Federated Messaging System for Cross-Network Key Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication platforms restrict cross-network communication due to security concerns, preventing users from different corporate networks from securely exchanging messages and files, as they lack a reliable method to authenticate and securely distribute encryption keys.
Innovation Solution
A unified user database is implemented to manage user information across multiple secure communication networks, allowing authorized users to access encryption keys and authenticate senders, enabling secure communication between users from different networks by using a secure communication platform that includes a unified user database to distribute recipient keys and enforce time-to-live values for encrypted communications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cross-network communication is blocked to prevent malware introduction, then network security is improved, but communication capability between different corporate networks deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a federated messaging system that acts as an intermediary between isolated corporate networks. This intermediary enables secure message routing and key distribution between networks that would otherwise be blocked, allowing communication capability to improve while maintaining security through controlled intermediary management of encryption keys and message relay.
2Adaptability or versatility
If external network communications are allowed, then communication versatility is improved, but security risk from malware introduction increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary authentication and key exchange mechanisms before actual communication occurs. The federated messaging system performs sender authentication, recipient verification, and encryption key distribution in advance, ensuring that only verified communications are permitted. This preliminary security action enables communication versatility while preventing malware introduction by establishing trust before data transfer.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a unified user database is implemented to enable cross-network communication, then communication capability between networks is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the user database functionality into distributed components across different corporate networks rather than requiring a single centralized database. Each network maintains its own user information locally, and the federated messaging system coordinates between these segmented databases. This segmentation reduces system complexity by avoiding a monolithic unified database while still enabling cross-network communication through coordinated access to distributed user information.
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AI summary
The present disclosure describes a method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium that includes instructions that permit users of different secure communication networks to exchange secure communications. A secure communication platform includes a user database that allows users from different secure communication networks to access keys for recipients outside of their network. Additionally, the secure communication platform provides a high degree of trust regarding the sender's identity, allowing the receiving network to trust the sender.