Space Time Region Based Communications for Privacy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Location-based services and social networking services face privacy and security issues when combined, particularly in revealing users' locations and identities, which can be misused for unintended purposes, and traditional communication systems struggle to reach parties without prior knowledge of their personally identifiable information.
Innovation Solution
A space time region-based communication system that employs spatio-temporal information in data structures and computer-readable instructions to enable secure, private communications without requiring prior knowledge of the recipient's identity, allowing users to communicate if their location intersects with a specified space-time region at any time, and enabling exponential scalable deployment through geo-channel systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If location-based services are combined with social networking services to enable communication, then communication capability is improved, but privacy and security are compromised due to revelation of users' locations and identities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces space-time region codes as an intermediary that mediates between users and the communication system. Instead of directly sharing personal identifiable information, users communicate through coded representations of their space-time regions. This intermediary layer enables communication functionality while protecting user privacy and security by preventing direct exposure of personal information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts personal identifiable information from the communication process entirely. Users are represented by space-time region codes rather than by their actual identities, locations, or other personal data. This extraction of PII from the system eliminates the privacy and security risks associated with revealing such information while maintaining communication capability.
2Reliability
If traditional communication systems require prior knowledge of recipient's personally identifiable information, then communication reliability is improved, but accessibility to unknown parties deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional communication approach by not requiring knowledge of the recipient's identity beforehand. Instead of looking up personal information to establish communication, the system allows any party to generate a space-time region code that can be used to reach unknown parties. This inversion enables accessibility to unknown parties while maintaining reliability through the structured code-based identification system.
3Adaptability or versatility
If location data is continuously tracked and shared for communication purposes, then communication functionality is improved, but data privacy and security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts actual location data and personal information from the communication system, replacing them with space-time region codes. These codes represent spatial and temporal information without containing or exposing actual location data or personal information. This extraction eliminates privacy risks while maintaining communication functionality through the coded representation system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates copies of location and temporal information in the form of space-time region codes rather than using the actual sensitive data. These codes are functional replicas that enable communication based on space-time proximity without containing the original private information. This copying approach preserves communication functionality while protecting data privacy.
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AI summary
A method for space time region based communications in a data communication network is disclosed. The method includes performing an initial assignment of bubble data, the bubble data including a bubble spatio temporal information data representing a volume of space time, the bubble data further including a content data thereby assigned to the spatio temporal information data; providing a spatio temporal coordinate data associated with at least one user of the data communication network, determining if the spatio temporal coordinate data is deemed to be within the volume of space time represented by the bubble spatio temporal information data, and granting access to the content data to the at least one user of the data communication network if the spatio temporal coordinate data is determined to be deemed to be within the volume of space time represented by the bubble spatio temporal information data.