Unified Authorization Management Interface for Web Applications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in managing and changing authorizations for multiple web-based applications accessing their personal data, as they need to log into each application separately, which can lead to errors and inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that retrieves and presents authorizations for multiple web-based applications on a graphical user interface, allowing users to make changes and store updates centrally, reducing the need for individual logins and minimizing errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manage authorizations for multiple web-based applications by logging into each application separately, then each application's authorization can be managed individually, but the time and complexity required to manage authorizations increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the authorization management interface of multiple web-based applications into a single unified interface. The system presents authorizations from multiple applications (e.g., social networking site, photo sharing site, video sharing site) in one consolidated view, allowing users to manage all authorizations without switching between applications. This directly addresses the technical contradiction by improving ease of operation while reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal authorization management interface that can display and manage authorizations from different types of web-based applications simultaneously. The system provides multi-functional capabilities including viewing, revoking, and modifying authorizations across diverse applications (social networks, photo sites, video sites, messaging services) through a single interface, resolving the contradiction between operational ease and time consumption.
2Reliability
If users review authorizations in each web-based application separately, then complete control over each application's access is achieved, but the complexity and error rate increase with the number of applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple authorization management systems into one unified interface that displays authorizations from various web-based applications simultaneously. This merging approach reduces the complexity of navigating multiple separate systems while maintaining reliable control over each authorization, directly addressing the contradiction between reliability and system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary authorization management system that acts as a mediator between the user and multiple web-based applications. This intermediary presents a consolidated view of all authorizations and facilitates uniform management actions across applications, reducing the complexity of direct interaction with multiple applications while ensuring reliable authorization control.
3Reliability
If users make authorization changes in multiple web-based applications, then comprehensive authorization control is achieved, but the possibility of errors increases with the number of applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the authorization change operations across multiple web-based applications into a single unified operation. Users can select and modify authorizations from different applications (social networking, photo sharing, video sharing, messaging) through one interface, eliminating the need to repeat the same operation in multiple separate applications. This directly improves ease of operation while maintaining reliability through consistent error reduction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent allows users to review all authorizations from multiple applications in advance before making changes. The unified interface presents a comprehensive list of authorizations that users can examine, select, and modify in a single operation, preventing errors that would occur from making changes application-by-application without proper review. This preliminary viewing capability enhances both ease of operation and reliability.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for managing authorizations to access personal data of a user is disclosed. A computer retrieves a set of authorizations for a plurality of web based applications, wherein an authorization enables an application of the plurality of web based applications to access at least a portion of the personal data of the user. The computer presents the set of authorizations on a graphical user interface. The computer receives a user input indicating a change to a particular authorization in the set of authorizations for a particular web based application in the plurality of web based applications. Responsive to receiving the user input indicating the change to the particular authorization in the set of authorizations, the computer then stores the change to the particular authorization in the set of authorizations for the plurality of web based applications to access the personal data.