Token-Based Asset Authentication for NEAD Management Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems face challenges in allowing new owners or managers of wireless communication assets, such as WiFi access points and small cell base stations, to access or modify asset information in the National Emergency Address Database (NEAD) due to strict authentication requirements, leading to increased operational costs and inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A token-based system where an Information Manager assigns a unique token to an asset, allowing authorized entities to access or modify information related to the asset, facilitating smooth transfer of ownership or management without requiring manual updates via email or phone communications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If strict authentication requirements are enforced to ensure security of asset information, then reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication and authorization actions during asset registration or before transfer. The Information Manager pre-approves access requests by verifying the requesting entity's credentials against the asset's authorized manager information stored in the database, eliminating the need for manual authentication during actual access operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The Information Manager acts as an intermediary between the requesting entity and the asset information database. It mediates access requests by automatically verifying credentials and authorizing access without requiring direct manual authentication between parties, thus maintaining security while simplifying operations.
2Ease of operation
If manual updates via email or phone communications are required for transfer of ownership, then ease of operation deteriorates, but device complexity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service for transfer of ownership by allowing the Information Manager to automatically process access requests. The requesting entity can directly query the database for authorized manager information and authenticate themselves without requiring manual intervention via email or phone, making the process self-serve and automated.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical communication methods (email, phone) with an automated electronic authentication system. The Information Manager uses electronic database queries and automated credential verification to substitute for manual update processes, increasing operational ease while accepting increased system complexity.
3Reliability
If the Information Manager rejects access requests from new owners, then reliability is improved, but productivity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary population of the database with authorized manager information before access is needed. When transfer of ownership occurs, the Information Manager can quickly verify the new owner's credentials against pre-stored authorization data, enabling fast access decisions without compromising authorization control.
Solution Approach 2:
The authorization system is made dynamic by allowing the Information Manager to update authorized manager information in the database in response to transfer events. This dynamic update capability enables the system to adapt to new ownership while maintaining reliable authorization control and enabling quick access for legitimate new owners.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are described to enable management of an asset to be transferred from a first entity to a second entity such that an Information Manager that stores information for the asset can authenticate the management transfer when the second entity requests the Information Manager to access or modify the stored information for the asset. Authentication is enabled using a token assigned to the asset by the Information Manager which is provided to the first entity by the Information Manager, transferred from the first entity to the second entity following the transfer of management and provided to the Information Manager by the second entity to enable authentication of the request by the second entity to access or modify the stored information for the asset. In an embodiment, the asset may be a WiFi access point or Bluetooth beacon and the Information Manager may be a National Emergency Address Manager.