Mobile Terminal Security Assessment Using Weighted Key Indicators

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Solution Overview

Problem

The accuracy of determining the overall security state of a mobile terminal relies heavily on user experience, leading to low accuracy and reduced user experience due to the lack of objective assessment methods.

Innovation Solution

A method and device that acquire state information about key indicators, conduct security level assessments, and assign weight values to each indicator to provide an objective overall security assessment, displaying the results and allowing for processing strategies to be applied based on the assessment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If user experience is used to determine overall security state, then the method is simple and easy to operate, but the accuracy of security state determination is low

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of determining security stateVSAvoidaccuracy of security state determination
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the overall security state determination into multiple key indicators (e.g., malicious software, junk files, software running state, system vulnerabilities). Each indicator is assessed separately through detection software, and then aggregated to form the overall security state. This segmentation allows for more precise measurement while maintaining ease of operation through automated aggregation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary assessment mechanism that objectively evaluates key indicators through detection software. This intermediary layer bridges the gap between simple user experience and accurate security state determination by providing automated, standardized assessment of multiple indicators, thereby improving accuracy without complicating user interaction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If multiple key indicators are assessed with weight values, then the accuracy of overall security state assessment is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of overall security state assessmentVSAvoidcomplexity of assessment system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-defining weight values for each key indicator and establishing assessment policies before actual security assessment. This preparation work is done in advance, so that during runtime, the system only needs to collect indicator data and perform straightforward calculations, improving accuracy without significantly increasing operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses parameter changes by assigning different weight values to different key indicators based on their importance. This allows the system to dynamically adjust the influence of each indicator on the overall security state assessment, improving measurement precision while maintaining manageable system complexity through structured parameter management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS9432391B2Method, device and apparatus for acquiring security state of mobile terminal
Publication Date: 2016.08.30 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed are a method, device and apparatus for acquiring the security state of a mobile terminal, which belong to the field of computers. The method includes: acquiring state information about key indicators preset by a mobile terminal; conducting a security level assessment on each key indicator through assessment policies corresponding to each of the preset key indicators, according to the state information about the key indicators, to obtain a first assessment result; and endowing each key indicator with a specific weight value, conducting an overall level assessment on the overall security state of the mobile terminal, and according to the weight value of each of the key indicators and the first assessment result of each of the key indicators, to obtain a second assessment result expressing the overall security state of the mobile terminal. The device includes: an acquiring module, a first assessment module and a second assessment module.