Remote Operation Management for Facility Security via Private IP Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge is to secure facility security equipment from impersonation and erroneous remote operations, as existing systems lack effective measures to prevent unauthorized access and accidental unlocking, compromising facility security and user convenience.
Innovation Solution
A remote operation management device and method that utilize a network communication unit to receive instructions only via a private IP network, ensuring that security equipment is operated only when the instruction is received through a secure, localized connection, thereby reducing the risk of impersonation and erroneous operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If remote operation is enabled for facility security equipment, then user convenience is improved, but security risk increases due to impersonation and erroneous operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by restricting remote operation to specific local networks (private IP networks) rather than allowing operations from any network. The transmission area determination unit checks whether the instruction comes from a predetermined private IP network, and only accepts operations from authorized local networks. This creates different access qualities for different network sources, enabling convenient remote operation within trusted networks while blocking impersonation attempts from external networks.
2Reliability
If authentication measures are strengthened to prevent impersonation, then security is improved, but operational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses an intermediary approach by introducing a transmission area determination unit that acts as a mediator between the remote operation management device and the security equipment. This intermediary component checks the source IP address of incoming instructions against a predetermined private IP network range before allowing operations to proceed. This simple intermediary mechanism provides effective impersonation prevention without requiring complex authentication protocols, biometric verification, or multiple-factor authentication systems.
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AI summary
This facility security equipment remote operation management device comprises: a network communication unit that receives a remote operation instruction for security equipment connected to a private IP network of a facility; a transmission area determination unit that determines whether the instruction was received via the private IP network of the facility; and an operation instruction unit that transmits the instruction to the security equipment only if the instruction was received via the private IP network of the facility.