Authentication Engine Standardizing Diverse Software Platform Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current software platforms lack a standardized and automatic authentication mechanism for integrating diverse systems, leading to manual code writing and maintenance issues, resulting in fragility, high costs, and inconsistent user experiences.
Innovation Solution
An authentication engine that determines and implements a standardized authentication mechanism across various software platforms, automatically generating and executing interfaces to collect necessary authentication information, regardless of API type, thereby providing a unified and efficient authentication process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual code writing is used to handle authentication for each external system, then authentication functionality can be implemented, but development time and maintenance cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal authentication framework that can handle multiple authentication types (API key, OAuth 2.0, JWT, basic authentication) through a single standardized interface. This allows the system to authenticate with diverse external systems without requiring separate manual code implementations for each authentication method, thereby reducing development time while maintaining reliable authentication functionality across all systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an authentication framework as an intermediary layer between the software platform and external systems. This framework translates various external authentication mechanisms into a standardized internal interface, eliminating the need for manual code writing for each external system while ensuring reliable authentication. The intermediary framework handles the complexity of different authentication types, reducing both development time and maintenance burden.
2Reliability
If manual code writing is used to handle authentication for each external system, then authentication functionality can be implemented, but maintenance cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The universal authentication framework supports multiple authentication types through a single standardized interface, meaning that updates or fixes to authentication logic need to be made only once in the framework rather than in multiple separate code implementations. This significantly reduces maintenance costs while maintaining reliable authentication across all external systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication framework acts as an intermediary that abstracts the complexity of different authentication mechanisms. When maintenance is needed, changes are made centrally in the framework rather than in numerous external system integrations, dramatically reducing maintenance effort and cost while preserving authentication reliability.
3Ease of operation
If customized UI frameworks are built for each end user system, then authentication can be established, but code fragility increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal authentication framework with standardized interfaces that works across all end user systems. This standardized approach eliminates the fragility associated with customized code for each system, as the framework provides consistent, tested, and stable authentication functionality that can be reliably deployed across diverse systems without requiring fragile customizations.
4Adaptability or versatility
If frequent updates are made to manually built UI frameworks, then authentication can adapt to external system changes, but maintenance problems persist
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication framework serves as an intermediary that absorbs the complexity of adapting to external system changes. Rather than updating customized UI frameworks for each external system, the framework centrally manages authentication adaptations, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining the ability to adapt to external system changes through standardized mechanisms.
5Loss of time
If standardized authentication mechanism is implemented, then development time is reduced, but integration flexibility may be limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal authentication framework that supports multiple authentication types (API key, OAuth 2.0, JWT, basic authentication) through standardized interfaces. This framework reduces implementation time while maintaining integration flexibility, as the standardized interface can accommodate diverse external systems without requiring custom code, thereby preserving adaptability across different integration scenarios.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication framework uses parameter-based configuration to adapt to different external systems. By changing authentication parameters (such as authentication type, token endpoints, key names) rather than code structure, the framework maintains both rapid implementation and integration flexibility across diverse systems.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is a method. The method is implemented by an authentication engine stored on a memory as processor executable instructions. The processor executable instructions are executed by at least one processor. The method (i.e., as implemented by the authentication engine) includes determining an authentication mechanism for an external system to a software platform, generating an interface, executing the authentication mechanism within the interface, authenticating an entity within the interface, and provisioning element instance details with respect to the authentication of the entity.