Multi-Network Access Control Using a Digital Infrastructure Manager
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing network access control systems require multiple access points and user accounts, leading to inefficiencies and increased processing demands, particularly in managing complex and dynamic networks, and often result in burdensome interactions for users and computer systems.
Innovation Solution
A digital infrastructure manager, or network access controller, processes network access requests based on its own identity and characteristics, allowing secure access to multiple networks without requiring individual user permissions, thereby reducing the need for multiple access points and streamlining access control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple access points and user accounts are used for network access control, then network security and user privacy are improved, but system complexity and processing demands increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a digital infrastructure manager as an intermediary component that sits between users and multiple networks. This manager handles the complexity of managing multiple access points and user accounts centrally, allowing users to access multiple networks through a single interface while maintaining security and privacy through the manager's coordinated authentication and authorization mechanisms.
2Reliability
If multiple access points with separate user accounts are used, then network security is improved, but user convenience and access efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The digital infrastructure manager serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as an authentication gateway, authorization controller, and network connection manager. By consolidating these functions into a single multi-functional system, users can access multiple secured networks through one unified interface, maintaining security while significantly improving user convenience and reducing the need to manage multiple separate access points.
3Measurement precision
If network access requests are processed by individual networks, then access control precision is improved, but network processing demands and congestion increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the network access control function by introducing a digital infrastructure manager that handles access requests centrally before they reach individual networks. This segmentation separates the access control decision-making process from the actual network processing, allowing precise access control to be maintained while reducing the processing burden on individual networks and minimizing congestion.
4Ease of operation
If a single point of access is used for multiple networks, then user convenience is improved, but network security control and request parsing demands increase
Solution Approach 1:
The digital infrastructure manager functions as a secure intermediary between the single access point and multiple networks. It maintains security control by implementing centralized authentication and authorization mechanisms that verify user credentials and permissions before allowing access to any network, thereby preserving network security control even while providing convenient single-point access.
Data Source
AI summary
The current document discloses systems and methods that implement digital management of multi-network connections. When the digital infrastructure manager receives a client request for access to a service or service provider, the digital infrastructure manager issues a signed access token to the client, and the access token utilized in various ways when service requests are processed. The digital infrastructure manager then processes, transmits, and manages the request, response, and any additional actions required to satisfy the request including multiple and/or additional requests by the same or other clients.