Credentialing Integration With Workflow Data Objects

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Solution Overview

Problem

Cloud-based services are limited in their ability to authenticate user actions and manage secure authentication within organizational operations, lacking integration of seamless credentialing and verification in distributed and heterogeneous computing environments.

Innovation Solution

Integration of authentication and credentialing systems with workflow data object management systems, utilizing a computing platform to generate and manage verified status indicators through custom APIs, enabling secure and trusted authentication and credential distribution across the platform.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If cloud-based services are used to provide shared resources and applications, then accessibility and scalability are improved, but the ability to authenticate user actions and manage secure credentialing deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccessibility and scalabilityVSAvoidauthentication capability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the authentication system into separate credentialing and verification components that can operate independently within the cloud platform. Custom APIs are divided into distinct functions for credential issuance, validation, and management, allowing each segment to be optimized and secured separately while maintaining overall system accessibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces intermediary verification mechanisms and status indicators that mediate between cloud service accessibility and security requirements. These intermediaries act as trusted third-party validators that authenticate user actions without compromising the scalability of cloud-based resource sharing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If traditional authentication systems are used in cloud environments, then security is maintained, but integration with workflow management and seamless verification deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovesecurityVSAvoidintegration with workflow management

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges authentication systems with workflow management by integrating credential verification directly into workflow operations. Status indicators and verification mechanisms are combined with workflow data objects, allowing security checks to occur seamlessly within the workflow execution process without requiring separate authentication steps.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates universal credentialing mechanisms that serve multiple functions within cloud workflows. The same authentication infrastructure supports various workflow types, data object validations, and verification scenarios, eliminating the need for separate authentication systems for different operational contexts.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Reliability

If credentialing systems are integrated with workflow management, then authentication capability is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveauthentication capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary credential verification by embedding status indicators and validation rules directly into workflow definitions before execution. Authentication checks are performed in advance as part of workflow setup, reducing the need for complex runtime verification logic and simplifying the overall system architecture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent enables self-service credential verification where workflow data objects automatically validate their own credentials through embedded status indicators and custom API integrations. This self-validation mechanism reduces the need for external verification complexity while maintaining strong authentication capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250016146A1Systems, Methods, And Devices For Automation And Integration Of Credentialing And Authentication In Workflows Associated With Computing Platforms

Publication Date: 2025.01.09 SALESFORCE INC

AI summary

A computing platform is configurable to cause initiating a communication session with a user, the user having a user account associated with a workflow data object implemented in an on-demand application hosted by the computing platform, the workflow data object being configured to represent a plurality of operations associated with the user and an organization, and further associated with a vaccination status of the user. The computing platform is configurable to cause identifying a verified status indicator used by at least one of the plurality of operations represented in the workflow data object, the verified status indicator comprising a verified credential associated with at least one of the plurality of operations. The computing platform is configurable to cause identifying a transfer operation associated with the verified status indicator and identifying a target entity based on the user account, and implementing the identified transfer operation based on the identified target entity.