Activity Stream Hash Tag Control for Remote Application Actions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing social collaboration tools lack the ability to enable remote users to exert application-level control over target systems through lightweight, text-based control tags in activity streams.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an interaction model and supporting technologies that allow remote users to enter predefined hash tags into an activity stream, which are recognized and responded to by the target system to perform specific application-level actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If remote users are granted full access to target systems to enable control, then application-level control capability is improved, but system security and access control deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments system access into granular application-level controls rather than providing full system access. Remote users are granted specific permissions for individual applications or functions through controlled tags, allowing precise control capability while maintaining security boundaries. This segmentation enables the system to provide necessary control access without compromising overall system security.
2Reliability
If comprehensive access control is implemented to maintain security, then system security is improved, but remote user control capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces controlled tags as an intermediary mechanism between security protocols and user control requests. These tags act as a mediation layer that translates user control needs into security-compliant commands. The intermediary enables remote users to exercise control capability while the security system validates and regulates access through the tag-based interface, thus maintaining both security and usability.
3Reliability
If complex authentication and authorization mechanisms are implemented, then access control security is improved, but system complexity and ease of use deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where the system automatically manages authentication and authorization through controlled tags. Instead of requiring complex manual authentication processes, the system handles security validation automatically based on pre-configured tag permissions. This self-service approach maintains strong access control security while reducing the perceived complexity for users, as they interact with simple tags rather than complex security protocols.
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AI summary
An activity stream based interaction model is disclosed. To cause a desired application level action to be performed at a remote system, such as automatically retrieving and displaying a document in a viewer or other portion of a user interface at the remote system, a text-based tag, such as a hash tag, is inserted into an activity stream. The activity stream is sent to the remote system, which is configured to respond to the text-based tag by performing, at least in part automatically, the corresponding application level action.