Agent Machine Encryption Retry via Group Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing encryption machine systems face reduced successful call rates due to the inability to isolate and retry connections when an encryption machine fails, as they are connected in a one-to-more structure, preventing agent machines from re-establishing connections effectively.

Innovation Solution

Divide encryption machines and agent machines into groups, allowing each group to have multiple encryption machines and agent machines, enabling isolation of failed encryption machines and retry connections, with agent machines using a resource pool and protocol conversion to maintain communication.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If one-to-more connection way is adopted between encryption machines and agent machines, then device complexity is reduced, but reliability deteriorates because when an encryption machine fails, the agent machine cannot retry connecting to another encryption machine

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection structure complexityVSAvoidcall success rate
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides encryption machines and agent machines into multiple groups, where each group contains at least two encryption machines and multiple agent machines. This segmentation allows agent machines to switch between different encryption machines within the same group when one fails, improving reliability while maintaining manageable connection complexity through localized group-based connections rather than system-wide one-to-more connections

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If one agent machine is connected to only one encryption machine, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates because the failed encryption machine cannot be isolated and retried

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection management simplicityVSAvoidcall success rate
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The connection relationship between agent machines and encryption machines is made dynamic within groups. While each agent machine maintains simple connections to its group's encryption machines, the system enables dynamic switching between encryption machines when failures occur. This dynamic capability allows the agent machine to retry connections to other encryption machines in the same group, improving reliability without significantly complicating operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3796197B1Information processing method and information processing system for encryptor
Publication Date: 2023.11.01 NETSUNION CLEARING CORP
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AI summary

Disclosed are an information processing method and information processing system for an encryptor. The system comprises: a service system, and agent machines and encryptors in multiple groups, wherein the encryptor is used for encrypting and decrypting data of the service system and performing signing and signature verification when the service system conducts secure invoking by means of the agent machines; the service system conducts, by means of an agent machine in the multiple groups, secure invoking on an encryptor in the same group as the agent machine; and the agent machine is in communicative connection with the service system and the encryptor in the same group, and is used for performing protocol conversion. By dividing agent machines and encryptors into multiple groups, each group containing at least two encryptors and each encryptor being connected to multiple agent machines, the present invention solves the problem in the prior art that when an encryptor fails, a connection mode used between an agent machine and the encryptor can cause the agent machine to be unable to establish a connection with the encryptor by means of retrying and then realize the successful invoking of a service system for the encryptor, resulting in a low success rate.