Building Space Reservation System with Dynamic Security Filtering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face challenges in efficiently reallocating and managing facilities with varying security levels and access restrictions across different user groups within an organization's campus, leading to potential access violations and inefficiencies in resource utilization.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that uses user identification codes to retrieve and filter floorplan and security information, generating a list of accessible reservation locations based on user permissions, allowing for secure and efficient selection and reservation of facilities across a campus.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If facilities are separately designated for internal and external purposes, then security control is improved, but space utilization efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically changes facility designations and security levels over time rather than maintaining static assignments. Facilities can be reallocated between internal and external use based on current needs, with security levels adjusted dynamically. This allows the same physical space to serve different purposes at different times, improving utilization while maintaining security through time-based control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes security parameters (access levels, permissions) based on user identification codes and contextual factors. Instead of fixed physical barriers, the patent uses variable security parameters that can be adjusted through software control, allowing flexible reallocation of facilities while maintaining appropriate security controls for each user group.
2Productivity
If multiple vendors share resources, then resource utilization is improved, but access control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a universal user identification code mechanism that works across all vendors and facilities. A single authentication system serves multiple vendors with different access requirements, eliminating the need for separate access control systems for each vendor while still enabling differentiated permission levels and secure resource sharing.
3Reliability
If vendors have exclusive access to certain resources, then confidentiality is improved, but resource sharing efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts access permissions based on the specific vendor, time period, and resource type. Exclusive access can be granted temporarily or permanently through software control, allowing confidential resources to be shared when needed while maintaining security. The same resource can have different access levels for different vendors at different times.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method executed in a computational device to reserve a room in a building of a campus includes receiving input from a user identifying features associated with a room, retrieving floorplan level mapping information based on the input, retrieving floorplan level security information based on the input, generating a list of potential reservation locations based on the floorplan level mapping information and the floorplan level security information, and rendering at least a portion of the list of potential reservation locations to a screen.