Wearable Security Navigation Path Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional security clearance systems fail to track users within environments and ensure they only access information and locations appropriate to their security level, leading to potential compromise of sensitive information due to lack of contextual awareness.
Innovation Solution
A method using a wearable device to identify users, determine their security level, generate a navigational path based on that level, and display it, while tracking the user's movement to prevent access to restricted areas and sensitive information, employing machine-learning algorithms for real-time updates and obstacle avoidance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional security clearance systems are used, then users can access information based on their security level, but users are not tracked and may access restricted areas or sensitive information beyond their clearance level
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces wearable devices as intermediaries between users and the secure environment. These devices continuously track user location, monitor access to restricted areas, and provide real-time notifications when users approach boundaries of their clearance level, thereby enforcing security policies without requiring complex infrastructure changes
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where wearable devices monitor user location and activity, compare it against security policies, and provide immediate feedback through notifications or alerts when users attempt to access restricted areas. This real-time feedback mechanism ensures security level enforcement while maintaining system manageability
2Ease of operation
If users are allowed to move freely within the environment, then user mobility is improved, but unauthorized access to sensitive information and areas may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic security boundaries that adapt to user movement and context. Rather than static access controls, the system continuously updates permissible areas based on user location, security level, and environmental context, allowing free movement within authorized zones while automatically preventing access to restricted areas
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces physical security barriers and manual monitoring with electronic tracking and notification mechanisms. Wearable devices use sensors, GPS, and communication modules to monitor user location and provide virtual boundaries, substituting mechanical security infrastructure with software-based solutions that maintain security while improving user mobility
3Reliability
If security monitoring is implemented to track user movements, then unauthorized access is prevented, but system complexity and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable devices perform self-service monitoring by autonomously tracking user location, comparing it against security policies, and generating notifications without requiring constant external system intervention. The devices independently manage their own security monitoring functions, reducing the burden on central security systems and infrastructure complexity
Data Source
AI summary
One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying a user of a wearable device within an environment; determining a security level of the user for the environment; generating, based upon the determined security level of the user, a navigational path within the environment; displaying, on a display of the wearable device, the generated navigational path on the wearable device of the user; and tracking the user while moving along within the environment. Other aspects are described and claimed.