Platform-Mediated Communication for Privacy-Preserving Joint Calculation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing big data trading centers fail to meet the data demands of users regarding privacy requirements, deal-making transactions, and ensuring legality and compliance of data packages, as well as failing to select appropriate data providers for joint calculations.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for communication that allows a data demander to send calculation requirements to a platform, which matches them with suitable data providers, ensuring privacy protection and data legality while enabling joint calculations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a big data trading center is used for data storage and calculation, then data circulation and sharing can be implemented, but it cannot meet the privacy requirements and specific calculation needs of data demanders

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata circulation capabilityVSAvoidprivacy protection
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a platform as an intermediary between data demanders and data providers. This platform receives calculation requests from demanders, matches them with appropriate data providers, and coordinates the joint calculation process without requiring direct data sharing between parties. The intermediary structure enables data circulation while protecting privacy by controlling information flow through a trusted third party.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If data is shared through a big data trading center, then data availability improves, but the ability to perform targeted joint calculations with appropriate data providers is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata availabilityVSAvoidjoint calculation matching
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by having data providers pre-register their data resources, capabilities, and calculation requirements with the platform before actual calculation requests are made. The platform stores this information and uses it to quickly match incoming calculation requests with suitable providers. This pre-positioning of information enables both high data availability and precise matching for joint calculations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If traditional data trading methods are used, then data sharing is achieved, but privacy protection and data security cannot be ensured

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata sharingVSAvoidprivacy leakage
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the sensitive data elements from the data sharing process and keeps them localized at the data provider's end. Only non-sensitive calculation results and necessary coordination information are transmitted through the platform. This extraction of sensitive information from the transmission path eliminates privacy leakage risks while maintaining the functionality of data sharing and joint calculation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS20250317501A1Communication method and apparatus, related device and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.10.09 CHINA MOBILE COMM GRP CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed in the present application are a communication method and apparatus, and a first node, a platform, a second node and a storage medium. The method comprises: a first node sending first information to a first platform, wherein the first information is used for joint calculation of the first node and at least one second node, or is used for calculation of the at least one second node; and the first information includes related information required by the calculation.