Certificate-Enforced Network Setup via Unified GUI Workflow
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Solution Overview
Problem
The current process for creating a certificate-enforced network using third-party systems is cumbersome and prone to manual errors, requiring multiple interfaces and steps, which is time-consuming and not user-friendly.
Innovation Solution
A single graphical user interface (GUI) that allows administrators to upload a security certificate, select a logical group, and configure network settings within a third-party network configuration manager, using tools for certificate upload, logical group selection, and network configuration, enabling the creation of a certificate-enforced network through a unified interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple interfaces are used to upload certificate and configure network, then the third-party system can process each task separately, but the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate interfaces (certificate upload interface and network configuration interface) into a single unified interface. This allows administrators to upload security certificates and configure network settings in one integrated workflow, eliminating the need to switch between multiple applications and reducing the overall time required for network creation while maintaining reliable certificate processing
2Ease of manufacture
If multiple steps are required to create a network, then each step can be processed independently, but manual errors increase and user-friendliness decreases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the certificate upload step and network configuration step into a single integrated interface, the patent reduces the number of manual transcription operations required. The certificate ID is automatically captured and passed to the network configuration without requiring manual copying, thereby reducing manual errors while improving ease of configuration through a unified workflow
3Ease of operation
If certificate ID manual entry is required, then flexibility in interface usage is maintained, but manual errors and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The unified interface acts as an intermediary that automatically captures the certificate ID returned from the certificate upload process and passes it to the network configuration section. This eliminates the need for manual copying and pasting of the certificate ID, reducing errors and time consumption while maintaining ease of operation through automated data transfer between functional sections
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AI summary
A single graphical user interface (“GUI”) for creating a certificate-enforced network for devices in a logical group is provided. The GUI can include a certificate upload tool for uploading a security certificate file for a new network, a logical group selection tool for selecting a logical group of computing devices to add to the network, and a network configuration tool for configuring settings for the network. An application of the GUI can send the security certificate file to a third-party network configuration manager that responds with a certificate identifier (“ID”). Without additional user action required, the application can input the certificate ID into a request to create the network that includes the network settings and the logical group selection. The third-party network configuration manager can then create the network using the information provided by the application.