Socially Aligned Access Control for Mobile Recording

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current data collection practices lack consistent standards and clear guidelines in both public and private settings, leading to inconsistent and often haphazard notice or communication between individuals regarding recording activities, resulting in a 'free-for-all' environment.

Innovation Solution

A system that facilitates intuitive and socially aligned access control by allowing users to set recording-related preferences, requiring explicit acceptance or rejection from others within a physical range before recording, and enabling emergency mode recordings that are securely uploaded.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If data collection is allowed freely in public settings without standardized control, then data collection speed and coverage are improved, but consistency and social acceptability of recording practices deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata collection speedVSAvoidconsistency of recording practices

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes the state of data collection from unrestricted to conditionally restricted by introducing dynamic parameters such as user preferences, physical proximity thresholds, and contextual settings. These parameters are adjusted based on real-time conditions to balance data collection efficiency with social acceptability and consistency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements dynamic access control where recording permissions are not static but change based on user preferences, physical distance, and contextual factors. The system continuously adapts recording behavior by monitoring user actions and environmental conditions, transforming rigid data collection into a flexible, context-aware process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of operation

If explicit acceptance is required from all users before recording, then social etiquette and user control are improved, but recording efficiency and ease of operation deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser control over recordingVSAvoidaccess control process

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial action by requiring explicit consent only from users within a specific physical proximity threshold, rather than all potential users. This selective approach maintains user control for those most likely to be affected while simplifying the process for others, avoiding the need for universal consent.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by establishing user preferences and proximity thresholds before actual recording begins. User consent mechanisms are prepared in advance through preference settings, and the system proactively manages consent workflows before recording operations start, reducing complexity during active recording.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If recording preferences are enforced strictly for all users, then data collection consistency is improved, but adaptability to different situations and users deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverecording preference enforcementVSAvoidflexibility in recording situations

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different recording preferences and control mechanisms to different users and situations rather than enforcing a single uniform rule. Users within proximity have different consent requirements based on their individual preferences and the specific context, allowing localized adaptation while maintaining overall system consistency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system segments users and recording situations into different categories based on proximity, preferences, and context. By dividing the user base into segments with different consent requirements and applying tailored recording rules to each segment, the system achieves both consistency within segments and adaptability across diverse situations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10453495B2System and method for intuitive and socially aligned access control

Publication Date: 2019.10.22 GENESEE VALLEY INNOVATIONS LLC

AI summary

One embodiment provides a system that facilitates access control. During operation, the system generates, by a first mobile computing device associated with a first user, a request to record information of a second user associated with a second mobile computing device. In response to receiving, from the second mobile computing device, an acceptance of the request, the system records, by the first mobile computing device, the information of the second user based on recording-related preferences of the second user. In response to receiving, from the second mobile computing device, a rejection of the request, the system precludes the first mobile computing device from recording the information of the second user, thereby facilitating intuitive and socially aligned access control.