Cross-Platform PII Permission Management via Intermediary Mediator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in balancing data privacy with the need to share personal identifiable information (PII) across platforms, often experiencing repetitive data entry and security concerns due to the lack of control over when and how their data is shared.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that securely transfers PII by receiving user permissions, encrypting the data, and enabling access to third-party systems only with authorized permissions, using a system that manages user authorizations and securely stores PII to reduce errors and enhance protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users share their data across multiple platforms to reduce repetitive data entry, then ease of operation is improved, but security and privacy protection deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments user data into distinct platforms and contexts, allowing selective sharing of specific data elements with specific platforms while maintaining isolation of sensitive information. Users can grant platform-specific permissions that segment access control, enabling ease of operation for necessary data sharing while maintaining security boundaries.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary permission management system that mediates between users and multiple platforms. This intermediary layer controls data flow, allowing users to share data across platforms through standardized permission interfaces while the intermediary enforces security policies and prevents unauthorized access.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If users minimize the number of entities with access to their data to maintain security, then security is improved, but productivity deteriorates due to repetitive data entry
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal permission management framework that works across multiple platforms and data types. This universal system allows users to manage all their data permissions through a single interface, enabling efficient control over data sharing across numerous entities without requiring separate management for each platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary authorization mechanisms where users grant permissions in advance before data access is needed. This preliminary action establishes trust frameworks and access policies upfront, allowing automated data sharing across platforms without requiring repeated user interactions, thus improving productivity while maintaining security.
3Speed
If platforms store and process user data directly to enable quick access, then speed is improved, but reliability and security deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary permission service that sits between user data storage and platform access requests. This intermediary validates permissions and authorizes data access without requiring platforms to directly access or store sensitive user data, enabling fast authorized access while maintaining security through the intermediary layer.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements data copying mechanisms where platforms receive copies or representations of data rather than direct access to original user data. This allows platforms to process data quickly for their intended purposes while the original data remains secured in user-controlled storage, separating processing speed needs from security requirements.
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AI summary
A system, process, and computer-readable medium for securely transferring user personal identification information (PII) across platforms, based on specific permissions, are described. One or more aspects provide greater control, to a user, of when that user's PII may be released from a secure storage in a first platform and securely provided to a second platform. The timing of those releases of the PII may be controlled by specific authorizations from the user via one or more processes. Also, in addition to improving the security associated with the PII transferred between platforms, one or more aspects improve users' experiences by permitting controlled reuse of users' PII to simplify how users provide their PII to separate processes being performed on separate platforms.