Privacy-Aware Information Sharing via Content-Group Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information sharing methods do not consider interpersonal relationships or privacy, leading to poor sharing effects and user experience.

Innovation Solution

An information sharing method that extracts parameters and attributes of shared content, groups it based on preset rules, and matches these groups with object groups to ensure appropriate sharing based on interpersonal relationships and privacy considerations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If information is directly shared to cloud without grouping, then sharing speed is improved, but privacy protection deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesharing speedVSAvoidprivacy exposure
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments information to be shared into different information groups based on attributes (such as personal, work, public categories) and segments recipient groups into object groups with different access permissions. This segmentation allows fast direct sharing while protecting privacy by ensuring each group only accesses appropriate information segments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different permission levels and access controls to different object groups. Each group receives information with appropriate quality/permission levels matching their relationship to the sharer, so sensitive information is only accessible to authorized groups while public information is broadly accessible.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Ease of operation

If information is shared to all users without grouping, then ease of operation is improved, but adaptability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesharing operation simplicityVSAvoidinterpersonal relationship adaptation
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal sharing framework that automatically handles multiple scenarios. The system provides default sharing to all users for simplicity while simultaneously supporting customized group-based sharing for different interpersonal relationships, making the system adaptable to both public and private sharing needs through a unified interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary action by pre-defining object groups and their permission levels before sharing occurs. Users can pre-configure groups (family, friends, colleagues) and their access rights in advance, so when sharing happens, the system automatically matches information with appropriate groups without requiring complex real-time decisions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Object-affected harmful factors

If information grouping is implemented without automated matching, then privacy protection is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprivacy protectionVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service through automated matching algorithms that use preset rules to automatically match information groups with appropriate object groups based on information attributes and group permissions. The system autonomously performs the matching and permission verification without requiring manual user intervention for each sharing decision, maintaining privacy while avoiding excessive complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary matching layer between information and recipients. This intermediary component automatically processes the matching logic using preset rules, acting as a mediator that handles the complexity of permission management while presenting a simple interface to users for both information creation and recipient selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12468737B2Information sharing method and apparatus, electronic device, and computer-readable storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.11.11 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides an information sharing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, relating to the field of data processing. The information sharing method includes: acquiring information to be shared, and extracting a first parameter of the information to be shared; acquiring object groups to share with; grouping, based on a first preset rule, the information to be shared according to the first parameter to obtain information groups; matching, based on a second preset rule, the information groups with the object groups; and processing, in response to the operation of acquiring the object groups, the matched information groups respectively, and sharing the matched information groups to corresponding object groups.