Mobile Single Sign-On Platform for Unified Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Businesses face challenges in securely managing user authentication across multiple mobile applications on handheld devices, requiring users to repeatedly sign in and out of different applications, which can be cumbersome and insecure.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a Mobile Single Sign-On (MSSO) system that integrates with existing SSO infrastructure, allowing users to authenticate once and access multiple MSSO-enabled applications seamlessly through a common sign-on interface, using a Mobile Single Sign-On (MSSO) application that provides authentication services and shares sessions across mobile applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users sign in to each application separately, then each application can maintain secure authentication, but users experience repeated sign-in procedures which is cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the authentication process across multiple applications by implementing a Mobile Single Sign-On (MSSO) system that shares authentication sessions. When a user signs in to one application, the session is shared with other MSSO-enabled applications, eliminating the need for separate sign-in procedures for each application while maintaining security through a unified authentication framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The MSSO system provides universal authentication functionality that serves multiple applications simultaneously. The Mobile Single Sign-On application acts as a universal authentication gateway that can authenticate users for any MSSO-enabled application on the mobile device, making the authentication process multi-functional and application-agnostic.
2Reliability
If users sign in to each application separately, then authentication can be controlled per application, but the user interface becomes complex and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple authentication interfaces into a single unified user interface. Instead of presenting separate sign-in screens for each application, the MSSO system provides a single authentication interface that handles authentication for all MSSO-enabled applications, significantly simplifying the user experience while maintaining authentication control.
Solution Approach 2:
The Mobile Single Sign-On application serves as an intermediary layer between the user and multiple applications. It presents a unified authentication interface to the user and handles the authentication logic for all underlying applications, shielding users from application-specific authentication complexity while maintaining security control.
3Ease of operation
If a common sign-on interface is implemented, then ease of operation improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal Mobile Single Sign-On application that can interface with multiple different applications and authentication systems. This multi-functional MSSO system handles various authentication scenarios (different applications, authentication methods, security protocols) through a single unified architecture, managing complexity through standardization and abstraction.
Solution Approach 2:
The MSSO application acts as an intermediary layer that abstracts the complexity of multiple authentication systems behind a simple common interface. It handles the complexity of integrating with different applications and authentication mechanisms internally, while presenting a simplified unified interface to users, thus isolating complexity from the user-facing side.
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AI summary
A system for and method of providing a mobile device user with a mobile single sign-on (MSSO) platform that can interface with multiple mobile applications on the mobile device. A user having a mobile device may access a mobile application on the mobile device. The mobile application may be enabled to interface with the MSSO platform. The MSSO platform may capture the user credentials sent over a wireless link and provide them to a remote server. The remote server may establish a session over a wireless link with the mobile device based on the user credentials. The MSSO platform may make this session available to other applications on the mobile device seamlessly. The wireless link may be part of a publicly accessible communication network.