Peer-to-Peer Digital ID Agents with Policy Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for securing digital information exchange, such as those in French patent FR2950214, international patent W02020/101471, and US2019/0165941, face issues like lack of validation checks, complexity in cryptographic proofing, and reliability doubts due to disparate data source calculations.
Innovation Solution
A communications network with peer-to-peer agents that operate based on individual policies and a common protocol, allowing for secure exchange of digital information without the need for public key validation, where agents negotiate and validate data through a conversation process, utilizing accreditation providers for trust verification and policy compliance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cryptographic proofing is used to establish trust between parties, then security and validation reliability are improved, but system complexity and operational difficulty increase due to public key requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary validation system that acts as a trusted third party. Instead of requiring direct cryptographic proofing between parties, the system uses a centralized validation authority that issues verification tokens. This mediator approach simplifies the trust establishment process while maintaining security, as parties only need to validate tokens from the trusted intermediary rather than performing complex cryptographic operations themselves.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses verification tokens as copies or representations of validated information. Rather than requiring parties to share cryptographic keys or perform complex validation, the system creates simplified token copies that carry validation information. These tokens can be easily transmitted and verified without exposing the underlying cryptographic complexity, thus reducing system operational difficulty while maintaining validation reliability.
2Reliability
If multiple data sources are used to calculate trust indicators, then trust assessment comprehensiveness is improved, but process complexity and calculation reliability decrease due to disparate data sources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the trust assessment process into distinct modular components: data collection from multiple sources, data validation by the intermediary, trust indicator calculation, and verification token issuance. This segmentation allows each component to handle specific data types systematically, reducing the complexity of processing disparate data sources while maintaining comprehensive trust assessment through structured multi-source data integration.
Data Source
AI summary
A communications network enabling a plurality of entities to obtain digital information from one another, which communications network includes a plurality of systems which are mutual peers on the network configured and arranged to operate as agents for respective entities, wherein the plurality of such agents includes a first agent for a first said entity requiring an item of said digital information and a second agent for accessing the information item, and wherein said first and second agents have individual policies defining standards for their management of said digital information and a common operating protocol whereby: said first entity initiates an information exchange process by entering a request for the required information item on the first agent, the first agent connects to the second agent and the first and second agents then engage in a conversation in which they request and exchange germane data.