Multi-User Mobile Terminal Authentication for User-Specific QoS
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication systems struggle to authenticate multiple users on a single mobile terminal and provide differentiated network services based on user identity, leading to inconsistent service provisioning and security vulnerabilities.
Innovation Solution
Implement a user-centric Quality of Service (QoS) framework that utilizes user-specific QoS rules and subscription information to authenticate and authorize multiple users on a mobile terminal, enabling differentiated network services based on individual user profiles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single mobile terminal supports multiple users with differentiated services, then service personalization and user experience are improved, but authentication complexity and security management increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the authentication system into distinct user profiles, each with independent credentials and service permissions. Instead of treating the mobile terminal as a single entity, the system divides it into multiple virtual users (e.g., primary user, secondary user, child user), allowing differentiated authentication and service delivery for each segment while maintaining overall system manageability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication mechanism that mediates between multiple users and the network. This intermediary layer manages user profiles, credentials, and service permissions, simplifying the authentication process by handling the complexity of multi-user verification through a centralized profile management system rather than requiring separate complex authentication procedures for each user.
2Productivity
If user-specific QoS rules are implemented for multiple users, then service differentiation and network efficiency are improved, but signaling overhead and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universal user profile structures that can serve multiple functions simultaneously. Each user profile contains standardized elements (credentials, service permissions, QoS parameters) that can be reused across different service contexts and network operations, reducing redundant signaling by allowing the same profile data to fulfill multiple authentication and service management functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent dynamically adjusts QoS parameters based on user profiles and service requirements rather than maintaining fixed, separate configurations for each user. By changing parameters such as bandwidth allocation, priority levels, and service permissions according to the active user profile, the system achieves service differentiation with optimized signaling overhead, as the same infrastructure adapts its parameters rather than requiring dedicated configurations.
3Reliability
If network authentication detects user presence on a mobile terminal, then service security and appropriate service delivery are improved, but detection complexity and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary authentication by pre-establishing user profiles and credentials before actual service delivery. The system proactively detects and authenticates users upon device activation or connection attempts, rather than waiting for service requests. This preliminary action includes verifying user identity, loading appropriate profiles, and establishing service permissions in advance, which simplifies subsequent service delivery and reduces real-time processing complexity.
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AI summary
An electronic device is configured to transmit, to a wireless network, a link request message requesting a user identifier be associated with an identifier corresponding to the electronic device; receive, from the wireless network, a registration response confirming that the user identifier has been associated with the identifier corresponding to the electronic device; and receive, from the wireless network, updated configuration information for the electronic device, wherein at least part of configuration information is associated with the user identifier.