Centralized Authentication Center for Multi-Terminal Session Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in managing and securing the login status across multiple terminals and service providers, leading to security loopholes due to persistent login sessions that are difficult to manage centrally.
Innovation Solution
A system for an authentication center that allows users to centrally manage login and session status across different terminals by establishing connections with both the authentication center and service providers, enabling users to view, change, or disable login statuses and session statuses from a single interface, while ensuring secure authentication and authorization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users use multiple terminals to access internet services with persistent login sessions, then service availability and convenience are improved, but security risks and difficulty in managing login status across terminals increase
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication center continuously monitors and updates the login status of multiple terminals, providing real-time feedback to users about which terminals are currently logged in. This allows users to see the current state of their accounts across different devices and take appropriate security actions.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication center acts as an intermediary between users and multiple service providers, centralizing the management of login sessions. Instead of users managing sessions at each service provider separately, the authentication center coordinates and controls all login statuses from a single point, improving both security and manageability.
2Ease of operation
If users use multiple terminals to access internet services with persistent login sessions, then service convenience is improved, but complexity in managing and validating login status across different terminals increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the management of multiple terminal login sessions into a single authentication center. Instead of users having to track and manage login status at each service provider separately, all terminal management functions are combined into one centralized interface, significantly reducing management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication center provides universal management capabilities for multiple service providers and multiple terminals through a single system. It can authenticate users across different services, monitor login status on various terminals, and execute security policies uniformly, making the system multi-functional and reducing the need for separate management mechanisms.
3Adaptability or versatility
If no centralized network service exists to help users manage account login status, then service provider independence is maintained, but security loopholes and hidden dangers increase
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication center serves as an intermediary that maintains service provider independence while enabling centralized security management. Service providers continue to operate independently but delegate authentication and session management to the authentication center, which coordinates between them without requiring them to merge their systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the authentication functionality from the service provision functionality. The authentication center handles only authentication and session management, while service providers focus on delivering their specific services. This segmentation allows centralized security management without compromising service provider independence.
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AI summary
This invention provides a system for authentication center, so that a user can manage centrally at the authentication center the login status or the session status of different terminals used by the user logging in the accounts which the user has at different service parties.