# US 2019/0171832 A1 · Rule based access to voluntarily provided data housed in a protected region of a data storage device

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- Number: US 2019/0171832 A1
- Document ID: US20190171832A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/829,794
- Filed: 2017-12-01
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-12-01
- Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.; AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Applicants: At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.; AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Inventors: Sangar Dowlatkhah; Erie Lai Har Lau
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190171832A1

## CPC

- H04L 63/105: {Multiple levels of security}
- G06F 21/6218: {to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database}
- G06F 21/6245: {Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes}
- G06V 20/00: Scenes; Scene-specific elements (control of digital cameras H04N23/60)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

## Abstract

Structured access to volunteered private data disclosed. Access can be based on security and privacy constraint information (SPCI) that can be selected by the party volunteering the private data. The volunteered data can be stored in a protected portion of a public network. The SPCI can be correlated to the volunteered data. In response to receiving a request for access to the volunteered data, an attribute of the request can be determined to satisfy one or more rules related to the SPCI prior to facilitating access to a version of a portion of the volunteered data. The version of the portion of the volunteered data can be a redaction of the portion of the volunteered data. The version of the portion of the volunteered data can be aggregated with other portions of other volunteered data determined to satisfy corresponding SPCI related rules.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving first data for storage in a protected environment on a first portion of a network storage device, wherein the first data stored in the protected environment of the first portion of the network storage device is accessible based on satisfying a first privacy rule;
in response to receiving privacy settings corresponding to the first data, determining the first privacy rule;
in response to receiving a request for relevant data:
determining that the first data comprises the relevant data,
determining that the request satisfies the first privacy rule, and
adapting a copy of the first data, based on the first privacy rule, resulting in first level first data, and
enabling access to the relevant data comprising the first level first data.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the request is received from a subscribing entity device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the network storage device is a different portion from a second portion of the network storage device, and wherein the second portion of the network storage device is not part of the protected environment.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the first level first data is an altered version of the first data.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The device of claim 4, wherein the first level first data is less than all of the first data.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The device of claim 4, wherein the altered version is as a result of a redaction of the first data.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The device of claim 6, wherein the redaction of the first data comprises the redaction of an identifying feature of the first data, wherein the identifying feature is selected from the group comprising a human body, a street sign, a landmark structure, a license plate, and portions thereof.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein:
the first privacy rule is a first hierarchical privacy rule that is a different hierarchical rule form a second hierarchical privacy rule,
the determining that the request satisfies the first privacy rule comprises determining that the request satisfies the first hierarchical privacy rule, wherein the adapting the copy of the first data comprises adapting the copy based on the first hierarchical privacy rule, resulting in the first level first data, and
in response to the determining that the request satisfies the first hierarchical privacy rule, determining that the request further satisfies the second hierarchical privacy rule, wherein the adapting the copy of the first data comprises adapting the copy based on the second hierarchical privacy rule, resulting in second level first data, wherein the first level first data and the second level second data are different, and wherein the enabling the access to the relevant data comprises enabling the access to the relevant data comprising the second level first data.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The device of claim 8, wherein the second level first data is different from the first level first data based on a difference between a first alteration of the first data represented in the first level first data and a second alteration of the first data represented in the second level first data.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The device of claim 8, wherein the first alteration results in a first amount of the first data comprised in the first level first data and the second alteration results in a second amount of the first data comprised in the second level first data, and wherein the first amount is a different amount than the second amount.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The device of claim 8, wherein the first alteration results in a first redaction of the first data comprised in the first level first data and the second alteration results in a second redaction of the first data comprised in the second level first data, and wherein the first redaction is a different redaction than the second redaction.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the operation further comprise:
in response to receiving second data, different from the first data, for storage in the protected environment on the first portion of the network storage device, determining that the second data is accessible from the storage based on satisfying the first privacy rule;
in response to receiving a request for relevant data:
determining that the second data comprises the relevant data,
determining that the request satisfies the first privacy rule, and
adapting a copy of the second data, based on the first privacy rule, resulting in first level second data, and
enabling access to the relevant data comprising the first level first data and the first level second data.

### Claim 13

A method, comprising:
receiving, by a system comprising a processor and a memory, privacy information corresponding to data stored via a protected portion of a data storage device;
receiving, by the system, a request for access to the data from a requesting device, wherein the request comprises an attribute related to the request for access to the data;
determining, by the system, a version of a portion of the data based on the privacy information and the attribute; and
enabling, by the system, access to the portion of the data for the requesting device.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the version of the portion of the data comprises a redaction of the portion of the data.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the requesting device is affiliated with a data access subscription related to recurring access to the version of the portion of the data.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the privacy information comprises a first hierarchical rule and a second hierarchical rule, and wherein the second hierarchical rule is applied in response to the first hierarchical rule being determined to be satisfied based on the attribute.

### Claim 17

A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving first privacy information corresponding to data stored via a protected portion of a data storage device that is accessible via a public network;
receiving a request for access to the data from a requesting device, wherein the request comprises an attribute related to the request for access to the data;
determining a version of a portion of the data based on the first privacy information and the attribute of the request; and
enabling access to the portion of the data for the requesting device.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the version of the portion of the data is a redacted version of the portion of the data, and wherein a level of the redaction is selected based on the first privacy information and the attribute.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the version is aggregated data comprising a first portion of first data aggregated with a second portion of second data that satisfies second privacy data correlated to the second data.

### Claim 20 (depends on 17)

The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the privacy information comprises a first hierarchical rule and a second hierarchical rule, and wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to determining the first hierarchical rule has been satisfied based on the attribute of the request, determining that the second hierarchical rule is satisfied.