Audio Signal Resource Access Proximity Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communication technologies often lead to misunderstandings and inefficiencies in sharing resources, particularly in environments where multiple users need to access shared resources simultaneously, such as online meetings or collaborative workspaces.
Innovation Solution
A resource server computing system that grants access to resources based on the audible receipt of an audio signal by client computing systems, simplifying the process for both the transmitting and receiving systems by using an audio signal to authenticate proximity and authorize access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional resource access methods are used in online meetings and collaborative workspaces, then resource sharing can be achieved, but the process becomes complex and prone to misunderstandings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical/manual access control mechanisms (buttons, links, codes) with an acoustic field-based system. Audio signals are transmitted through the air and captured by microphones to automatically establish resource access, eliminating the need for complex user interactions and reducing operational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces audio signals as an intermediary medium between users and resources. Instead of direct user-resource interaction through complex interfaces, the audio signal serves as a mediator that carries access information from the transmitting device to the receiving device, simplifying the access process.
2Productivity
If multiple users need to access shared resources simultaneously, then collaboration is enabled, but misunderstandings and inefficiencies occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where receiving devices detect audio signals and automatically confirm resource access status to the transmitting device. This feedback loop ensures all users have accurate information about resource access, preventing misunderstandings and enabling smooth simultaneous collaboration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of resource access from manual configuration to acoustic field-based automatic detection. By using audio signal presence/absence and signal characteristics as parameters, the system can automatically determine which users should have access, reducing information loss and improving collaborative efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If audio signals are used to grant resource access, then ease of use is improved, but additional communication modalities require coordination
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by having transmitting devices send audio signals before actual resource access is needed. The receiving devices detect these signals in advance and prepare for resource access, eliminating the need for complex real-time coordination during the actual access moment.
Data Source
AI summary
A resource server system granting to users access to a resource based on the very fact that the users' computing systems can demonstrate that they heard an audio signal. Specifically, the resource server system detects receipt of a message from a client computing system, and interprets the message as representing that the client computing system heard an audio signal. In response, the resource server system grants a user of the client computing system access to the resource. This may be performed for multiple client computing systems that each demonstrate that they heard the audio signal. Thus, the principles described herein allow for the granting of access to resources to other computing systems within the audible proximity of a computing system that transmitted the audio signal.