Privacy-Preserving Delivery Address Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
During online shopping, buyers' personal information is often exposed and can be leaked, compromising their privacy, as it is shared with logistics companies through shipping documents, leading to issues like harassment and unordered deliveries.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that divide personal information into public and confidential parts, using identifiers to manage and protect the confidential information, where only the public part is shared with logistics companies, and the confidential part is revealed only when the delivery personnel is within a specific proximity of the delivery address.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the buyer's personal information is shared with the logistics company for delivery, then the delivery process can be completed, but the buyer's privacy is exposed and confidential information can be leaked
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the delivery address into two parts: public information (province, city, district, street) that is shared with the logistics company, and confidential information (community, building, room number) that is kept private. This segmentation allows the delivery process to proceed while protecting the buyer's privacy from exposure.
2Measurement precision
If the complete delivery address is provided to the logistics company, then accurate delivery can be achieved, but the confidential information becomes vulnerable to leakage through shipping documents
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the confidential portion of the delivery address (community, building, room number) from the information shared with the logistics company. Only the necessary public information is provided for delivery routing, while the extracted confidential information is protected from potential leakage through shipping documents and public records.
3Ease of operation
If the buyer's full personal information is made public for transaction purposes, then the transaction process can proceed smoothly, but the buyer faces threats from harassment and unordered deliveries
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing different levels of information privacy to different parties involved in the transaction. The logistics company receives sufficient public information to perform delivery, while the confidential information is restricted to protect the buyer from harassment and unwanted deliveries. This localized information sharing maintains transaction convenience while reducing harmful effects.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method, apparatus, and system for managing confidential information. The method includes accessing stored target information comprising a public part and a confidential part, wherein an identifier corresponds to the confidential part of the target information, outputting the public part of the target information and the corresponding identifier, wherein the public part of the target information comprises at least first address information, receiving location information and a to-be-recognized identifier, wherein the location information is associated with a current location of a mobile terminal, determining whether the location information is consistent with the first address information, and in the event that the location information is consistent with the first address information, sending the confidential part of the target information associated with the to-be-recognized identifier to the mobile terminal.