Mediating Device for Secure Firewall Device Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing device management systems face challenges in efficiently managing and communicating with devices behind firewalls within local networks, as they require complex configurations and direct connections to manage devices, which can be cumbersome and insecure.
Innovation Solution
A device management system that employs a mediating device to collect and transmit management information across networks, using a management server to communicate with device management units and mediating devices, enabling secure and efficient management of devices by establishing correspondence and transmitting information based on contractual agreements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If direct connection is used to manage devices behind firewalls, then device management capability is improved, but system complexity and security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mediating device positioned between the device management system and devices behind firewalls. This mediator establishes correspondence relationships and transmits management information without requiring direct connections, thereby resolving the contradiction by enabling device management while avoiding complex firewall configurations and security risks
2Ease of operation
If mediating device is introduced to manage devices behind firewalls, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mediating device is designed to handle multiple device management tasks including establishing correspondence relationships, transmitting management information, and coordinating communications. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single universal mediator, the system improves operational simplicity while avoiding the need for multiple specialized components that would increase complexity
3Loss of information
If correspondence management is implemented between devices and device management units, then information accuracy is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes correspondence relationships between devices, mediating devices, and device management units before actual management operations occur. This preliminary setup of mapping relationships enables accurate information routing without requiring complex real-time matching processes, thereby maintaining information accuracy while minimizing processing time during actual device management operations
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus, a device management system, and a device management method. The device management system includes the information processing apparatus, a device management apparatus, a mediating device, and the device. The device management method include communicating via a network with one or more device management units to manage devices to be managed and one or more mediating devices to collect information on the devices, managing correspondence between the device or the mediating device and the device management unit, collecting management information from the device or the mediating device, determining corresponding device management unit based on the correspondence, and transmitting management information to the corresponding device management unit.