Gateway Server Interface for In-Page User Data Unlocking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems require users to navigate away from third-party web servers to unlock or unfreeze data, leading to inefficiencies and potential loss of users during online transactions.
Innovation Solution
A gateway server facilitates data unlocking or unfreezing directly from the third-party web server by integrating a user interface that allows users to provide credentials and consent, enabling seamless data access without leaving the transaction page.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users navigate to data source websites to unlock or unfreeze data, then data access control is maintained, but user experience deteriorates and transaction efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a gateway server as an intermediary component that sits between the third-party web server and the data source. This gateway server receives unlock requests from the third-party server, authenticates users through the gateway's user interface, and coordinates data access without requiring users to navigate away from the third-party website. The gateway server acts as a mediator that maintains security while improving user experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the user interface for data unlocking into the existing third-party website by integrating it within the same web browser session. Instead of requiring separate navigation to data source websites, the gateway server combines the unlocking functionality with the third-party website's interface, allowing users to complete both the transaction and data unlock authorization in a single session.
2Reliability
If users navigate away from third-party web server to unlock data, then data security is maintained, but transaction time increases and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway server performs preliminary authentication and authorization actions before data access is granted. By pre-validating user credentials and consent through the gateway's user interface before the actual data retrieval, the system ensures security is maintained while eliminating the need for separate navigation steps during the transaction process.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway server serves as a security intermediary that handles all authentication and authorization logic centrally. This mediator maintains data security by controlling access through standardized protocols while enabling faster transactions by eliminating multiple navigation steps and reducing the time required for data unlocking.
3Ease of operation
If separate user interface is provided for data unlocking, then user control is maintained, but network communications increase and system complexity grows
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway server is designed as a multi-functional platform that handles various operations including user authentication, consent management, data access coordination, and communication with both third-party servers and data sources. By consolidating these functions into a single universal gateway, the system maintains user control through a unified interface while reducing overall system complexity compared to having separate specialized systems.
Data Source
AI summary
In some aspects, a gateway server can unlock or unfreeze access to data about a user by third parties without requiring the user to navigate completely away from a third-party website through which the user is executing an electronic transaction. The gateway server can receive a request to unlock or unfreeze data through the third-party website hosted by a third-party web server. The gateway server can output a user interface that is displayable simultaneously with the third-party website. Through the user interface, the gateway server can receive sign-in data such as log-in credentials of the user and consent to share data about the user with the third-party web server. The gateway server can output a command to unlock or unfreeze data about the user and to share the data with the third-party web server. Based on the shared data, the transaction can be completed at the third-party web server.