Layered Communication Device Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication devices face challenges in allowing selective access to third-party users, as sharing passwords or passcodes grants unrestricted access, potentially exposing proprietary information and being resource-intensive due to multiple application copies.
Innovation Solution
A communication device with multiple layered environments, including a primary and secondary layered environment, where the secondary environment restricts access to certain applications and communications, allowing the owner to control what a third-party user can access by comparing incoming communication identification information to approved or tagged contacts and communication forms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the owner supplies the third party with a password or passcode to allow access, then the third party can access the communication device, but the third party gains unrestricted access to all contents including proprietary information
Solution Approach 1:
The communication device is divided into multiple layered environments (primary and secondary layers), where the secondary layer contains a restricted subset of applications and communications. This segmentation allows the third party to access only the secondary layer with limited content, while the primary layer remains protected. The system creates separate access zones within the single device, enabling selective information exposure without requiring multiple physical devices or copies.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions or layers of the communication device are assigned different access qualities. The secondary layered environment has specific attributes (approved contacts, allowed applications) that differ from the primary environment. By making the access rights location-dependent rather than uniform, the system enables the third party to access certain designated areas while preventing access to others, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of access and security.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple copies of the same application are created for different users, then each user can access their own copy, but this consumes excessive device resources
Solution Approach 1:
The communication device implements a universal layered environment structure that serves multiple users with different access requirements. Instead of creating separate application copies for each user, the system creates a single multi-functional framework where the same device resources are dynamically allocated to different users based on their authorization level. The secondary layered environment universally supports multiple approved contacts and applications without duplicating the entire application suite, thus reducing resource consumption while maintaining user-specific adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
A communication device includes a memory to store a contact list, a communication, and tagged contacts and tagged communication form of the tagged contacts; a processor to receive an incoming communication transmitted to the communication device determine identification information from the incoming communication; and determine if the incoming communication meets a criterion for a third party user of the communication device to view the incoming communication. To determine if the incoming communication meets the criterion, the processor compares the determined identification information from the incoming communication to the tagged communication form of the tagged contacts. If the incoming communication meets the criterion, then the processor displays the incoming communication, and if the incoming communication does not meet the criterion, then the processor does not display the incoming communication.