Tokenized Communication Service Provider for Secure Messaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumers' contact information is often exposed to unauthorized parties and lacks adequate protection, leading to data theft and erosion of trust, making it difficult for enterprises to acquire and manage contact information securely.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing a tokenized communication service provider (TCSP) and blockchain ledger to secure messaging by registering consumer consent and preferences, issuing communication tokens, and verifying message delivery consent, ensuring that consumer personal information is not exposed to message senders and maintaining privacy through zero-knowledge proof mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If consumer contact information is provided directly to enterprises for communication, then message delivery is enabled, but consumer data security and privacy are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a Tokenized Communication Service Provider (TCSP) as an intermediary between consumers and enterprises. The TCSP holds consumer contact information and issues communication tokens that enable message delivery without exposing personal data. Enterprises send messages to tokens rather than direct contact information, and the TCSP routes messages while maintaining privacy protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a copy mechanism where communication tokens represent consumer contact information without being the actual personal data. These tokens can be shared safely with enterprises, allowing message delivery functionality while the original personal identifiers remain protected on the blockchain ledger.
2Ease of operation
If consumer contact information is stored by enterprises, then communication can be established, but trust is eroded due to lack of security safeguards
Solution Approach 1:
The TCSP acts as a trusted intermediary that consumers can rely on for data protection. By storing contact information with the TCSP rather than directly with enterprises, consumers gain trust that their data will be protected according to the TCSP's security protocols and blockchain verification mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements consent management where consumers can provide, modify, or revoke communication consent at any time. The TCSP maintains records of consumer preferences and communicates delivery status back to both consumers and enterprises, providing transparency and enabling consumers to control their communication preferences.
3Ease of operation
If consumer consent is recorded traditionally, then message delivery authorization is obtained, but consent revocation is not definitive and affiliate sharing is invisible
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides continuous feedback to consumers about their data sharing status. The blockchain ledger records all consent transactions and data access events, creating an auditable trail that consumers can review to see exactly which enterprises have access to their information and when consent was granted or revoked.
Solution Approach 2:
Consumers are empowered to manage their own consent preferences directly through the system. They can view their data sharing history, revoke consent at any time, and control which enterprises can access their contact information, eliminating the need to rely on enterprises to honor revocation requests.
4Ease of operation
If personal identifiers are shared with organizations, then communication functionality is enabled, but the risk of data leakage increases with each organization
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of sharing actual personal identifiers with multiple organizations, the system creates token copies that can be safely distributed. Each enterprise receives a communication token that functions as a placeholder for the consumer's contact information, enabling message delivery without exposing the real personal data to multiple parties.
Solution Approach 2:
The TCSP intermediary architecture ensures that personal identifiers are never directly shared with enterprises. All communication flows through the TCSP, which holds the actual contact information and uses it only to route messages based on token matching, thereby eliminating direct exposure of personal data to multiple organizations.
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AI summary
A Tokenized Communication Service Provider (TCSP) for providing secure messaging between a consumer and a message sender without exposing the consumer communication preferences and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to the message sender. TCSP issues a communication token to be used for the communication between the consumer and the message sender. Consumer authorization is recorded in a blockchain ledger and a Zero Knowledge Proof mechanism is used to establish that the TCSP possesses the consumer contact information and authorization. The consumer authorization is revocable by the consumer, and the revocation is recorded in the blockchain ledger.