Unified Encryption Service for Cross-Application Data Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile platforms lack unified encryption services compatible across different applications, leading to user inconvenience and increased risk of data compromise due to restrictive and application-specific encryption processes.
Innovation Solution
A security application that runs concurrently with other applications, enabling users to encrypt and decrypt data independently through a soft keyboard or hardware keyboard, allowing for seamless encryption and decryption across various platforms without the need to switch between applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a dedicated standalone application is used for encryption, then security and privacy are improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to requiring users to switch between applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the encryption functionality into the existing application environment by providing encryption services through a unified interface that works across multiple applications. Users can encrypt data directly within their preferred application rather than switching to a separate security application, combining the benefits of dedicated security with the convenience of integrated operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal encryption service that can be accessed from multiple different applications through a common interface. The encryption system is designed to work with various application types (messaging, email, social media) without requiring separate encryption applications for each, making the security service universally applicable across the mobile platform.
2Reliability
If application-specific encryption is used, then security is improved, but adaptability deteriorates due to lack of unified encryption services across different applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal encryption service that provides consistent encryption capabilities across multiple different applications. The system uses a common encryption interface and standardized data formats that work with messaging applications, email clients, social media platforms, and other communication tools, enabling cross-application compatibility while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the encryption functionality into a separate, reusable service layer that can be independently accessed by different applications. This modular approach allows each application to utilize the same core encryption services without requiring application-specific encryption implementations, improving both adaptability and maintainability.
3Ease of operation
If users have no control over encrypted data transmission and storage, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to increased risk of data compromise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms that provide users with visibility and control over the encryption process. Users can monitor encrypted data transmission and storage status, verify encryption operations, and receive notifications about security events. This feedback loop enables users to maintain control while benefiting from automated encryption processes.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method comprising receiving, based on a first user interface of a first application executing on a first device, user input that indicates a recipient, the recipient associated with registration information that indicates a method of communication with the recipient and an encryption key associated with the method of communication. The method causing an encrypted message to be generated based on the encryption key, the encrypted message encrypting clear data based on received user input, causing the encrypted message to be formatted into an encrypted package, that is in an application format compatible with a second application corresponding to the method of communication, wherein the application format is compatible with the second application by at least being a format that is allowed to be sent or to be processed by the second application, and providing the encrypted package to the second application to be sent to the recipient.