Asynchronous Point-to-Point Communications via Authentication Platform
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication systems require centralized storage for facilitating point-to-point communications, which can be inefficient and insecure, especially for file sharing and other IP network communications.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for asynchronous secured point-to-point communications that utilize client-specific information, hardware information, key information, and permission information, allowing users to initiate and manage communication requests without centralized storage, using authentication and authorization platforms to facilitate direct connections between client computing platforms via Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) without the need for temporary storage on servers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If centralized storage is used to facilitate point-to-point communications, then communication establishment is simplified, but security and efficiency deteriorate due to centralized vulnerability and storage requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the storage function from the communication facilitation process. The authentication and authorization platform processes communication requests and establishes connections without storing message contents or file data. Only authentication credentials and connection metadata are retained, not the actual communication payloads, thereby eliminating centralized storage vulnerabilities while maintaining operational simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication and authorization platform serves as an intermediary that coordinates peer-to-peer connections without becoming a storage node. It mediates the exchange of SIP messages and establishes direct connections between users, allowing the system to maintain ease of operation through centralized coordination while achieving security through decentralized data storage at the endpoints.
2Device complexity
If centralized storage is used for communication facilitation, then connection management is simplified, but storage requirements and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the storage requirement from the connection management function. The authentication platform manages SIP message exchanges, connection state tracking, and peer matching without storing user files or message contents. Storage is extracted to the endpoints only, eliminating the need for centralized data storage infrastructure while maintaining simplified connection management through protocol-level coordination.
Solution Approach 2:
Endpoints perform self-service storage by maintaining their own message queues and connection states locally. The authentication platform relies on endpoints to store and retrieve their own communication data, eliminating centralized storage requirements. This self-service approach allows connection management to remain centralized and simplified while storage requirements shift to distributed endpoint storage with minimal server-side storage needs.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for facilitating asynchronous secured point-to-point communications between a first user and a second user are disclosed. Particularly, the communications do not require centralized storage. Exemplary implementations may: store information electronically, including different types of client-specific information, hardware information, key information, and permission information; receive a communication request from a first user; transfer a response to the communication request; receive a status check request from the second user; transfer a response to the status check request; receive a transfer request from the second user; transfer a response to the transfer request; receive a status request from the first user; and transfer a response to the status request.