Automatic Mobile Sign-In via Transfer Management Server
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies fail to seamlessly manage automatic sign-ins from stationary computing devices to mobile devices over networks, limiting seamless connectivity and session transfer between devices.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that enables automatic sign-in to a mobile device from a personal computer over a network, using a Transfer Management Server to authenticate and transfer Instant Messaging sessions, employing cookies, authorization codes, and SMS notifications to synchronize sessions across devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual sign-in process is used for mobile devices, then security control is maintained, but user convenience and seamless connectivity are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication and session setup on the stationary device before the user physically accesses the mobile device. The Transfer Management Server pre-processes authentication credentials and establishes a ready-to-transfer session, so that when the user simply taps the mobile device, the sign-in process is already prepared and can be completed instantly without manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service authentication where the mobile device automatically completes the sign-in process without requiring user input. The mobile device receives authentication tokens and session information automatically from the stationary device through the Transfer Management Server, allowing the device to service itself rather than requiring manual user configuration or authentication.
2Reliability
If session transfer is implemented between devices, then seamless connectivity is improved, but system complexity and security management become more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The Transfer Management Server acts as an intermediary between the stationary device and mobile device, handling all session transfer operations centrally. This intermediary manages the complex tasks of authentication validation, session state transfer, and credential encryption, shielding the end devices from the complexity of session management while ensuring reliable and secure connectivity transitions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses universal authentication tokens and session identifiers that work across different device types and communication protocols. The Transfer Management Server maintains a unified session management framework that can handle various device combinations (stationary to mobile, different mobile devices, etc.), simplifying the overall system architecture by using common mechanisms rather than device-specific approaches.
3Adaptability or versatility
If automatic sign-in is implemented, then user mobility is enhanced, but security control and authentication management become more challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary security authentication and credential validation on the stationary device before enabling automatic sign-in to the mobile device. Authentication tokens are pre-generated and validated by the Transfer Management Server, ensuring that only authorized users can initiate the automatic sign-in process. This preliminary action maintains security control while enabling user mobility.
Solution Approach 2:
The Transfer Management Server implements feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor authentication status, session validity, and device trust levels. The system receives feedback about the authentication state from both stationary and mobile devices, adjusting security policies and authentication requirements dynamically. This feedback loop maintains reliable security control while allowing automatic sign-in functionality.
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AI summary
A system, apparatus, and method are directed to managing automatic sign in to an Instant Messaging (IM) session on mobile device from another computing device, such as a personal computer (PC), over a network. The end-user of the PC may provide an account identifier, password, and the like, and in response, receive a cookie, that may further include the account identifier, encoded string, and the like. The end-user may then request initiation of the IM session using a toolbar selection, a script, applet, form, web page selection, and the like. As part of the request, the cookie may be provided to the server. If the request is authenticated based, in part, on the cookie information, the server uses the account identifier to locate an associated a mobile device identifier. The mobile device identifier is employed to log the end-user automatically into the mobile device.