Restricted Messenger Workspaces for Controlled External Collaboration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Closed messenger services are typically restricted to first authority-level users, preventing collaboration with second authority-level users, which lowers work efficiency and poses security risks when external public services are used.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for providing a restricted-access messaging service that allows first-authority-level users to invite and authorize second-authority-level users to join workspaces, with controlled access and usage periods, ensuring secure collaboration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If closed messenger service is restricted to first authority-level users only, then security is maintained, but collaboration efficiency with second authority-level users deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements different access rights and authorization levels for different user groups within the same messaging service. Second authority-level users can be selectively invited to specific workspaces by first authority-level users, rather than applying a uniform restriction to all users. This localized access control allows security to be maintained for the overall system while enabling necessary collaboration in specific areas.
2Productivity
If external public messenger service is used for collaboration with second authority-level users, then collaboration efficiency improves, but security deteriorates due to easy leaking of collaboration content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a controlled intermediary access mechanism where second authority-level users are invited to join specific workspaces through first authority-level users. This creates a controlled bridge between the closed messaging service and external users, allowing collaboration without directly exposing the internal messaging system to public access. The invitation-based entry acts as a mediator that maintains security while enabling collaboration.
3Productivity
If second authority-level users are invited to join workspace, then collaboration efficiency improves, but system complexity increases due to authorization procedures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent establishes authorization rules and invitation mechanisms in advance, where first authority-level users are pre-granted the ability to invite second authority-level users to specific workspaces. The authorization framework is set up beforehand, allowing users to invite collaborators without real-time complex approval processes. This preliminary configuration reduces the operational complexity during actual collaboration.
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AI summary
A method and device for providing a closed messenger service to a second authority-level user includes receiving, from a first terminal, a first identity of a first authority-level user who invited the second authority-level user, a second identity of the second authority-level user, and information identifying a workspace to which the second authority-level user is invited, transmitting an authorization request to an approver when it is determined that authorization for the second authority-level user is required on the basis of the first identity, and performing a workspace member registration procedure based on the second identity and the information identifying the workspace when receiving an authorization confirmation to the authorization request from a second terminal.