Persona-Notitia Intellection Codifier for Granular Data Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for controlling and protecting personal user information dissemination are inadequate, as they fail to effectively mask the identity of the information, making it vulnerable to unauthorized access despite password protection.
Innovation Solution
The Persona-Notitia Intellection Codifier (P-NIC) server generates unique, encrypted Persona-Notitia Intellection Codes (PICs) that obscure the nature of personal user information, allowing users to control access and dissemination by associating specific attributes with these codes, preventing unauthorized access and enabling granular control over information sharing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If personal user information is protected using conventional password protection methods, then unauthorized access is prevented to some extent, but the identity and nature of the information remains visible and vulnerable to unauthorized devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a Persona-Notitia Intellection Code (PIC) as an intermediary between the personal user information and the requesting device. The PIC acts as a mediator that, when decrypted, reveals the nature of the information. This intermediary layer prevents unauthorized devices from directly accessing or identifying the information nature, thereby resolving the contradiction between protection reliability and vulnerability reduction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the identification of information nature from the personal user information itself and places it within the PIC code structure. By separating the information nature indication from the actual data, the system prevents unauthorized devices from determining what information is being accessed, thus improving protection while maintaining access control functionality.
2Ease of operation
If the PIC code includes indication of the nature of personal user information, then authorized devices can properly access the information, but unauthorized devices can determine the nature of the information and potentially exploit it
Solution Approach 1:
The PIC code serves as a controlled intermediary that only reveals information nature to authorized devices possessing the correct decryption key. The mediator function ensures that information nature is accessible to legitimate users while remaining concealed from unauthorized devices, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of access and prevention of unauthorized determination.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by making the PIC code's decryptability dependent on the specific device's authorization status. Authorized devices have the local capability to decrypt and view information nature, while unauthorized devices lack this local capability. This differentiated local quality ensures proper access for authorized users while preventing unauthorized information determination.
3Reliability
If a mapping layer is introduced between devices and location information as in known PLC methods, then location information dissemination control is achieved, but the complexity of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The PIC code structure is designed to be universal and multi-functional, serving both location information control and general personal user information protection. By making the PIC system applicable to various types of information (location, contact, financial data, etc.), the patent reduces overall system complexity compared to implementing separate specialized systems for each information type while maintaining reliable dissemination control.
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AI summary
A persona-notitia intellection codifier (P-NIC) server intelligently codifies and disburses personal user information from a user device (smartphone, laptop, etc.) to a multiplicity of designee devices. Masking Persona-Notitia Intellection Codes (a.k.a. PICs) are created that each stipulate control(s) and parametric limitation(s) for the associated one of a variety of personal user information. The Persona-Notitia Intellection Codifier (P-NIC) server rapidly produces a mask comprising a multiple bit “key” value (i.e., a persona-notitia intellection code (PIC)) that is uniquely distinguishable from every other PIC that's ever been generated for a given user. The value of the PIC is typically many bytes in length, and associates attributes to a unique key value that describes a desired subset of all the user's available personal user information to be unlocked by the key value (i.e., by the PIC).