Secure Document Exchange Service for Encrypted Data Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
File transfer processes are vulnerable to security breaches and user errors, particularly when handling sensitive information, as they can expose data to malicious interception and mismanagement of consent, leading to legal and security issues.
Innovation Solution
A secure document exchange service that manages and secures information transfer by requesting, authenticating, and encrypting data between content owners and service providers, including explicit consent management to ensure secure communication and proper authorization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If file transfer is used for document exchange, then communication efficiency is improved, but security vulnerabilities increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a secure document exchange service as an intermediary between the content owner and service provider. This mediator manages the entire document exchange process including generating encryption keys, coordinating secure transmission, and handling consent management, thereby maintaining security while enabling efficient communication.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the security management functions from the traditional file transfer process and places them in a dedicated secure document exchange service. By separating key generation, encryption, transmission coordination, and consent management into a specialized intermediary service, the system achieves both security and efficiency.
2Reliability
If encryption is implemented for secure transfer, then data security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The secure document exchange service automatically generates encryption keys, manages the encryption process, and coordinates the exchange without requiring the content owner or service provider to manually handle cryptographic operations. This self-service approach to security management reduces the perceived complexity for end users while maintaining robust encryption.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal secure document exchange service that handles multiple functions including key generation, encryption coordination, consent management, and transmission monitoring. By consolidating these diverse security and management functions into a single multi-functional service, the system reduces overall complexity compared to implementing separate systems for each function.
3Reliability
If consent management is implemented, then legal compliance is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The secure document exchange service obtains consent from the content owner as a preliminary step before initiating the document exchange process. By securing authorization in advance and managing it through the intermediary service, the system ensures legal compliance without requiring additional consent steps during the actual transmission, thereby minimizing processing time delays.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for secure document exchange includes receiving a request from a content owner to initiate a document request of particular information from a record provider to a service provider; and sending the document request to the record provider. The document request sent to the record provider includes the particular information of the content owner as required by the service provider for the record provider to send to the service provider; contact information of the service provider to receive the particular information; and an encryption key with which the record provider is to encrypt the particular information before sending to the service provider The method further includes sending to the service provider a notification message that includes a decryption key with which to decrypt the particular information from the record provider.