Route Diversity Determination via Trusted Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Service providers face challenges in maintaining the confidentiality and accuracy of network route maps, as they become stale over time and are vulnerable to inappropriate disclosure, which can compromise security and compliance with regulatory requirements for route diversity.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize route identifiers to determine route diversity without disclosing actual route information, ensuring up-to-date geospatial data is used for analysis, and maintaining confidentiality through secure mechanisms like barcodes or QR codes, allowing customers to assess route diversity without exposing network maps.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If service providers provide detailed network route maps to customers, then customers can assess route diversity for security and compliance, but the confidentiality and security of the network route information is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a trusted third party server as an intermediary between the service provider and the customer. This server receives route diversity requests from customers, obtains current route information from the service provider, performs the diversity analysis, and returns results without exposing the actual route maps. The intermediary enables route diversity assessment while preserving route information confidentiality through secure mediation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts only the necessary diversity metrics from the complete route information. Instead of providing full route maps, the system extracts specific diversity indicators and characteristics that allow customers to assess route diversity without accessing the actual confidential route details. This extraction approach maintains security while enabling assessment.
2Measurement precision
If service providers provide network route maps to customers, then customers can perform route diversity analysis, but the route information becomes stale over time and loses accuracy
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic updates of route information through automated scheduled requests. The trusted third party server periodically queries the service provider for current route data and updates the diversity analysis accordingly. This periodic action ensures route information remains current and accurate without requiring continuous customer access to static maps.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a feedback loop where the trusted third party server continuously monitors route diversity and automatically requests updated route information from the service provider when changes are detected or at scheduled intervals. This feedback mechanism ensures the accuracy of route diversity determinations while minimizing the time lag between actual route changes and analysis updates.
3Reliability
If service providers allow customers to retain network route maps for due diligence and legal purposes, then customers can demonstrate route diversity to regulators, but the risk of inappropriate disclosure to malicious entities increases
Solution Approach 1:
The trusted third party server acts as a mediator that provides regulatory compliance certification without exposing confidential route information to customers or malicious entities. The server performs the diversity analysis, validates the results, and provides certification to regulators while maintaining the actual route maps within secure controlled environments only.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates temporary, watermarked, or restricted copies of route information that are sufficient for regulatory purposes but contain security features preventing misuse. These controlled copies can be provided to customers for due diligence while incorporating security measures such as expiration dates, usage restrictions, or visible watermarks that deter and detect inappropriate disclosure.
Data Source
AI summary
A device receives, from a customer device, a request for a diversity determination associated with a first route provided in a first provider network and a second route provided in a second provider network. The request includes a first identifier associated with the first route and a second identifier associated with the second route. The device forwards the first identifier to a first provider device, and receives, based on the first identifier, first geospatial information associated with the first route. The device forwards the second identifier to a second provider device associated, and receives, based on the second identifier, second geospatial information associated with the second route. The device determines whether the first and second routes are diverse based on the first geospatial information and the second geospatial information, and provides, to the customer device, diversity information regarding whether the first and second routes are diverse.