Actor Centric Service Architecture for Digital Transactions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current digital service ecosystems face barriers in transactions between service providers due to fragmented identity and security rules, and users are represented in a service-specific manner, limiting the scope of service function usefulness and reusability.
Innovation Solution
The introduction of an Actor Centric Service (ACS) paradigm, where actors are digitally represented as rich entities with standardized information structures, enabling uniform transactions across service ecosystems through a comprehensive digital network service environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If service-specific account records and client application logins are used to represent users, then each service can maintain its own identity and security rules, but users exist only temporarily and locally within each service context, limiting information availability and service reusability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a universal Actor model that can represent any entity (human users, machines, services, processes) across different service ecosystems. This Actor model serves multiple functions: it maintains identity, security rules, and contextual information in a unified structure that can be reused across services, eliminating the need for service-specific representations while preserving all necessary information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an Actor-oriented Architecture (AOA) with Entity Registries and Entity Service Access Points (ESAPs) as intermediary layers between services. These intermediaries enable actors to be represented once in a standardized format and accessed by multiple services, preventing information loss while maintaining service autonomy. The ESAPs act as mediators that translate between the universal Actor model and service-specific requirements.
2Adaptability or versatility
If fragmented identity and security rules are maintained across service boundaries, then each service provider can operate independently within their service microcosm, but barriers are created that narrow the scope of service function usefulness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges fragmented identity and security rules into a unified Actor model that combines identity information, security credentials, authorization rules, and contextual data into a single standardized structure. This consolidation reduces complexity by eliminating redundant representations while maintaining the independence of each service through the Actor-oriented architecture's service access points.
3Reliability
If service-specific representations are used, then each service maintains control over its own data, but data redundancy increases and operational complexity is reinforced across the service ecosystem
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the system into distinct layers: the universal Actor model layer for standardized representation, the Entity Registry layer for centralized storage, and the Entity Service Access Point layer for service-specific interactions. This segmentation allows services to maintain autonomy through controlled access points while reducing operational complexity by eliminating the need for services to directly manage duplicate data representations.
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AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a topic within a digital service ecosystem including several differentiated services, wherein transactions are based on the topic. Resources are determined within the digital domain, wherein the resources are associated with the topic. A manifest listing that lists the resources is generated. The manifest listing is associated with a digital entity capsule according to a standard taxonomic structure. The capsule includes a unique label, the manifest listing and identification of a transaction handler. The transaction handler accepts and interprets a request to access a resource, and facilitates a transaction based on the resources for a service of the group of differentiated services. Other embodiments are disclosed.