and facilitating service execution based on anonymized data properties.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If device data is collected and accessed for service provision, then service delivery capability is improved, but device privacy and anonymity are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary service-related properties from device data while leaving out identifying information. The system acquires obscured data that contains property information sufficient for service delivery but excludes unique device identifiers, thereby extracting only what is needed for productivity while removing harmful identifying elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer of obscured data that mediates between the service provider and the actual device data. This intermediary form allows service provision to occur without direct access to identifying information, acting as a buffer that enables service delivery while protecting privacy.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If device identifying data is obscured to protect privacy, then user anonymity is improved, but service provision capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making different parts of the data have different properties. Specifically, identifying portions of the data are obscured to protect anonymity, while service-relevant property portions are maintained in an accessible format. This allows selective protection of privacy-critical elements while preserving service-delivery elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameters of the data from fully identifiable to partially obscured. By transforming the data into an obscured format that retains service-relevant properties while removing identifying characteristics, the system maintains service provision capability while improving anonymity protection.
3Adaptability or versatility
If complete device data is accessed for personalized services, then service customization is improved, but data security and privacy risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the service-customization-relevant properties from complete device data, removing identifying and sensitive information in the process. This extraction allows personalized services to be delivered using only the necessary property data, reducing security risks while maintaining adaptability.
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AI summary
Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring obscured data, said obscured data including property data regarding at least one property of one or more devices, wherein said obscured data has been obscured to avoid uniquely identifying the one or more devices, acquiring one or more services configured to be carried out on the one or more devices, said acquiring at least partly based on the acquired obscured data including the property data regarding at least one property of the one or more devices, and offering the one or more services in exchange for access to identifying data configured to uniquely identify the one or more devices associated with the property data. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.