Virtual Individual Server for Decentralized Data Privacy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Centralized third-party services for content sharing and backup pose significant privacy risks due to their vulnerability to hacking and the requirement for users to surrender control over their personal information, as hackers can access private data of all users and service providers can sell or share user information without consent.
Innovation Solution
A virtual individual server service within a communications network is provided, allowing users to access applications like online social networks, email, and backup services without relying on third-party providers, ensuring decentralized storage and control over personal information, with each user owning their own logically separated virtual server for secure and private data management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users subscribe to centralized third-party services for content sharing and backup, then convenience and service functionality are improved, but user privacy and security are compromised due to centralized data storage and third-party access rights
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the centralized third-party service into distributed virtual individual servers, where each user's data is isolated in their own server instance. This segmentation prevents hackers from accessing all user data through a single breach point, while still providing the convenience of cloud-based content sharing and backup services through the network infrastructure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If third-party services are used for content management, then service functionality is improved, but control over personal information is lost due to required agreements allowing data sharing and selling
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by allowing users to own and control their own virtual individual servers. Users can directly manage their personal information, set access permissions, and control data sharing without needing to agree to third-party terms. This maintains full functionality for content management while preserving user control over their information.
3Productivity
If centralized third-party services are implemented, then service delivery efficiency is improved, but vulnerability to hacking and malicious attacks increases due to centralized data repositories
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the centralized service architecture into multiple distributed virtual individual servers, each handling specific user data. This segmentation maintains service delivery efficiency through networked access while significantly improving security by limiting the impact of potential hacks to individual user servers rather than exposing all user data in a single centralized repository.
4Ease of operation
If users rely on third-party service providers, then ease of service access is improved, but dependency and lack of data ownership increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the benefits of third-party service provision (ease of access, infrastructure management) with user ownership by allowing users to subscribe to virtual individual server services while maintaining control over their data. The service provider manages the infrastructure and deployment, but users retain ownership and control rights, combining the ease of accessed with data sovereignty.
Data Source
AI summary
A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a virtual individual server service within a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request from a subscriber of the communications network to subscribe to the virtual individual server service, provides a virtual individual server to the subscriber in response to the request and executes at least one application via the virtual individual server using at least one piece of personal information associated with the subscriber.