In-Cloud Microsite Generator for Wireless Network Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current payment-based access to wireless networks requires high information technology costs for development and maintenance due to the need for individual plugin installations on network devices, leading to logistical and infrastructure complexities.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of an in-cloud microsite generation system that centralizes the creation and management of microsites, allowing user devices to access wireless networks through a ubiquitous in-cloud microsite (UICMS) generator, which reduces the need for multiple network devices and unified web servers, and enables instant front-end platforms for customer interaction and payment processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If individual plugin installations are deployed on each network device, then network access control functionality is provided, but information technology costs for development and maintenance increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the microsite generation and management functionality from individual network devices and relocates it to a centralized cloud-based system. The network device now only needs to provide basic network access control, while the complex plugin installation, configuration, and maintenance tasks are performed remotely through the cloud system, effectively removing the source of complexity and cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal cloud-based platform that can manage and deploy microsites across multiple network devices simultaneously. This single multi-functional system replaces the need for individual plugin installations on each device, providing the same network access control functionality across the entire network infrastructure through a unified management interface.
2Ease of operation
If administrative access is required for site installation and maintenance, then site management is possible, but operational efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service mechanism where the cloud-based system automatically handles microsite generation, deployment, configuration, and maintenance tasks. The system can autonomously provision new microsites, update existing ones, and manage plugin installations without requiring administrative intervention, thereby maintaining full management capability while dramatically improving operational efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a cloud-based intermediary system that acts as a mediator between the network devices and the microsite management functions. This intermediary handles all complex installation and maintenance operations remotely, allowing site management to continue while eliminating the need for administrators to physically access or directly manage each network device, thus boosting operational efficiency.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple plugin source code bases are used for different network devices, then device-specific functionality is achieved, but development and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal cloud-based platform that can adapt to and manage multiple different network device types through a single code base. The system uses device parameters and configuration data to generate customized microsites for each device type, maintaining device-specific functionality while eliminating the need for separate plugin source code bases, thereby reducing development and maintenance costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs parameter-based customization where the cloud system receives device-specific parameters and uses these to dynamically generate appropriate microsite configurations and plugin code. Instead of maintaining separate code bases for each device type, the system changes parameters and configuration data to adapt the same underlying code to work with different network devices, reducing complexity while preserving adaptability.
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AI summary
Novel tools and techniques for implementing a ubiquitous in-cloud microsite solution includes transmitting one or more site parameters from a network device to an in-cloud microsite generator, the network device communicatively coupled to a user device, wherein the network device is configured to allow the user device to communicate over a communications network, generating a microsite based on one or more site parameters from the network device, displaying the microsite generated by the ubiquitous in-cloud microsite generator to the user device, authenticating the user device via the microsite, wherein the microsite performs handshakes between the network device and an at least one second device to authenticate the user device, and allowing the user device to access the communications network once authenticated.