Credentialing Integration in Cloud Workflow Platforms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cloud-based services for workflow management in on-demand computing platforms are limited in their ability to authenticate user actions and integrate secure authentication, leading to challenges in verifying the status of operations and managing them effectively.
Innovation Solution
Integration of authentication and credentialing systems with workflow data object management systems, utilizing a computing platform that generates and stores verified status indicators, enabling seamless authentication and verification across operations through custom APIs and a verification platform.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If cloud-based services are used for workflow management, then accessibility and scalability are improved, but the ability to authenticate user actions and verify operation status deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a verification platform as an intermediary component that sits between the cloud-based workflow management system and the users/operations. This verification platform receives verification requests, authenticates user actions, and returns verification results, thereby enhancing authentication capability without compromising the cloud-based accessibility and scalability of the workflow management system.
2Reliability
If authentication systems are integrated with workflow management, then security and verification capability are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the authentication and verification functionality into a separate, modular verification platform that can be independently deployed and managed. This verification platform is integrated with the workflow management system through defined interfaces, allowing security and verification capabilities to be enhanced without significantly increasing the complexity of the overall system architecture.
3Measurement precision
If verified status indicators are generated and stored for each operation, then authentication tracking and verification are improved, but data storage requirements and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential verification information needed for authentication tracking and stores it in a structured format within the workflow management system. Rather than storing complete authentication logs or redundant verification data, the system stores concise verified status indicators that capture the essential authentication state, thereby reducing data storage requirements while maintaining verification accuracy.
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AI summary
A computing platform is configurable to cause generating a workflow data object configured to represent a plurality of operations included in a workflow associated with a user, the workflow data object being generated based on a designated sequence of the plurality of operations. The computing platform is further configurable to cause receiving a verified status indicator associated with at least one of the plurality of operations, the verified status indicator including a verified credential generated in response to the user completing at least one of the plurality of operations. The computing platform is further configurable to cause updating the workflow data object in response to the receiving of the verified status indicator, the updating including a credential data object in the workflow data object, and updating a representation of the at least one of the plurality of operations based on the credential data object.