Recording Analysis for Sensitive Data Protection and Alerting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face the tedious task of manually deleting images or recordings containing sensitive data from their devices and cloud storage after sharing them, as existing systems automatically save these files even when the user intends not to retain them.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method that analyzes recordings for data to be protected, identifies relevant recipients, and sends alerts, using temporary storage to avoid saving sensitive data on devices or in cloud storage, thereby automatically deleting the recordings after sharing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the image is automatically saved to local device or cloud data store, then the image can be stored and accessed, but the user has to manually delete it later which is tedious and creates extra work

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of sharingVSAvoidmanual cleanup time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically deleting the image from local device and cloud data store after it has been successfully shared with the recipient. This eliminates the need for manual cleanup operations by the user, resolving the contradiction between ease of sharing and manual cleanup time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If the image is automatically saved to local device or cloud data store, then the image can be stored and accessed, but it creates data retention risks for sensitive content

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of sharingVSAvoiddata retention risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary deletion action after successful sharing, ensuring that sensitive content is automatically removed from both local device and cloud data store. This eliminates data retention risks while maintaining ease of sharing operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If the user manually deletes the image after sharing, then data protection is improved, but the user workload increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata protectionVSAvoiduser workload
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically deleting the image from local device and cloud data store after successful sharing, without requiring user intervention. This maintains data protection reliability while eliminating additional user workload.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

4Reliability

If the recording is stored in temporary storage and then deleted, then data protection is improved, but the system must manage temporary storage operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata protectionVSAvoidstorage management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary deletion from permanent storage after successful sharing, using temporary storage only during the sharing process. This maintains data protection by ensuring recordings are deleted after use, while the temporary storage mechanism simplifies the overall storage management compared to permanent storage requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10963588B1Analyzing recordings for data to be protected and identifying recipients and alerts
Publication Date: 2021.03.30 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
  • US10963588B1 patent drawing
  • US10963588B1 patent drawing
  • US10963588B1 patent drawing

AI summary

Provided are techniques for analyzing recordings for data to be protected and identifying recipients and alerts. A recording is stored in temporary storage. Data to be protected about a situation is identified in the recording. One or more recipients are identified based on the data to be protected about the situation. One or more alerts for the one or more recipients are identified based on the data to be protected about the situation. The one or more alerts are sent to the one or more recipients along with the recording. The recording is deleted from the temporary storage.