I-Corps: A Technology to Tag, Track, and Publish Proprietary Data

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是软件技术的发展，以保障专有数据的购买和分发。许多行业都面临着与数据购买和使用、盗窃和重新分配以及安全和隐私相关的问题。拟议的技术旨在通过保护数据，跟踪其移动，然后在到达目的地后将使用收据发布到分布式分类账来应对这些挑战。该软件标记单个数据包，以便在多个交易中跟踪它们，从而提供整个特定数据使用价值链的可见性。此方法提供了一定级别的安全性和控制，确保仅将数据传递给经过认证的接收方。该技术在数据可见性和再分配方面存在挑战的行业中有应用，例如金融服务、医疗保健、科学数据和娱乐。这个I-Corps项目探索了分布式账本技术的翻译，提供了在各种情况下防止专有数据重新分配的潜力，同时为数据生产者和消费者之间的交易提供基于区块链的记录。拟议的技术为交易中的多个参与者提供了分布式账本。必须开发一种安全的、不可变的系统，用于在区块链上存储专有数据，并提供仅允许访问数据和可信收据的能力。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of software technology to safeguard the purchase and distribution of proprietary data. Many industries face problems associated with data purchasing and usage, theft and re-distribution, and security and privacy. The proposed technology is designed to meet these challenges by securing data, tracking its movement, and then publishing a use receipt to a distributed ledger once it reaches its destination. The software tags individual data packets so they can be tracked among multiple transactions, providing visibility throughout a specific data-use value chain. This method provides a level of security and control, ensuring data delivery only to certified recipients. The technology has applications in industries with challenges in data visibility and redistribution, such as financial services, healthcare, scientific data, and entertainment.This I-Corps project explores translation of a distributed ledger technology offering the potential to prevent redistribution of proprietary data in a variety of contexts while providing a blockchain-based record for transactions between data producers and consumers. The proposed technology offers a distributed ledger for use among multiple players in a transaction. A secure, immutable system for storing proprietary data on the blockchain must be developed, as well as the ability to provide both permission-only access to the data and a trusted receipt.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.