IP Library Granted Patent US 11,275,851
Granted Patent B2
US 11,275,851 · App. 16/720,320 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

System, method, and storage medium for distributed data management

Inventor: Jinjian Zhai (Union City, CA)
Assignee: Beijing DiDi Infinity Technology and Development Co., Ltd.
G06F21/604G06F21/602G06F21/6227G06F21/6272
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Patent No.
US 11,275,851
App. No.
16/720,320
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for decentralized data management are provided. One of the methods includes: instructing, by an operator, a client to obtain data from a data source, wherein the operator is not allowed to directly obtain data from the data source; receiving, by the operator, encrypted data from the client, wherein the encrypted data is generated by the client based on the obtained data from the data source and an encryption key of an authorized data consumer; and storing, by the operator, the encrypted data into a data store for the authorized data consumer to access and decrypt, wherein the operator is not allowed to read the saved encrypted data from the data store.

Claims (54)

1. A computer-implemented method for decentralized data management, comprising:

constructing, by an operator, a data collection task comprising one or more of: location information, a time period, and a user account identifier, wherein the operator comprises a software program;

sending, by the operator, the data collection task to a client to obtain data from a data source corresponding to the data collection task, wherein the operator is not allowed to directly obtain data from the data source;

receiving, by the operator, encrypted data from the client, wherein the encrypted data is generated by the client based on the obtained data from the data source using an encryption key of an authorized data consumer; and

storing, by the operator, the encrypted data into a data store for the authorized data consumer to access and decrypt, wherein the operator is not allowed to read the saved encrypted data from the data store.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the storing the encrypted data into the data store comprises:

transforming the encrypted data into structured data; and

storing the structured data into the data store.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

removing the encrypted data from a storage medium of the operator.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending the data collection task to the client to obtain the data from the data source comprises:

transmitting the user account identifier to the client for the client to obtain the data from the data source according to the user account identifier.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user account identifier is mapped to a user account information comprising one or more of the following: token, cookie, user id (uid), or phone number.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data collection task instructs the client to perform:

starting data collection according to the location information, the time period, and the user account identifier;

stopping the data collection; or

restarting the data collection.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the encrypted data comprises ride-hailing user payment information, ride-hailing trip information, ride-hailing user location information; and

the storing, by the operator, the encrypted data into a data store comprises:

storing the ride-hailing user payment information into a first data store;

storing the ride-hailing trip information into a second data store; and

storing the ride-hailing user location information into a third data store.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the storing the encrypted data into the data store comprises:

storing the encrypted data into the data store by using a Data Access Object (DAO) associated with the data store.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the encrypted data is tagged with a time to live (TTL), and the encrypted data is automatically removed from the data store upon expiration of the TTL.

10. A system of an operator for decentralized data management, comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable memories coupled to the one or more processors and configured with instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to perform operations comprising:

constructing, by the operator, a data collection task comprising one or more of: location information, a time period, and a user account identifier;

sending, by the operator, the data collection task to a client to obtain data from a data source corresponding to the data collection task, wherein the operator is not allowed to directly obtain data from the data source;

receiving, by the operator, encrypted data from the client, wherein the encrypted data is generated by the client based on the obtained data from the data source and an encryption key of an authorized data consumer; and

storing, by the operator, the encrypted data into a data store for the authorized data consumer to access and decrypt, wherein the operator is not allowed to read the saved encrypted data from the data store.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein storing the encrypted data into the data store comprises:

transforming the encrypted data into structured data; and

storing the structured data into the data store.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:

removing the encrypted data from a storage medium of the operator.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the data collection task instructs the client to perform:

starting data collection according to the location information, the time period, and the user account identifier;

stopping the data collection; or

restarting the data collection.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of an operator for decentralized data management configured with instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

constructing, by the operator, a data collection task comprising one or more of: location information, a time period, and a user account identifier;

sending, by the operator, the data collection task to a client to obtain data from a data source corresponding to the data collection task, wherein the operator is not allowed to directly obtain data from the data source;

receiving, by the operator, encrypted data from the client, wherein the encrypted data is generated by the client based on the obtained data from the data source and an encryption key of an authorized data consumer; and

storing, by the operator, the encrypted data into a data store for the authorized data consumer to access and decrypt, wherein the operator is not allowed to read the saved encrypted data from the data store.

15. The storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the storing the encrypted data into the data store comprises:

transforming the encrypted data into structured data; and

storing the structured data into the data store.

16. The storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:

removing the encrypted data from the operator's storage medium.

17. The storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the data collection task instructs the client to perform:

starting data collection according to the location information, the time period, and the user account identifier;

stopping the data collection; or

restarting the data collection.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2020
From: DIDI (HK) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
To: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053180/0456 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2020
From: DIDI RESEARCH AMERICA, LLC
To: DIDI (HK) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053081/0934 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2019
From: ZHAI, JINJIAN
To: DIDI RESEARCH AMERICA, LLC
Reel/Frame 051330/0377 →
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