Service Integration Platform Unified Authentication for Multi-ISP Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing security strategies for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are inflexible and complex, particularly when dealing with multiple ISPs, as they require dedicated AuthSub requests and increased complexity for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) due to the need for each ISP to maintain tokens, leading to higher development costs and load burdens.
Innovation Solution
A security strategy is implemented that classifies service security levels, defines platform-level parameters, and performs authentication checks based on these parameters, allowing ISVs to request services from multiple ISPs with transparent security authentication, reducing the complexity for ISVs and focusing ISP efforts on business service interface development.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If dedicated AuthSub requests and token management are implemented for each ISP, then service security is improved, but device complexity and development costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a service integration platform as an intermediary between ISVs and multiple ISPs. This platform provides unified authentication and authorization services, managing tokens centrally rather than requiring each ISV to implement separate AuthSub requests for each ISP. The platform mediates the complex security interactions, simplifying the overall system while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The service integration platform provides universal authentication and authorization capabilities that work across multiple ISPs through a single interface. Instead of requiring ISVs to implement ISP-specific security strategies, the platform offers a unified security model that handles multiple ISPs through standardized mechanisms, reducing complexity while maintaining security.
2Reliability
If each ISP maintains separate tokens and security strategies, then service security is improved, but ease of operation and development costs worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple ISP-specific security strategies into a single unified security model provided by the service integration platform. Instead of requiring ISVs to manage separate tokens and security implementations for each ISP, the platform combines these requirements into a single authentication and authorization framework that handles multiple ISPs through standardized interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The service integration platform acts as an intermediary that absorbs the complexity of multiple ISP security strategies. ISVs interact with the platform through simplified interfaces, while the platform handles the complex token management and security protocol variations across different ISPs, making operation easier for ISVs while maintaining security.
3Adaptability or versatility
If transparent security authentication is implemented across multiple ISPs, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The service integration platform serves as an intermediary that enables transparent security authentication across multiple ISPs. It provides a unified authentication and authorization framework that ISVs can use to access services from multiple ISPs without needing to understand or implement each ISP's specific security protocol, achieving adaptability while managing complexity centrally.
Solution Approach 2:
The service integration platform provides universal security authentication capabilities that work across multiple ISPs through a single standardized interface. This multi-functional security framework handles authentication, authorization, and token management for multiple ISPs uniformly, enabling adaptability while containing complexity within the platform rather than propagating it to ISVs.
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AI summary
A service integration platform for providing Internet services includes an interface configured to receive a service request message that is initiated by a user of an application provided by an Independent Software Vendor, the service request message implemented in an API interface and including a plurality of platform-level parameters conforming to the API type The system includes one or more processors coupled to the interface, configured to locate a set of API-appropriate authentication checks, perform authentication of the service request according to the set of authentication checks, and route the service request to a service address of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the event that the service request is authenticated