Secure Messaging Security Tag Icons and Auto-Deletion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current digital resource management services lack secure messaging features that ensure privacy and confidentiality of messages, as messages can be inadvertently viewed or leaked, especially when displayed on devices, and there is no effective mechanism for secure deletion based on assigned security levels.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a security component in computing devices that associates security tag icons with messages based on their security levels, allowing users to enable secure messaging with options like 'delete on arrival' or 'delete on response', and automatically deleting messages once read or responded to, ensuring no residual traces on client or collaboration service devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If secure messaging features are implemented with automatic deletion based on security levels, then message confidentiality and privacy are improved, but device complexity and system requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments messaging into different security levels (e.g., secure messages with delete-on-arrival, normal messages). Each message type is handled by specific processing rules, allowing secure messaging functionality to be added without complicating the entire messaging system. The security component categorizes messages and applies appropriate deletion policies based on security tags.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by assigning security levels and deletion policies to messages before they are fully processed or displayed. The security component identifies secure messages and marks them for automatic deletion upon reading or response, preventing the need for complex post-processing security checks and ensuring confidentiality is maintained throughout the message lifecycle.
2Ease of operation
If security tag icons are displayed with message arrivals, then user awareness of secure messaging is improved, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses visual indicators (security tag icons) to differentiate secure messages from normal messages. These icons provide immediate visual feedback to users about the security status of messages, making it easy to identify which messages require special handling without requiring users to understand complex security protocols or navigate complicated interfaces.
3Reliability
If automatic deletion of secure messages is implemented, then message security is improved, but information loss occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different retention policies to different messages based on their security classification. Secure messages with delete-on-arrival policy are automatically deleted after being read, while normal messages are retained in the conversation history. This local quality approach ensures that only messages requiring enhanced security are deleted, preserving important information while maintaining security for sensitive communications.
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AI summary
Techniques are disclosed for secure collaboration messaging. An example methodology implementing the techniques includes, by a computing device of a first user, receiving a notification of arrival of a message addressed to the first user from a second user and determining that the message is a secure message. The method also includes, by the computing device of the first user, associating a security tag icon to the message, the security tag icon providing an indication that the message is a secure message, and causing a display of the associated security tag icon with a displayed indication of the arrival of the message.