Remote Proxy Agent for Small Business Data Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Small businesses lack access to cost-effective and technically feasible proxy services, as existing solutions are either too expensive or require extensive resources and expertise, leaving a gap in the market for mid-range proxy services.
Innovation Solution
A remote proxy agent and system that allows users to access and execute tasks on a data processing system through a proxy server, enabling authentication, request redirection, and task execution, with features like directory search and result processing, accessible via wireless networks and devices like WAP-enabled phones.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If corporate proxy services are implemented, then security and organized data access are improved, but cost and technical expertise requirements increase prohibitively for small businesses
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a proxy server as an intermediary between users and data processing systems. This intermediary handles authentication, authorization, and request routing, providing corporate-level security and access control without requiring small businesses to implement complex direct security infrastructures. The proxy server mediates all communications, enforcing security policies centrally.
Solution Approach 2:
The proxy server is designed to perform multiple functions: authentication, authorization, caching, request routing, and task execution coordination. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single universal platform, the system provides comprehensive corporate-grade services without requiring separate specialized systems for each function, thereby reducing overall complexity.
2Ease of operation
If corporate proxy services are implemented, then organized data access is improved, but cost increases prohibitively for small businesses
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service capabilities where users can authenticate and access authorized resources directly through the proxy server without requiring manual configuration or intervention from system administrators. The proxy server automatically handles authentication, caches frequently accessed data, and routes requests appropriately, allowing small businesses to operate efficiently without dedicated IT staff.
Solution Approach 2:
The proxy server performs preliminary actions by pre-authenticating users, pre-caching frequently accessed data, and pre-establishing access rights. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for complex real-time processing and manual configuration during actual data access operations, simplifying ongoing operations for small businesses.
3Ease of operation
If proxy services are implemented for small businesses, then accessibility to corporate services is improved, but resource requirements and technical complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple previously separate functions (authentication, data caching, request routing, task execution) into a single integrated proxy server platform. This consolidation reduces the total resource requirements compared to implementing separate systems for each function, while still providing comprehensive corporate-level services to small businesses.
Solution Approach 2:
The proxy server creates virtual copies of corporate data and services, making them accessible to small business users without requiring physical duplication of expensive corporate infrastructure. Users access replicated data and services through the proxy, gaining corporate-level accessibility while avoiding the prohibitive cost of maintaining actual corporate hardware and software resources.
Data Source
AI summary
A software system for enabling remote data access to and task execution on a data processing system through a proxy server has an instance of the software residing on the data processing system for receiving and analyzing requests and performing according to request directive, and an instance of the software residing on the proxy server for identifying and authenticating a user and for redirecting requests to the data processing system. The system is characterized in that a user connects to a network accessible to the data processing system and initiates a request for services, wherein the request is after authentication of the user, redirected from the proxy server to the data processing system for task execution and possible return of results according to the contents of the request.