Asset Interaction Control for Shared Workspace Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
In content sharing sessions, it is challenging to accurately identify and manage the number of participants and their authorization levels across multiple locations, leading to potential unauthorized access to shared digital content.
Innovation Solution
A system employing sensors and a collaboration infrastructure that identifies participants and their locations, applying asset interaction control features such as obfuscation to ensure only authorized users can access specific assets, using a combination of sensors, collaboration manager modules, and messaging infrastructures to manage shared workspaces across various appliances.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If content is shared across multiple devices and locations, then collaboration and accessibility are improved, but security and authorization control deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by detecting participants and their authorization levels before content is actually shared. The collaboration server identifies who is present in the meeting room and determines their authorization status in advance, then proactively applies obfuscation or access control measures before any unauthorized access can occur. This prevents the security issue rather than reacting to it after content exposure.
Solution Approach 2:
The collaboration server acts as an intermediary between the content source and the display devices. It sits in the middle of the content sharing workflow, receiving content, analyzing participant authorization levels, and then distributing appropriately filtered content to different devices. This intermediary layer enables centralized authorization control while maintaining the ability to share content across multiple devices and locations.
2Reliability
If participant detection and authorization verification are implemented, then security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs self-service mechanisms where sensors automatically detect participants and the collaboration server automatically determines authorization levels without requiring manual intervention. The obfuscation and access control measures are applied automatically based on detected participant states, eliminating the need for complex manual authorization workflows while maintaining strong security.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical authorization processes with automated sensor-based detection and server-side logic. Instead of requiring administrators to manually verify each participant's authorization status, the system uses sensors to detect participants and automated rules to determine authorization, substituting complex human-managed mechanical processes with simpler automated electronic systems.
3Reliability
If obfuscation is applied to protect unauthorized content, then security is improved, but information accessibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies obfuscation with local quality by selectively obscuring content based on specific participant authorization levels rather than applying uniform restrictions. Different regions or aspects of the content can have different obfuscation levels applied, allowing authorized users to access full information while unauthorized users see only obfuscated portions. This enables security protection without unnecessarily restricting information access for legitimate users.
Solution Approach 2:
The obfuscation applied by the system is dynamic rather than static. As participants enter or leave the meeting room, or as their authorization status changes, the system dynamically adjusts what content is obfuscated and what is accessible. This dynamic approach ensures that information accessibility is optimized for the current participant composition while maintaining security, rather than applying fixed restrictive measures that would unnecessarily limit access.
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AI summary
Various embodiments enable one or more appliances to participate in a shared workspace. The shared workspace can include a single appliance, multiple appliances, a single meeting room, multiple meeting rooms, or any combination thereof. The state of various meeting participants can be identified and one or more rules can be applied to the participants' state to provide an outcome. An “outcome” can be thought of as an action that is to be performed responsive to the identified state. An asset interaction control feature can be selected based on the outcome. The asset interaction control feature controls, in some manner, a participant's interaction with one or more assets that are part of the shared workspace. The asset interaction control feature is then applied to at least one of the assets.