Roaming Consortium Identifier Automates Credential Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless networks face challenges in handling diverse identity requirements across different locations and service providers, where the need for location-specific identity validation and privacy protection is not adequately addressed, leading to incompatibilities and manual credential selection burdens.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of Roaming Consortium Identifiers (RCOIs) that advertise and manage multiple identity types, allowing seamless onboarding and automated credential selection based on location-specific requirements, ensuring compliance with local access provider policies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual credential selection is used for network association, then users can control identity disclosure, but the process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables user devices to automatically select and use appropriate credentials for network association without manual intervention. The automated credential selection process analyzes location-specific requirements and autonomously chooses the most suitable identity type, eliminating the need for users to manually evaluate and select credentials while ensuring compliance with local access provider policies.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (automated credential selection system) that mediates between the user device and the wireless network. This intermediary automatically handles the credential selection process by receiving location-specific requirements, determining the appropriate identity type, and selecting credentials that satisfy both user privacy preferences and network access policies, thereby resolving the contradiction between automation and compliance.
2Reliability
If location-specific identity validation is implemented, then network security and policy compliance improve, but device compatibility and accessibility decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal credential management approach where user devices store multiple identity types (work, personal, guest credentials) and can automatically select the appropriate one based on location-specific requirements. This multi-functional credential system enables a single device to adapt to various network environments and policy requirements, maintaining both security compliance and broad device compatibility across diverse locations and service providers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs dynamic credential selection where the system adapts its behavior based on real-time location-specific requirements. The automated selection process dynamically determines which identity type to use by analyzing the current network environment, access provider policies, and user preferences, allowing the system to flexibly adjust to different locations while maintaining policy compliance and device compatibility.
3Reliability
If multiple identity types are managed manually, then privacy control is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service automation where the user device autonomously manages multiple identity types. The automated credential selection process privately evaluates location-specific requirements and automatically selects the most appropriate credential without requiring user intervention. This self-managing system maintains strong privacy control by keeping credential evaluation local and automatic, while reducing the perceived complexity for users who no longer need to manually manage multiple identities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring multiple identity types (work, personal, guest credentials) in the user device before network association is needed. The system prepares these credentials in advance and automatically selects the appropriate one based on location-specific requirements at the time of association. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for real-time manual credential management, reducing system complexity while maintaining privacy control through pre-established identity options.
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AI summary
Roaming Consortium Identifier (RCOI)-based handling of identity requirements may be provided. First, an access device may advertise an identifier. The identifier may identify a roaming federation and an identity type used by a service provider in order to provide service by the access device. Next, a request to associate with the access device may be received from a user device. The request may be compliant with the identity type advertised in the identifier. The user device may then be associated with the access device in response to receiving the request.