Personal Data Server Contextual Accuracy Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current solutions fail to effectively address the persistent dissemination of personal data in digital form, lacking a simple and easily implementable method to protect user privacy, especially in telecommunication networks where personal data can be infinitely copied and disseminated without control.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a personal data server to receive requests for user profile attributes, collect and compare user and observer profiles to adjust accuracy levels, providing updated attributes based on proximity and context, thereby obscuring data precision and protecting user privacy by emulating human memory and sensory limitations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If personal data is stored and disseminated in digital form, then data distribution and access are enabled, but privacy protection deteriorates due to infinite copying and uncontrolled dissemination
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing different accuracy levels of personal data attributes to different requesting devices based on their proximity and relationship to the user. Close connections receive higher accuracy data while distant connections receive lower accuracy data, thus enabling differentiated privacy protection across different access contexts
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the accuracy parameter of personal data attributes dynamically based on the requesting device's proximity and relationship to the user. The system adjusts the precision and detail level of returned data according to contextual parameters, transforming static data into context-dependent data with varying accuracy levels
2Adaptability or versatility
If full access to personal data is granted based on connection rules, then data utility is improved, but privacy control deteriorates as connections can freely disseminate data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the data access system dynamic by continuously evaluating the requesting device's proximity and relationship to the user, and adjusting the accuracy level of provided data in real-time. This dynamic approach replaces static access rules with adaptive accuracy control
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism that mediates between the user's personal data and requesting devices. The system acts as a gatekeeper that evaluates connection strength and proximity, then provides appropriately filtered data, preventing direct and uncontrolled access to full personal data
3Ease of manufacture
If simple privacy protection methods are implemented, then ease of implementation is improved, but effectiveness in preventing data dissemination deterioration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by enabling the system to automatically evaluate requesting devices, determine their proximity and relationship to the user, and provide appropriately filtered data without manual intervention. The automated accuracy adjustment reduces implementation complexity while maintaining protection effectiveness
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a method for providing an attribute of a user profile to a requesting electronic device through a personal data server, the user profile being stored on a first electronic device of the user, the attribute pertaining to a data type characterized by a plurality of accuracy levels, the method comprising for the personal data server receiving a request from the requesting electronic device for an attribute of the user profile, collecting the requested attribute from the first electronic device, comparing the user profile and a profile of the requesting electronic device, changing the accuracy level of the collected attribute based on the comparison to define an updated attribute, and providing the updated attribute to the requesting electronic device in response to the request.