Cross-Platform Access Control via Universal Lists
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing social network platforms face difficulties in securely and conveniently sharing devices across multiple independent software platforms due to inoperability between different platforms, limiting users' ability to access and control network devices across various platforms.
Innovation Solution
A system that enables cross-platform authentication and authorization, allowing users to share network devices by mapping destinations across different software platforms, using authentication programs and access lists to selectively control devices, and managing network devices through multiple software platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple independent software platforms are used for device sharing, then users can access devices through different social networks, but the inoperability between different platforms prevents secure and convenient device sharing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a universal access list system that acts as an intermediary between multiple independent software platforms. This access list contains user identifiers from different platforms and enables cross-platform device sharing by mapping users across platforms through a common access control mechanism, resolving the inoperability issue while maintaining platform independence
2Reliability
If platform-specific access lists are used, then each platform maintains its own security model, but device sharing across platforms becomes difficult due to inoperability between platforms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal access list structure that can store and manage user identifiers from multiple different software platforms within a single system. This universal structure enables the same access control mechanism to function across different platforms, allowing users to share devices securely while maintaining compatibility with various platform-specific authentication systems
3Ease of operation
If users manually manage access lists on each platform, then platform-specific control is maintained, but the process becomes complex and inconvenient for cross-platform device sharing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple platform-specific access lists into a single universal access list that consolidates user identifiers from different platforms. This consolidation simplifies access list management by allowing users to add or remove device access through a single interface rather than manually managing separate access lists on each platform, reducing complexity while maintaining cross-platform control
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AI summary
A system for sharing a device between two independent software platforms and for access control of a network device across the two independent software platforms is provided. The system has a first computing device operating on a first software platform for authenticating at least a first user and accessing a first user's access list having at least one address of a second user. The system also has a second computing device operable with the same first user and a second different software platform. A destination across the first and the second software platforms is mapped to selectively control the device by the second user from the first user's access list with the second user operating on the second computing device.