Persona Data Segmentation in Access Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in securely managing data communication for multiple user personas across different access networks, ensuring security and resource allocation as electronic devices roam between enterprise and public access networks, while maintaining user satisfaction and service provider benefits.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system of agreements between users and service providers, including direct agreements for primary personas and inter-service provider agreements for secondary personas, to govern data communication rights, privileges, and resource allocation across networks, with mechanisms for secure handoff and resource management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an electronic device communicates data for multiple user personas across different access networks, then user versatility and service coverage are improved, but security risks and resource management complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments data communication by creating separate transport flows for different user personas (primary and secondary). Each transport flow is independently controlled and managed, allowing security policies to be applied specifically to each persona's data stream. This segmentation enables the system to maintain security while supporting multiple personas by isolating their communications.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces network nodes as intermediaries that mediate between the electronic device and access networks. These network nodes enforce security policies, manage transport flows, and control resource allocation for different personas. The intermediary layer provides security enforcement without preventing multi-persona communication capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If an electronic device roams across multiple access networks for different personas, then service coverage and user flexibility are improved, but resource allocation complexity and security management increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple agreement types (direct agreements between users and service providers, and inter-service provider agreements) into a unified agreement management framework. This framework handles both primary and secondary persona agreements through a single system architecture, reducing overall complexity while enabling multi-network roaming for different personas.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal transport flow management system that handles multiple personas and multiple access networks through a single framework. The network nodes and agreement management system are designed to be multi-functional, supporting different persona types and network types without requiring separate specialized systems for each case.
3Reliability
If separate transport flows are established for primary and secondary personas, then data security and resource allocation are improved, but system complexity and configuration overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where the system automatically establishes and manages separate transport flows for different personas based on predefined agreement rules. The network nodes automatically route data to appropriate transport flows without requiring manual configuration for each persona, reducing configuration overhead while maintaining security through automated flow separation.
Data Source
AI summary
Data for a first persona of a user of an electronic device is communicated in a first access network, according to a first agreement between the user and a first service provider of the first access network. Data for a second, different persona of the user is communicated in the first access network, according to a second, different agreement.