Portable Access Point for Blockchain-Backed Secure Data Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data management systems face challenges in efficiently managing secure data sharing among multiple parties, with security protocols often causing friction and being cumbersome or impractical.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing blockchain-backed credentials for secure information management, where users can control access scope through a portable access point, enabling vetted entities to request and authenticate credentials for limited access to user information, with validation and logging on a private blockchain.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional security protocols are used for data sharing among multiple parties, then security and authentication are maintained, but the process becomes cumbersome and impractical
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a portable access point as an intermediary device that carries credential information. This mediator enables secure data sharing by allowing requesting systems to scan and obtain credentials without requiring complex traditional authentication workflows between multiple parties, thus maintaining security while improving ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the essential authentication elements (credentials, scope definitions, and access privileges) from complex security protocols and concentrates them in a portable access point. This extraction allows the core security function to be performed independently without the friction of traditional multi-party authentication workflows
2Reliability
If comprehensive access control is implemented for secure information, then security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring the portable access point with credential information, scope definitions, and access privileges before any data access request. This preliminary setup eliminates the need for complex real-time authentication negotiations, maintaining comprehensive access control while reducing system complexity during actual data sharing operations
3Adaptability or versatility
If user information is shared among multiple parties, then data utility is improved, but security risks and fraudulent access attempts increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic access control where the portable access point can be scanned by multiple requesting systems, and credentials are issued with specific scope definitions and access privileges tailored to each request. This dynamic approach enables flexible data sharing among multiple parties while maintaining security through customized, limited-access credentials that mitigate fraudulent access attempts
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AI summary
Embodiments permit scope limited access to a user's secure information using blockchain backed credential(s). A user can register with a secure information manager and control the scope with which the user's secure information is shared. For example, the user can permit a vetted entity access to the user's secure information via a portable access point. The user can select scope definition that control how the user's secure information is shared with the vetted entity. The vetted entity can scan the user's portable access point and request a credential. The credential can be a blockchain backed credential that is assigned access privileges that correspond the user's selections. The vetted entity can then issue data access request(s) using the credential. The secure information manager can permit the vetted entity scope limited access to the user's secure information that corresponds to the access privileges assigned to the credential.