Temporary Secure Data Lake With Token Access and VM Isolation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing networks lack the ability to create a temporary, dynamic, and secure environment for diverse digital footprints, especially for applications like remote education and emergency response, where security is inadequate and vulnerable to breaches.

Innovation Solution

A private, temporary, secure data lake (SLAKE) is established using tokens to manage access, virtual machines for isolation, and light firewalls for security, connecting devices through a private virtual network with customizable security policies and emergency response integration.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a temporary dynamic secure network is created for diverse digital footprint, then security and reliability are improved, but network complexity and setup time increase

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovesecurityVSAvoidnetwork complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The network is segmented into isolated virtual machines for each participant, with individual firewalls and access controls. This segmentation allows secure handling of diverse digital footprints while maintaining manageable complexity through modular architecture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

A service provider server acts as an intermediary to automatically provision and manage the temporary network infrastructure. This mediator handles the complexity of network setup, security configuration, and participant coordination, reducing the perceived complexity for end users.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If a temporary dynamic secure network is created for diverse digital footprint, then security and reliability are improved, but deployment time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovesecurityVSAvoiddeployment time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The service provider pre-configures virtual machine templates, security policies, and network architectures before participants join. This preliminary preparation enables rapid network deployment while maintaining high security standards, as the complex security infrastructure is already in place and ready to be instantiated.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If virtual machines are used for device isolation, then security is improved, but device resources and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovesecurityVSAvoiddevice resources

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of requiring participants to run full virtual machine software locally, the system uses lightweight virtualized environments managed by the service provider. This copying approach provides the security benefits of isolation while reducing the resource burden on participant devices through cloud-based virtualization management.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS12634292B2Private temporary dynamic secure networks and first responder network integration

Publication Date: 2026.05.19 AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L P

AI summary

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving information defining a plurality of participants in a secure data lake, receiving access information for the plurality of participants, the access information operative to define respective access to the secure data lake for respective participants, establishing the secure data lake according to the information, wherein the establishing comprises enabling secure communication and data sharing among the participants and limiting access to only the participants, according to the access information, and terminating the secure data lake upon occurrence of a terminating condition. Other embodiments are disclosed.