Secure Resource Management System for Abuse Prevention

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Solution Overview

Problem

Resource management systems face challenges in detecting and preventing resource abuse, where users occupy resources beyond their allotted terms, leading to reduced availability for other users and compromising system security.

Innovation Solution

A centralized secure resource management system that classifies resource users as abusers or potential abusers based on criteria such as continuous occupation and resource utilization thresholds, using a resource transaction history and machine learning models to generate responses for access restriction or denial.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If resources are shared by multiple users with fixed terms, then resource availability is improved, but resource abuse occurs when users occupy resources beyond their allotted terms

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveresource availabilityVSAvoidresource occupation compliance

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary classification of resource users as abusers or potential abusers based on their transaction history and behavior patterns before they can cause harm. By proactively identifying users who occupy resources beyond their allotted terms or exceed utilization thresholds, the system can prevent resource abuse before it occurs, resolving the contradiction between resource availability and compliance reliability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors resource usage and provides feedback by classifying users based on their behavior patterns. This feedback mechanism enables the system to detect and respond to resource abuse in real-time, adjusting access control decisions dynamically to maintain both resource availability and occupation compliance

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If resource access control is implemented to prevent abuse, then system security is improved, but complexity of the management system increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem securityVSAvoidmanagement system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a centralized secure resource management system that acts as an intermediary between resource providers and users. This intermediary handles the complex tasks of monitoring, classifying, and controlling resource access, thereby improving system security while shielding individual resource providers from the complexity of implementing their own security measures

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The centralized management system performs multiple functions including monitoring resource usage, classifying users as abusers or potential abusers, making access control decisions, and maintaining transaction histories. By consolidating these diverse security functions into a single universal system, the patent improves overall system security without requiring each resource provider to implement separate complex security mechanisms

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Reliability

If centralized secure resource management is implemented, then resource abuse prevention is improved, but computational resources required for classification increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveresource abuse preventionVSAvoidcomputational resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial classification by categorizing users into two main groups (abusers and potential abusers) rather than analyzing every possible behavior dimension in detail. This partial classification approach provides sufficient abuse prevention while avoiding the excessive computational resources that would be required for exhaustive analysis of all user actions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20240281285A1Secure resource management to prevent resource abuse

Publication Date: 2024.08.22 EQUIFAX INC

AI summary

Systems and methods for secure resource management are provided. A secure resource management system receives from a client computing system associated with a resource provider a query for classifying a resource user associated with the resource provider. The secure resource management system determining a set of resource abuser criteria for classifying the resource user as a resource abuser. The secure resource management system determines that the resource user is a resource abuser or a potential resource abuser based on the set of resource abuser criteria and a resource transaction history associated with the resource user. Based on determining that the resource user is a resource abuser or a potential resource abuser, the secure resource management system generates and transmits a response to the query to the client computing system. The response can be used to restrict or deny access to the resource by the resource user.