17544988. CONDITIONAL ACCESS TO DATA simplified abstract (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION)

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CONDITIONAL ACCESS TO DATA

Organization Name

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Lars Bremer of Boeblingen (DE)

Albert Maier of Tuebingen (DE)

Mike W. Grasselt of Leinfelden-Echterdingen (DE)

Yannick Saillet of Stuttgart (DE)

Michael Baessler of Bempflingen (DE)

CONDITIONAL ACCESS TO DATA - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17544988 titled 'CONDITIONAL ACCESS TO DATA

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a database system that includes records with attributes and database views representing subsets of attributes. It also includes data purpose objects indicating subsets of attributes and processing purposes, and entities authorized to access those subsets. When a request for data is received for a specific processing purpose and selected view, the system retrieves the data purpose object and compares the attributes of the selected view with the ones indicated in the object, providing the corresponding attribute values.

  • The patent describes a database system with records and attributes.
  • It introduces database views representing subsets of attributes.
  • Data purpose objects are used to indicate subsets of attributes and processing purposes.
  • Entities authorized to access the subsets of attributes are associated with processing purposes.
  • The system can receive a request for data for a specific processing purpose and selected view.
  • It retrieves the data purpose object indicating the processing purpose.
  • The system compares the attributes of the selected view with the ones indicated in the data purpose object.
  • Finally, it provides the values of the subset of attributes of the selected view.

Potential Applications

  • Database management systems
  • Data privacy and access control systems
  • Data analytics and reporting tools

Problems Solved

  • Efficiently managing and organizing large amounts of data in a database system
  • Controlling access to specific subsets of attributes based on processing purposes
  • Ensuring data privacy and security by limiting access to authorized entities

Benefits

  • Improved data organization and management
  • Enhanced data privacy and security
  • Streamlined access control based on processing purposes
  • Efficient retrieval of attribute values for specific processing purposes and views


Original Abstract Submitted

A database system can comprise records, each record including a set of attributes. The database system can further comprise database views, each database view representing a subset of the set of attributes. Data purpose objects indicating a subset of attributes of the set of attributes and a processing purpose can be stored. Each processing purpose can be associated with one or more entities that authorized access to the subset of attributes of the processing purpose. A request for data for a specific processing purpose and a selected view of the database views can be received. A data purpose object that indicates the specific processing purpose can be retrieved. The subset of attributes represented by the selected view can be compared with the subset of the attributes indicated in the retrieved data purpose object. Values of the subset of attributes of the selected view can be provided.

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