Unified Logon Tool for Enterprise System Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current logon tools for enterprise systems are time-consuming and inefficient, requiring users to manually login to multiple systems daily, with no integration between on-premise and cloud-based systems, leading to confusion and additional security risks.
Innovation Solution
A logon file import and export system that integrates cloud-based systems into an enterprise logon system, allowing users to import and export system details in a single file, reducing the need for multiple logins and providing a unified access point with enhanced security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users manually login to each system one-by-one using conventional logon tools, then each system can be accessed, but the process takes 5 to 10 minutes or more every day for every user
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate system logon processes into a single unified logon tool that provides centralized access to multiple enterprise systems. The tool consolidates system details, credentials, and access interfaces into one interface, allowing users to access multiple systems through a single logon action rather than manually logging into each system separately.
Solution Approach 2:
The logon tool is designed with multi-functionality to handle various enterprise systems through a single interface. It can manage different system types (on-premise and cloud-based), store multiple credentials, and provide universal access points for diverse systems, eliminating the need for separate logon processes for each system.
2Ease of operation
If there is no integration between logon tool and cloud-based systems, then each system can be accessed independently, but users find it confusing and time consuming when trying to access systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates cloud-based systems into the enterprise logon tool by merging their access interfaces and authentication mechanisms. This consolidation allows users to access both on-premise and cloud systems through a single unified interface, eliminating the confusion of managing separate access processes and reducing the perceived complexity despite the diversity of systems.
3Reliability
If users must login into cloud systems separately with their own password, then cloud systems can be accessed, but it requires additional password and knowledge of the right area(s) within the online working environment
Solution Approach 1:
The enterprise logon tool acts as an intermediary between users and cloud-based systems. It manages cloud system credentials and provides a unified authentication interface that mediates access to cloud systems, eliminating the need for users to directly interact with separate cloud login processes and reducing the cognitive load of remembering multiple passwords and navigation paths.
4Loss of information
If system details are transferred electronically in emails or word documents, then new users can receive system information, but another person must enter the details manually which is very time consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The logon tool provides a copy/export feature that allows users to export system details in a structured file format. This digital copy can be directly imported into the logon tool by new users, eliminating the need for manual data entry from emails or documents and ensuring complete and accurate transmission of system information.
5Reliability
If a session expires or gets disconnected, then users can maintain security, but the user will have to repeat the login process for all of the systems
Solution Approach 1:
The logon tool performs preliminary actions by maintaining session state and authentication credentials in a centralized manner. When a session expires or disconnects, the tool can restore the login state for all systems automatically, avoiding the need for users to repeat the entire login process while maintaining security through controlled credential management.
Data Source
AI summary
A logon file import and export system and method for online working environments is disclosed, where the online working environment includes one or more enterprise systems to which a user has access. A graphical enterprise logon tool is generated for being rendered in a graphical display. The graphical enterprise logon tool includes an electronic access interface to each of the one or more enterprise systems, and an import/export feature graphically displayed in the enterprise logon tool. The import/export feature enables importation into or export out of the enterprise logon tool from or to a user, respectively, of a selected file. The selected file provides information about a selected system of the one or more enterprise systems in the enterprise logon tool, as well as information about the electronic access interface to the selected system.