Personal Information Assistant Digital Proxy for Secure Data Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Consumers have limited options for securing and controlling their personal information during digital interactions with businesses, leading to risks of identity fraud and data breaches, as their information is often not verified securely when transmitted electronically.

Innovation Solution

A personal information assistant computing system that uses natural language processing and adaptive learning to securely manage user information, acting as a digital proxy to interact with remote systems, encrypting and securely transmitting data, and allowing users to control how their information is shared.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If consumers transmit personal information electronically during digital interactions with businesses, then digital transactions can be facilitated, but the security and control over personal information is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedigital transaction efficiencyVSAvoidinformation security
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a digital proxy as an intermediary between the consumer and business systems. This digital proxy securely manages and transmits personal information on behalf of the consumer, enabling digital transactions while maintaining security control. The proxy acts as a mediator that verifies information authenticity and manages data transmission without requiring the consumer to directly expose their personal information to multiple business systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-organizing and securing personal information in a controlled digital environment before actual transactions occur. The digital proxy is established and configured in advance with the consumer's information, allowing for secure verification and control mechanisms to be in place before any data transmission takes place during digital interactions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If businesses collect and monitor consumer information during digital interactions, then products and services can be improved, but consumer control over their information is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproduct development capabilityVSAvoidinformation control
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The digital proxy serves as an intermediary that allows consumers to maintain control over their information while still enabling businesses to collect necessary data for product improvement. The proxy manages the transmission and sharing of information, giving consumers oversight and control capabilities while facilitating the data collection needed for business adaptability and product development.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of time

If personal information is transmitted without secure verification, then digital interactions can proceed quickly, but the risk of identity fraud increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransaction timeVSAvoididentity fraud risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary verification and security checks through the digital proxy before information transmission occurs. By establishing secure verification mechanisms in advance and pre-configuring the digital proxy with authentication capabilities, the system can quickly validate identities during transactions without sacrificing security, thus reducing transaction time while preventing identity fraud.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11721340B2Personal information assistant computing system
Publication Date: 2023.08.08 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
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AI summary

A personal information assistant computing system may include a user computing device having a processor and a non-transitory memory device storing instructions. The personal information assistant may receive a user accessible input as a natural language communication from the user, which may be analyzed by a personal information assistant to determine a task to be performed by the virtual information assistant. The personal information assistant may be personalized to the user using encrypted user information. The personal information assistant communicates with a remote computing system in performance of a computer-assisted task, wherein the first personal information assistant interacts as a proxy for the user in response to at least one response received from the remote computing system. The personal information assistant may communicate the results of the task to the user via a user information screen and/or an audio device.