User Apparatus Relationship Degree Determination for Secure Authorization Lending
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for authorizing users to access services require manual input of public IDs, making it time-consuming and difficult to lend authorization to friends, especially in scenarios where impersonation prevention is crucial.
Innovation Solution
A user apparatus that determines the relationship degree between users within a predetermined range and allows easy authorization lending by providing authorization information to trusted users through a short-range wireless connection, ensuring secure and efficient service access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual input of public IDs is used for authorization, then service access control is achieved, but the authorization process becomes time-consuming and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service authorization where the user apparatus automatically performs authorization lending to external apparatuses without requiring manual public ID input. The determiner automatically evaluates relationship degrees and the lender automatically provides authorization information, eliminating the need for users to manually enter public IDs and significantly reducing authorization time while maintaining access control reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The service provider server acts as an intermediary that receives authorization information from the user apparatus and manages the authorization process. This intermediary approach allows automatic authorization lending while maintaining secure service access control, as the server mediates between the user apparatus and external apparatuses without requiring direct manual intervention for public ID exchange
2Reliability
If manual public ID input is required, then authorization can be controlled, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The determiner automatically determines relationship degrees between users and the lender automatically provides authorization information based on these determinations, creating a self-service system that maintains authorization control while dramatically improving ease of operation. Users simply need to permit the lending operation, and the system handles all subsequent automatic determination and authorization provision without manual public ID input
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual input process with an automated electronic determination and transmission system. The determiner uses electronic data processing to automatically evaluate relationship degrees, and the lender uses electronic communication to automatically transmit authorization information, substituting manual mechanical input with automated electronic processes that improve ease of operation while maintaining control
3Ease of operation
If authorization is easily lent without verification, then ease of operation improves, but impersonation risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The determiner performs preliminary determination of relationship degrees before authorization is granted. By automatically evaluating the relationship between users in advance of the authorization process, the system ensures that only authorized users receive access while maintaining ease of operation. This preliminary verification action prevents impersonation before it can occur
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback through automatic determination of relationship degrees that informs the authorization decision process. The determiner continuously evaluates relationship information and provides feedback to the lender, ensuring that authorization is granted only when appropriate relationship criteria are met, thereby preventing impersonation while maintaining operational ease
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AI summary
A user apparatus has a determiner configured to determine whether a relationship degree indicative of a degree of depth of relationship between a first user who manages the user apparatus and a second user who manages an external apparatus that is located within a predetermined range from the user apparatus is at or above a threshold; an acceptor configured to, when a determination result by the determiner is affirmative, accept an input of an instruction that permits lending to the second user a usage authorization to use a service that is available to the first user on the user apparatus; and a lender configured to, when the acceptor accepts the input of the instruction, provide the external apparatus with authorization information to enable the service to be used on the external apparatus.