Authentication Network Message Routing via Directory Server Mediation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing networks with separate authentication systems face challenges in enabling communication between endpoints, particularly in large, geographically distributed networks controlled by different entities, leading to inefficient and time-consuming integration processes.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for routing digital messages via authentication networks using a hosted system that maintains routing data structures and updates endpoints with configuration to facilitate communication across multiple networks, leveraging directory servers and hosted system interfaces to bridge different authentication networks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If endpoints on separate networks are configured for integration manually, then communication capability between networks is achieved, but the process is technically challenging and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a routing data structure maintained by the directory server that acts as an intermediary mechanism. This data structure automatically maps destination endpoint identifiers to appropriate destinations (either direct endpoints or hosted systems), enabling inter-network communication without requiring manual configuration of individual endpoints. The routing information is propagated through routine update processes, allowing seamless integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service integration by allowing endpoints to automatically discover and route to new destinations through routine update processes. When a hosted system is introduced or an endpoint is added, the routing data structure is automatically updated and propagated, eliminating the need for manual reconfiguration of existing endpoints while maintaining communication capability.
2Productivity
If routing data structures are maintained and updated automatically, then integration efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The routing data structure serves multiple functions: it stores routing information for both direct endpoints and hosted systems, handles both local and remote destination resolution, and propagates updates across the network. By consolidating these functions into a single mechanism at the directory server, the patent avoids distributing complex routing logic across multiple components, thereby managing complexity while improving efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback through routine update processes where routing information is automatically propagated from the directory server to endpoints. This feedback mechanism ensures that routing changes are consistently distributed without requiring endpoints to actively query or manually update their routing tables, simplifying the update process while maintaining high productivity.
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AI summary
A system and method for routing digital messages via authentication networks are provided. The method may include, at a first directory server, maintaining a routing data structure with routing information. The routing information may include first and second destination endpoint identifiers. The method may include updating a first source endpoint with configuration to transmit messages to a first destination endpoint and messages to a second destination endpoint, associated with respective endpoint identifiers. The method may include, in response to receiving a first message associated with a first destination endpoint identifier, routing the first message to a first destination endpoint and, in response to receiving a second message associated with a second destination endpoint identifier, routing the second message to a destination interface of a hosted system. The system may include a first directory server and a hosted system for performing the method.