Dynamic Interface Modification for Restricted Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems lack efficient methods to provide users with access to restricted functionality within organizations, such as internal business systems, while maintaining security and integration with publicly available information.
Innovation Solution
A restricted functionality access provider system that executes on client computing systems, interacting with presentation programs to dynamically modify user interfaces and provide access to authorized users by identifying subject areas and offering relevant functionality through user-selectable controls, without altering persistent data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a restricted functionality access provider system dynamically modifies user interfaces to provide access to internal systems, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The restricted functionality access provider system acts as an intermediary layer between users and internal organization systems. It dynamically modifies user interfaces by injecting additional controls and information into publicly available web pages, enabling users to access restricted functionality without directly connecting to internal systems. This mediator approach simplifies user operation while managing system complexity through controlled integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically modifies user interfaces in real-time based on user interactions and context. It monitors user actions on web pages and automatically injects relevant controls, options, and information from internal systems into the public interface. This dynamic adaptation improves ease of operation by providing context-aware access while managing complexity through on-demand modifications rather than static system integration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system integrates internal and public information systems, then adaptability is improved, but reliability decreases due to potential security risks
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the integration architecture into distinct layers: the public web page layer, the restricted functionality access provider layer, and the internal organization system layer. Each layer maintains its integrity and security boundaries while enabling controlled communication. The access provider dynamically injects controls into the public layer that communicate with internal systems through defined interfaces, allowing adaptability while preserving security through segmentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The restricted functionality access provider serves as a secure intermediary that mediates all interactions between public web pages and internal organization systems. It validates user actions, controls data flow, and manages authentication/authorization before allowing access to restricted functionality. This intermediary layer enables system integration and adaptability while maintaining reliability by enforcing security policies at the mediation point.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques are described for facilitating access of computing system users to restricted or other functionality, such as internal functionality of a business or other organization. The functionality access may be facilitated by an access provider system that executes on a client computing system of an authorized user, such as a program operating in conjunction with another presentation program that presents publicly available information by modifying interactions available to the user when using the presentation program or otherwise providing additional information to the user. In some situations, the additional information is provided by temporarily modifying the information being presented by the presentation program, such as by modifying a temporary copy of the information in volatile memory that is used to generate a visual representation being presented to the user by the presentation program, and then later removing the modifications after the user has completed use of the additional information.