Privacy Data Containment via Deep Learning Classification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to adequately safeguard and report user privacy data, leading to potential compromise or unauthorized sharing of sensitive information, which can result in financial loss, credit issues, and user frustration.

Innovation Solution

A customizable privacy data system using deep learning models and modular containers for data scanning, classification, and reporting, ensuring compliance with regulations like GDPR, and enabling secure handling and storage of user data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If private user data is transmitted between devices and systems, then data communication and processing are enabled, but the risk of unauthorized sharing and data compromise increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata communication efficiencyVSAvoiddata compromise risk
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments private data into multiple partitions, where each partition contains only a subset of the complete private information. Multiple devices must collaborate to reconstruct the full data, preventing any single device from accessing complete private information. This resolves the contradiction by enabling data processing across devices while mitigating the risk of data compromise through distributed storage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a trusted execution environment (TEE) as an intermediary layer between data storage and processing operations. The TEE acts as a secure mediator that enables data processing while preventing unauthorized access to raw private data. This resolves the contradiction by facilitating data communication and processing productivity while the TEE intermediary protects against data compromise risks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If data is stored in multiple devices for distribution, then data security and compliance are improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata securityVSAvoidsystem architecture complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal data partitioning framework that can be applied across different device types and storage configurations. The same partitioning and reconstruction mechanisms work across diverse systems, reducing the complexity burden despite distributed storage. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining high data security through multi-device storage while using a universal approach to manage system complexity.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs nested encryption layers where data is encrypted in multiple hierarchical levels before distribution across devices. Each device stores encrypted partitions with different encryption layers, and reconstruction requires combining multiple layers. This nested structure improves data security through layered protection while organizing the complexity in a manageable hierarchical manner.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

3Measurement precision

If deep learning models are used for data classification, then classification accuracy is improved, but computational resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata classification accuracyVSAvoidcomputational energy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs data classification using deep learning models during the data ingestion and partitioning phase, before data is distributed to multiple devices. By completing the computationally intensive classification task upfront, the system achieves high classification accuracy while avoiding repeated computational energy consumption during data reconstruction and processing operations. This resolves the contradiction by performing accurate classification in advance when computational resources are more readily available.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP3791303B1System and method for generating privacy data containment and reporting
Publication Date: 2025.06.25 PAYPAL INC
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AI summary

Aspects of the present disclosure involve, a customizable system and infrastructure which can receive privacy data from varying data sources for privacy scanning, containment, and reporting. In one embodiment, data received is scanned for privacy data extraction using various data connectors and decryption techniques. In another embodiment, the data extracted is transferred to a privacy scanning container where the data is analyzed by various deep learning models for the correct classification of the data. In some instances, the data extracted may be unstructured data deriving form emails, case memos, surveys, social media posts, and the like. Once the data is classified, the data may be stored or contained according to the classification of the data. Still in another embodiment, the classified data may be retrieved by an analytics container for use in reporting.