US 12,437,102 B2
Secure sharing of personal data in distributed computing zones
Leonard William Blunt, Singapore (SG); Kishore Sethumadhavan, Punggol (SG); Anju Mehta, New Delhi (IN); and Jimitkumar Parshuram Raval, Hedges Park (SG)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/456,957.
Prior Publication US 2023/0169204 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/6245 (2013.01) [G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 21/606 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, a request to initiate a personal data share between a user and a third-party;
identifying, by the one or more processors, the third-party with whom the user wishes to initiate the personal data share;
identifying, by the one or more processors, in the request, a module used to initiate the personal data share;
identifying, by the one or more processors, an identifier associated with the user to identify an isolated zone in which a user's personal data resides;
retrieving, by one or more processors, the module from a repository;
verifying, by the one or more processors, the module prior to loading the module into a user's local module;
executing, by the one or more processors, the module in the isolated zone;
obtaining approval of the user, by the one or more processors, for the personal data share;
sending, by the one or more processors, the personal data share to the third-party;
indicating a validity period, by the one or more processors, for the personal data share; and
revoking the personal data share, by the one or more processors, when the validity period ends.