Centralized Hub for Cross-Platform Entitlement Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

In enterprises, managing user entitlements and roles across multiple software platforms is inefficient and lacks a centralized solution, leading to difficulties in updating and maintaining meta-data integrity, especially when employee positions change or users transfer.

Innovation Solution

A centralized hub system that stores and manages meta-data for entitlements and roles across platforms, allowing for user account management, owner identification, and seamless transfer of entitlements and roles between users, with a graphical user interface for streamlined access and reporting.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manage entitlements and roles across multiple software platforms independently, then each platform can be accessed and updated, but the complexity of meta-data management increases and time consumption grows

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of meta-data managementVSAvoidcomplexity of meta-data management

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple platform-specific entitlements and roles into a unified centralized hub that stores and manages all meta-data in a single location. This consolidation eliminates the need for users to navigate multiple platforms independently, reducing operational complexity while maintaining access to all entitlements and roles across different software platforms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Productivity

If users manually update and maintain meta-data across platforms, then meta-data can be kept current, but time consumption and labor requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of meta-data updatesVSAvoidtime required for meta-data maintenance

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The centralized hub enables self-service meta-data management where users can view, update, and transfer entitlements and roles directly through the unified interface without requiring manual coordination across multiple platforms. The system automatically synchronizes changes across all connected platforms, eliminating time-consuming manual update processes while maintaining data consistency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If entitlements and roles are transferred between users manually, then user position changes can be accommodated, but the process becomes complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveability to handle user position changesVSAvoidcomplexity of entitlement transfer process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The centralized hub serves as an intermediary system that facilitates seamless transfer of entitlements and roles between users. Instead of manual coordination across multiple platforms, the hub provides a unified interface where managers can initiate transfers, and the system automatically processes the changes across all connected platforms, simplifying the entire transfer process while maintaining adaptability to user position changes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Ease of operation

If centralized meta-data management is implemented, then complexity and time requirements are reduced, but system infrastructure and implementation effort increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of meta-data managementVSAvoidease of system implementation

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The centralized hub is designed as a universal system that can integrate with multiple different software platforms and entitlement management systems. This multi-functionality allows the hub to serve various purposes including storing meta-data, facilitating transfers, enabling self-service updates, and providing centralized access control, thereby justifying the infrastructure investment through broad applicability and reduced long-term operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20250005025A1Systems and methods for centralized meta-data management across platforms

Publication Date: 2025.01.02 ALLSTATE NORTHERN IRELAND LTD

AI summary

Systems and methods for centralized meta-data management across platforms may include storing meta-data associated with one or more entitlements or roles of software platforms in a centralized hub, wherein each user is assigned a user account assigned to at least one or more entitlements or roles, identifying at least one user as a manager of the at least one or more entitlements or roles of a first user assigned as an owner of the at least one or more entitlements or roles, receiving a request from the manager to transfer at least a selected portion of the at least one or more entitlements or roles of the first user to one or more other users of the plurality of users, transferring the selected portion, and assigning the one or more other users as the one or more owners of the selected portion.