Wireless Management Service Profile Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wireless management services lack secure differentiation in managing network profiles, allowing malicious users to modify settings that affect other users, leading to potential security risks due to shared passwords and lack of user-specific control over connectivity.
Innovation Solution
A wireless management service that differentiates network profile management based on user identity, enabling per-user and all-user profiles, with security functions to restrict unauthorized access and ensure only authorized users can modify or create these profiles, and also considers the interface and session type for managing connectivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional wireless management services allow any user to modify network profiles, then ease of operation is improved, but security deteriorates as malicious users can modify settings affecting other users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments network profile management into per-user profiles and all-user profiles. Per-user profiles can only be modified by their creating user, while all-user profiles require administrator credentials. This segmentation isolates user actions to prevent malicious modifications from affecting other users, resolving the security issue while maintaining ease of operation for legitimate users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different access control qualities to different profile types. Per-user profiles have restricted modification rights to their owner only, while all-user profiles have controlled access requiring administrator credentials. This local quality differentiation ensures that ease of operation applies to per-user profiles while security is enhanced for all-user profiles, preventing malicious modifications.
2Ease of operation
If a shared password is used for all users, then ease of operation is improved, but security deteriorates as password changes are difficult to administer
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments password management by associating different credentials with different user accounts. Each user has their own credentials for modifying per-user profiles, and administrator credentials for modifying all-user profiles. This eliminates the need for a shared password, allowing individual users to manage their own profiles without administrative intervention, thus simplifying password administration.
Solution Approach 2:
Users can independently manage their own per-user profiles using their individual credentials without requiring administrator intervention or shared passwords. This self-service capability simplifies password management by allowing each user to maintain their own credentials, eliminating the administrative burden of managing a shared password across multiple users.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If per-user network profiles are implemented, then security is improved, but device complexity increases due to multiple profile management
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments profiles into per-user and all-user categories with clear differentiation in modification rights. Per-user profiles are created and managed by individual users, while all-user profiles require administrator credentials. This segmentation provides security by isolating user actions while maintaining manageable complexity through clear role-based access control.
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless management service provides universal functionality by supporting both per-user and all-user profile types within a single system. This multi-functionality allows the system to handle both secure per-user isolation and centralized all-user configuration management, providing comprehensive security and management capabilities without requiring separate systems.
4Device complexity
If all users share the same network profile, then device complexity is reduced, but security deteriorates as one user can affect all users' connectivity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments profile management into per-user and all-user profiles. Per-user profiles provide user-specific control where each user has their own credentials and settings, preventing one user from affecting another user's connectivity. All-user profiles provide simplified centralized management for common configurations. This segmentation balances security with manageable complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different access control qualities to different profile types. Per-user profiles have restricted modification rights to their owner only, providing user-specific control and security. All-user profiles have controlled access requiring administrator credentials, providing simplified centralized management. This local quality differentiation resolves the contradiction between security and complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
In some embodiments, a wireless management service provides the capability to manage connectivity between a device and one or more wireless networks on a differentiated basis. For example, network profiles may be managed in a way that is influenced by the identity of the user, such that profiles which are customized for a specific user may be established. Connectivity may also be managed in a way that is influenced by a session type ongoing on a device, such that when certain events occur (e.g., a request by one user to connect to or disconnect from a wireless network is processed), wireless connectivity employed by other users sharing the device is appropriately managed.