Automated Software Installation Package Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions fail to efficiently and automatically configure security software installations across diverse user devices with varying access rights and security policies in computer networks, especially in large enterprises with mixed infrastructure and personal devices lacking administration tools.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses a task manager and configurator module to create customized software installation packages based on user and device attributes, applying expert rules to set up security applications with appropriate access privileges and authentication, ensuring secure installation on multiple devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If remote administration tools are used to manage remote work stations, then administrators can set up security tools after installation, but administration agents cannot be installed on all computer systems especially personal devices
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service installation by allowing users to autonomously install and configure security agents on their own devices without requiring administrator presence or pre-configured administration agents. The automated configuration system performs setup tasks automatically, transforming a complex administrative process into a simple user-initiated installation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If security software is deployed across diverse devices with different configurations, then network security coverage is improved, but configuration complexity increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically adapts configuration parameters based on device attributes, user profiles, and network policies. It dynamically adjusts security settings, installation paths, and software configurations to match the specific characteristics of each device, eliminating manual configuration complexity while maintaining broad device compatibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary configuration actions by pre-defining security policies, user profiles, and device attributes before actual software installation. This advance preparation enables automated configuration during installation, reducing on-site complexity and ensuring consistent security deployment across diverse devices.
3Reliability
If manual configuration is performed for each device, then security policies can be customized, but time consumption and administrative burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms that automatically collect device information, user profiles, and network policy requirements, then use this feedback to generate and apply appropriate configurations. This closed-loop approach ensures security policy compliance is automatically maintained across all devices without manual intervention, dramatically improving installation efficiency while preserving reliability.
4Reliability
If security applications are installed on personal devices, then network security is enhanced, but user access rights and authentication requirements complicate the process
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts authentication requirements and access rights based on user profiles, device types, and security policies. It automatically determines the appropriate authentication level needed for each installation scenario, adapting the process in real-time to balance security requirements with user convenience, thereby enhancing network security without unduly complicating the installation process.
Data Source
AI summary
Automated configuration of a software application to be installed via a software installation package onto different user devices for different users. An initial software installation package is obtained, as is information representing (a) associations between the plurality of users and the plurality of user devices, and (b) user attributes from which access privilege level information for individual users is determinable. The initial software installation package is configured for the user devices based on the information representing (a) and (b), to produce a plurality of different specially-configured software installation packages, each one of which corresponds to one or more specific users and one or more specific user devices. Each specially-configured package includes parameters that establish functionality for the software application based on the access privilege level of the users. Each user is authenticated, and completion of installation of the software application is conditioned on a result of the authentication.