User Data Storage Control via Security Level Classification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Companies face significant risks and liabilities when storing user data, including data breaches, fines, and loss of customer trust, while individuals have limited control over their private data scattered across different company interfaces.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method and system that reads data from multiple sources associated with a user, identifies security and access levels for each data element, and stores them using a method specified by the security level, enabling controlled access and storage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If companies store user data on their own databases, then they can manage and access the data, but they face significant risks and liabilities including data breaches, fines, and loss of customer trust

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata management capabilityVSAvoiddata security

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a third-party data storage and management service as an intermediary between users and companies. This service provider securely stores user data while providing controlled access to companies that need it, thereby reducing companies' direct liability and security risks while maintaining operational capability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts the data storage and security management function from companies and places it with a specialized third-party service provider. This separation allows companies to focus on their core operations while experts handle the complex security and storage requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Adaptability or versatility

If individuals allow companies to store their data, then companies can provide services, but individuals have limited control over their private data

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveservice capabilityVSAvoiduser control over data

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal data access platform that serves multiple functions: storing data securely, providing user control through standardized interfaces, enabling companies to access needed data, and facilitating data portability. This single system replaces multiple company-specific data management approaches.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of companies controlling user data as in traditional models, the patent inverts the control relationship by giving users direct control through standardized access interfaces, while companies receive only the specific data they need for their services.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

3Ease of operation

If each company has its own data management interface, then they can manage their data, but individuals have no platform to consolidate, sell, or use their own data

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompany data managementVSAvoiduser data utilization

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adds a new dimension to data management by creating a standardized access layer between users and companies. This intermediate dimension enables users to consolidate, control, and potentially monetize their data across multiple service providers without requiring separate interfaces for each company.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

4Adaptability or versatility

If companies store user data, then they can provide personalized services, but managing user data can be a risky, complex, and time consuming undertaking

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepersonalized service capabilityVSAvoiddata management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables automatic data retrieval and sharing based on predefined access rules and user consent, reducing the manual effort and complexity involved in data management for companies while still enabling personalized services.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20240070311A1Method and System for Providing Control Over Storage of and Access to User Data

Publication Date: 2024.02.29 HUSTAD ARTHUR

AI summary

A computer-implemented method and system: (A) read, from a plurality of data sources associated with a user, a plurality of data elements; (B) identify, for each of the plurality of data elements, a corresponding security level and a corresponding access level; (C) store, for each of the plurality of data elements, the corresponding security level and the corresponding access level; and (D) store, in a data store associated with the user, each of the plurality of data elements using a storage method specified by the data element's corresponding security level.