Adaptive Security Verification for Internet Access Systems

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing internet access systems face security breaches and resource wastage due to inadequate security measures, leading to interruptions in services and compromised network security.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that utilize a security server to analyze historical user data, assign security levels to user terminals, and initiate appropriate verification processes based on these levels, distinguishing between high, low, and adversarial users to ensure secure internet access and services.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If security verification is applied to all users, then network security is improved, but system complexity and processing time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenetwork securityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different verification processes to different users based on their security levels. High-risk users undergo enhanced verification while low-risk users experience simplified access, making the security system adaptive rather than uniform. This resolves the contradiction by localizing security measures to where they are most needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary security assessment by analyzing historical user data before the actual access request. By pre-categorizing users into security levels based on their past behavior, the system avoids complex real-time verification for all users, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining security.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If enhanced verification process is used for all users, then security against adversarial users is improved, but processing time and resource consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity against adversarial usersVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements enhanced verification only for users identified as high-risk based on their security levels and historical data. Low-risk users bypass the enhanced verification process entirely, eliminating unnecessary processing time for the majority of users while maintaining strong security against adversarial users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies verification measures proportionally to the risk level. Rather than applying full enhanced verification to all users, it applies partial verification (simplified process) to low-risk users and excessive verification (enhanced process) only to high-risk users, optimizing the balance between security and efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Loss of energy

If security verification is implemented, then network resource wastage is reduced, but ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenetwork resource wastageVSAvoidease of operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies security verification locally to specific users based on their risk profiles rather than universally. This prevents network resource wastage by blocking adversarial users while maintaining ease of operation for legitimate low-risk users who face minimal verification barriers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system converts the potential harm of security verification (reduced ease of operation) into a benefit by using automated risk assessment to identify and block adversarial users. The verification process, while potentially cumbersome, is applied only where necessary, and the historical data analysis automatically identifies patterns that indicate malicious intent, turning security measures into a protective benefit rather than an operational burden.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Data Source

PatentUS9491182B2Methods and systems for secure internet access and services
Publication Date: 2016.11.08 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

A method and system for providing secure internet access and services are disclosed. The method includes receiving a request for services from a user terminal, the request including user terminal data; sending the user terminal data to a security server; and receiving a security level of the user terminal from the security server. The security server determines the security level of the user terminal based on historical user data related to the user terminal. The method further includes initiating a verification process based on the security level of the user terminal.