Access Denial Response Manual for SE Android Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic devices face challenges in effectively managing access denials and providing user-friendly response mechanisms while maintaining security, particularly in SE Android systems, where access control and logging are complex and often result in user inconvenience.

Innovation Solution

The electronic device implements a method to monitor access violations, store log files differently for general and enterprise use, display denial messages with response options, and allow users to upload logs to a server, enabling users to select response actions such as updating security policies or changing security levels.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If access control is strictly enforced in SE Android systems, then security is improved, but user convenience deteriorates due to complex logging and denial messages

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesecurityVSAvoiduser convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary system that mediates between the strict access control mechanism and the user. When a denial occurs, the system automatically analyzes the log file, identifies the cause, and presents a user-friendly response manual with actionable options. This intermediary processing layer translates complex security denials into simple user guidance without compromising the underlying security enforcement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a feedback loop where denial events are automatically logged, analyzed, and converted into constructive user feedback rather than mere error messages. The response manual provides users with specific actions they can take (such as updating security policies or changing security levels), transforming negative security denials into positive user guidance that helps users understand and resolve the issues.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If detailed logging is implemented for both general and enterprise use, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelogging detailVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the logging system into distinct components: a detailed log file that records all access events with high precision, and a separate response manual generation system that processes this log data. By separating the logging function from the analysis and presentation functions, the system maintains detailed measurement precision while managing device complexity through functional segmentation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a simplified copy or representation of the complex log data in the form of a response manual. Instead of presenting raw detailed logs directly to users, the system generates a simplified, actionable summary that captures the essential information in an easily digestible format, reducing the perceived complexity for users while maintaining detailed internal logging.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Ease of operation

If response options are provided to users after denial, then ease of operation is improved, but loss of information increases due to additional processing

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser guidanceVSAvoiddata processing overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of the log file and prepares the response manual in advance, before the user needs to take action. By pre-processing the log data and identifying potential responses ahead of time, the system minimizes the information processing overhead during the actual user interaction, as the analysis work has already been completed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements self-service by automatically analyzing the denial log and generating appropriate response options without requiring additional user input or manual intervention. The system serves itself by converting raw log data into actionable guidance, reducing the information processing burden on users while maintaining comprehensive logging.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP3021250B1Electronic device and method for suggesting response manual in occurrence of denial
Publication Date: 2021.03.31 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An electronic device and a method for suggesting a response manual in the occurrence of a denial are provided. The electronic device and the method, according to various embodiments, are capable of: recognizing a policy violation occurring due to an access which does not match a pre-stored security policy; recording, as an access refusal log, information on the policy violation including information of the subject of the access or information of the object of the access, when the access corresponding to the policy violation is not permitted; and notifying a message representing the policy violation via a user interface, in response to the access refusal log. In addition, other embodiments are available.