Segmented Cloud Access for Biographical Data via Digital Identifiers
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Solution Overview
Problem
The difficulty in quickly and accurately accessing biographical data from business cards, especially due to small font sizes and the inconvenience of shuffling through physical cards, leads to lost opportunities and decreased productivity.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for segmented access of remotely stored biographical data using digital identifiers like QR codes, allowing extraction and storage in a cloud environment with assigned access and security privileges, enabling access via client devices through a network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If biographical data is stored on physical business cards, then the information is permanently available, but it becomes difficult to locate and read due to small font sizes and physical handling requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a digital copy of the biographical data from the physical business card by capturing an image or scanning the card. This digital copy is then stored in a cloud repository, making the information easily accessible without handling the physical card. The optical capture device reads the card information and converts it into a digital format that can be remotely accessed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions the biographical data from a two-dimensional physical card that requires physical handling to a digital dimension accessible through network connections. The data moves from being constrained by physical space and font size to being accessible through electronic interfaces on various client devices, eliminating the need to physically locate and read the card.
2Productivity
If all biographical data is made accessible to multiple client devices, then productivity increases through easy access, but security risks increase due to potential unauthorized access
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different security privileges to different portions or aspects of the biographical data. Instead of uniform security or uniform accessibility, the system can grant different levels of access to different data fields or to different users based on their credentials, allowing high productivity for authorized users while maintaining security through differentiated access control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements authentication and authorization mechanisms that provide feedback control over data access. Before granting access to biographical data, the system verifies user credentials and determines appropriate access levels. This feedback mechanism ensures that only authorized individuals can access the data, maintaining security while enabling productivity for legitimate users.
3Adaptability or versatility
If biographical data is extracted and stored in a cloud environment, then accessibility from multiple devices is enabled, but data security and access control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal access system where the same cloud-based repository can be accessed from multiple types of client devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, etc.) through standard network protocols. This universal interface enables versatility across different devices without requiring device-specific implementations, simplifying the user experience while maintaining security through centralized control.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems of segmented access of remotely stored biographical data to a client device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a biographical information is obtained from a vocational collateral such as a business card. In this embodiment, a method and system includes extracting a biographical data from a digital identifier of the vocational collateral. The method and system includes assigning at least one of an access privilege and a security privilege to the biographical data extracted from the digital identifier. The method and system further includes storing the biographical data comprising at least one of the access privilege and the security privilege in a repository of a cloud computing environment accessible to a number of client devices through a network connection. Finally, the method and system includes permitting the number of client devices access to the biographical data based on the access privilege and/or the security privilege.