Synchronous Authentication Across Multiple Service Providers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current network authentication methods require multiple logins for users to access services from different providers, leading to complex user operations and increased operational costs for service providers, as each provider maintains independent authentication control devices and AAA servers.
Innovation Solution
Implementing synchronous authentication among different authentication control devices, where a master authentication control device acquires and processes user authentication information from slave devices, allowing users to access multiple service providers with a single login and ensuring each provider's control and management over users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If each service provider maintains independent authentication control devices and AAA servers, then each provider can independently control and manage users, but users require multiple logins to access services from different providers, increasing operational complexity and costs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple independent authentication control devices into a unified authentication system where authentication results are shared across service providers. The master authentication control device consolidates authentication information from multiple slave devices, enabling users to access services from different providers with a single login while maintaining each provider's control capabilities through the unified authentication result distribution mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal authentication system where the master authentication control device serves multiple service providers simultaneously. The authentication control device acquires authentication information from multiple sources and distributes authentication results to multiple service providers, making the authentication system multi-functional and provider-agnostic while maintaining individual provider control rights.
2Reliability
If each service provider maintains independent authentication control devices, then each provider can independently manage users, but the operational costs increase due to multiple configurations and maintenance requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple authentication control functions into a single master device that coordinates with slave devices. This consolidation reduces the number of independent systems that need configuration and maintenance, thereby lowering operational costs while preserving each service provider's ability to control and manage users through the unified authentication result distribution mechanism.
3Adaptability or versatility
If authentication information is exchanged among multiple AAA systems, then users can access services from different service providers, but the authentication process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by having the master authentication control device acquire and consolidate authentication information from multiple slave devices in advance, before the user needs to access any service. This pre-processing of authentication information eliminates the need for repeated authentication exchanges during actual service access, significantly reducing authentication processing time while maintaining multi-provider access capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces the master authentication control device as an intermediary that mediates between multiple service providers and users. This intermediary consolidates authentication information from multiple sources and distributes authentication results to multiple providers, simplifying the authentication process and reducing the time required for authentication exchanges among multiple AAA systems.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for realizing the synchronous authentication among the different authentication control devices is provided. The user accesses the network and initiates the authentication by the slave authentication control device. Then the master authentication control device obtains the authentication information of the user from the slave authentication control device and transmits it to the master authentication server of the master authentication control device. Finally, the master authentication server performs the authentication process to the user according to the authentication information of the user. Therefore the accessing user can obtain the network authority of a plurality of service providers with only one logging on in the network in which a plurality of service providers are interconnected. The present invention facilitates the access to the network for the user and can assure that each service provider can control and manage the accessing user efficiently and thereby protects the benefit of the service providers.