Centralized Hub for Unified Application Credential Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current management technologies do not allow configuration information and access credentials to be retained across multiple applications, making it burdensome to manage unified collaboration applications with different integrations.
Innovation Solution
A centralized hub computing device manages application configurations and credentials through an application integration management platform, which receives configuration inputs, generates unique identifiers, and transmits enablement notifications to cloud application providers, enabling seamless integration and credential management across unified collaboration applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If configuration information and access credentials are managed separately for each application, then each application can be independently configured, but the management process becomes burdensome and complex when dealing with multiple applications and integrations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges configuration information and access credentials into a unified management platform that handles both types of data centrally. The system combines application configuration parameters with associated credentials in a single management interface, allowing administrators to manage all configurations and credentials through one consolidated system rather than separate management processes for each application.
Solution Approach 2:
The management platform is designed as a universal system that can manage configurations and credentials across multiple different applications and integrations. The platform provides multi-functional capabilities including configuration storage, credential secure storage, association between configurations and credentials, and unified access control, making it applicable to various application types without requiring application-specific management systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If configuration information is not retained across applications, then each application can be independently managed, but integration between applications becomes difficult and requires repeated manual configuration
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing the management platform with databases for configuration information and credentials before applications need to be integrated. The platform pre-configures the structural framework for storing and associating configurations with credentials, enabling rapid application integration without requiring time-consuming setup procedures during the integration process itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The management platform implements feedback mechanisms that track configuration changes and credential updates across applications. The system provides feedback loops that monitor integration status, configuration validity, and credential accessibility, enabling automatic adjustments and reducing the time needed for reconfiguration when applications are modified or new integrations are added.
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AI summary
Technologies for managing application configurations and associated credentials of a unified collaboration application include a centralized hub computing device configured to install an integration of a cloud-based application and establish a link the integration to a unified collaboration application. To do so, the centralized hub computing device is configured to receive configuration input for the integration from a user, store the configuration in an input application configuration database of the centralized hub computing device, and enable the application integration such that a communication channel can be established between the integration and the unified collaboration application via the centralized hub computing device. Additional embodiments are described herein.