Progressive Permission Model for Information Privacy and Searchability
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing digital information management systems struggle to efficiently capture and manage information ownership and permissions, leading to issues such as information being inaccessible or unfindable due to conflicting objectives of access and control.
Innovation Solution
A framework and user experience that registers ownership and permission intentions of information, utilizing a progressive symmetric permission model with white, black, and grey lists to ensure that information is searchable while maintaining privacy and control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If information is made publicly accessible to maximize availability, then accessibility is improved, but privacy and control are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The permission model segments access control into distinct categories (white list, black list, grey list) allowing different levels of access control. This enables information to be selectively accessible to specific users while remaining hidden from others, resolving the contradiction between accessibility and privacy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements dynamic permission management where users can change their permission intentions over time. The progressive permission model allows permission states to evolve from private to shared, enabling flexible control that adapts to changing user needs while maintaining both accessibility and privacy control.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If information is shared with selected people to maintain privacy, then privacy is improved, but searchability is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The permission model creates distinct segments for different access levels. The grey list segment enables users to be discoverable through search while maintaining the option to request access, separating the functions of searchability and direct access control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary permission layer between public searchability and private access. Users on the grey list can be found through search but require explicit permission to access, acting as a mediator that enables both searchability and privacy protection simultaneously.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple services and communication channels are used for access control, then control flexibility is improved, but system complexity is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple access control mechanisms into a unified permission model with three lists (white, black, grey). This consolidation provides flexible control options while reducing system complexity by eliminating the need for separate services and communication channels for each control mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The permission model serves multiple functions simultaneously: it controls accessibility, enables searchability, maintains privacy, and provides user notification. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate systems while maintaining control flexibility.
4Measurement precision
If users manually manage permissions for each piece of information, then control precision is improved, but time consumption is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables users to self-manage their permission intentions through a progressive user interface that guides them through setting permissions. This self-service approach maintains precise control over who can access information while reducing time consumption by automating the permission management process.
Solution Approach 2:
The progressive permission model performs preliminary actions by establishing default permission states and guiding users through a structured process. This preliminary structuring reduces the time needed for users to manually manage permissions while maintaining precise control over access rights.
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AI summary
A method and system to improve the computer in light of the global information network with numerous computer devices services, and apps, so that a user can capture and find information with high security and usability. The method improves capturing information and the user intentions, while minimizing the work that needs to be done by the user to obtain a benefit from the computer system. The invention includes the following methods for the computer: to simplify account creation for new users; to identify them progressively by requesting just the information necessary to provide a service; to authenticate an identity without a priori preparation of security questions and by requesting a user an effort proportional to the value of the service; and to capture the user intentions of permission of information by progressively and interactively asking who can and must not find it.