Smart Keyboard and Mouse for Enterprise Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Enterprise systems face challenges in identifying and mitigating unauthorized user activities in real-time, which can compromise sensitive information and disrupt operations, while also needing to optimize network resources and bandwidth.
Innovation Solution
A smart keyboard and smart mouse system equipped with processors, pressure-sensitive keys, physical sensors, and image capturing devices that detect user characteristics and activities, enabling real-time identification of discrepancies and initiating remediation tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional security monitoring methods are used, then network resources and bandwidth are optimized, but the speed and accuracy of identifying unauthorized activities deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing images and data locally before transmission is needed. Image capturing devices and sensors continuously monitor and store information about user activities, physical characteristics, and device interactions in advance, enabling rapid identification of unauthorized activities without waiting for network-based analysis
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces local computing devices (smartphones, tablets, laptops) as intermediaries between the monitoring environment and the central server. These intermediaries perform preliminary processing and storage of monitoring data, reducing the immediate network burden while maintaining detection capabilities through local analysis and comparison against stored profiles
2Speed
If real-time processing of input data is performed, then the speed of identifying unauthorized activities is improved, but network bandwidth utilization deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and processes only the most critical data elements locally at intermediate devices rather than transmitting all raw data to the central server. By taking out and analyzing key identifiers (such as extracted text from images, basic movement patterns, and immediate anomaly indicators) locally, the system achieves real-time detection speed while minimizing network bandwidth consumption through selective data transmission
Solution Approach 2:
Data is pre-processed and filtered at local devices before transmission, with only relevant and suspicious data elements being sent to the central server. This preliminary action at the edge reduces the volume of data requiring network transmission while maintaining the ability to perform real-time analysis of critical security events
3Measurement precision
If multiple sensors and devices are deployed, then the accuracy of detecting user characteristics is improved, but the complexity of the system deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs universal computing devices (smartphones, tablets, laptops) that can perform multiple functions: capturing images, processing text, analyzing movement patterns, and storing profiles. These multi-functional devices reduce overall system complexity by eliminating the need for specialized single-purpose hardware for each sensing function, while still achieving high measurement precision through their integrated capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges multiple sensing and processing functions into existing ubiquitous computing devices rather than deploying separate specialized hardware for each function. By combining image capture, text processing, motion sensing, and data storage capabilities within standard smartphones, tablets, and laptops, the system achieves high detection accuracy while minimizing the complexity increase that would result from adding numerous separate components
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution provides fast, reliable, and efficient detection and prevention of unauthorized activities, minimizing threats to enterprise services while optimizing network resources and ensuring secure operations.
Implementation Method 1
the at least one physical sensor may be configurable to detect a fingerprint associated with the user
Implementation Method 2
the at least one physical sensor may be configurable to detect an electrothermal activity associated with the user. In some embodiments, the electrothermal activity may include a change in skin conductivity associated with the user
Implementation Method 3
the image capturing device may be configurable to detect, based on facial recognition techniques, a change in facial activity associated with the user
Implementation Method 4
the smart mouse may include an infrared beam, where the smart mouse is configurable to detect, based on the infrared beam, a movement activity of the smart mouse associated with the user of the smart mouse
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the disclosure relate to managing enterprise security by utilizing a smart keyboard and a smart mouse. The smart keyboard may include pressure sensitive keys, a physical sensor configurable to detect a user characteristic associated with a user of the smart keyboard, an image capturing device configurable to capture an image of an activity in a vicinity of the smart keyboard, and a switch, communicatively coupled to the pressure sensitive keys, the physical sensor, and the image capturing device, where the switch is configurable to activate or deactivate the pressure sensitive keys, the physical sensor, and the image capturing device. The smart mouse may include a wheel, one or more pressure sensitive clickable components, and at least one physical sensor configurable to detect a user characteristic associated with a user of the smart mouse. Systems and methods for utilizing a smart keyboard and a smart mouse are also disclosed.