Universal Computer Account System for Cross-Provider Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional network service environments lack a universal computer account management system, leading to complex authentication methods, online frauds, and dispersed user information assets, resulting in high management costs and insecure user experiences.
Innovation Solution
A computer account management system comprising an account management subsystem, information asset management subsystem, authentication subsystem, and service subsystem, which creates and manages logical account numbers, provides lifetime asset management, and offers a unified interface for seamless integration with various services, allowing users to access network services without being tied to specific service providers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If independent account systems are developed by different service providers, then service-specific authentication requirements are met, but user information is dispersed and management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a universal computer account (UCA) system as an intermediary layer between users and service providers. The UCA system acts as a mediator that translates between different service provider authentication requirements and a unified user account structure, eliminating the need for users to manage multiple independent account systems while preserving service-specific authentication capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The UCA system provides universal account management functionality that works across multiple service providers and systems. A single UCA account can be used to access various services (e.g., cloud storage, messaging, computing) from different providers, making the account system multi-functional and provider-independent.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users register for multiple accounts with different service providers, then access to various services is enabled, but security risks and fraud exposure increase
Solution Approach 1:
The UCA system serves as a security intermediary that centralizes user authentication. Instead of users managing multiple credentials across different providers, the UCA system provides a unified security framework that reduces exposure to fraud while maintaining access to diverse services through the mediator architecture.
3Ease of manufacture
If service providers bundle user information with their services, then service operation is simplified, but user information asset dispersal and loss of control occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts user information assets from the service provider bundles and places them under user control through the UCA system. The UCA system maintains a centralized repository of user information that is not tied to any specific service provider, allowing users to retain ownership and control of their information even as services are accessed through different providers.
4Adaptability or versatility
If a universal computer account system is implemented, then cross-provider integration is enabled, but system complexity and integration costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The UCA system acts as a standard-based intermediary that simplifies cross-provider integration. By establishing a universal account standard that serves as a common language between users and service providers, the system reduces integration complexity compared to custom integration solutions, although it does introduce system-level complexity that is centralized rather than distributed.
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AI summary
A computer account management system includes: an account management subsystem; an information asset management subsystem; an authentication (integrated) subsystem; a service (integrated) subsystem; and an account portal subsystem; wherein the account management subsystem manages information of physical accounts and logical account numbers; wherein the information asset management subsystem manages data information resources generated by network activities of physical account information; wherein the authentication subsystem provides an authentication integrated interface to the physical account numbers; wherein the service subsystem is a customizable interface which is open to internet or local network; wherein the account portal provides interfaces and tools of login, service list management of services subscribed or bought by the account, account information management and information asset management. The computer account management system is not bundled with services, seamlessly integrated with the user information asset and is lifetime-valid. The system can be used in account management of the internet.