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Publication Number
US-11616777-B2
Publication Date
2023-03-28
Expiration Date
Abstract
A system, method, and media for providing web-based security to a workflow process is presented. Data may be processed in a web-based workflow management system. The system may detect the transfer of high-level security data through the workflow. Upon detection of the data transfers the system may request review and approval in the form of a biometric input from an approved user to allow the data to be transferred.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to a system and method for intercepting a request to transfer data and obtaining authorization from an authorized user. The request comprises updating a workflow process, and the system determines a level of authorization required to complete the request. Biometric information is requested from the authorized user to approve the request, and the request is approved and the workflow process is updated when the authorized user provides the biometric information.
The disclosed approach further includes automatically learning at least a portion of the data that should be allowed in future data transfer requests based on the workflow process as updated. This learning uses the workflow process updates that result from approvals. In at least one embodiment, the authorization is performed through a third party.
The invention also encompasses intercepting a request to access a network and obtaining authorization from an authorized user while updating a communication protocol. Authorization in this network-access context is performed through a third party, and approval to access the network and the protocol update occur when the authorized user provides the biometric information via a biometric sensor. In this way, the workflow process and communication protocol are updated in response to biometric-validated authorization.
Claims Coverage
Three independent claims are covered: a system claim, a method claim, and a non-transitory computer-readable media claim. Each includes biometric-sensor authorization tied to workflow or protocol updates, and at least one claim family includes automatically learning what should be allowed in future data transfer requests.
Biometric authorization level for data transfer with workflow learning
A system intercepts a request to transfer data, where the request comprises updating a workflow process; it determines a level of authorization required to complete the request; it requests biometric information from an authorized user to approve the request; it approves the request and updates the workflow process when the authorized user provides the biometric information; and it automatically learns at least a portion of the data that should be allowed in future data transfer requests based on the workflow process as updated.
Third-party biometric authorization to approve transfer with workflow learning
A method receives a request from a user to transfer data where the request comprises updating a workflow process; it determines a level of the authorization required to complete the request; it requests biometric information from the authorized user to approve the request; it receives the biometric information from the authorized user via a biometric sensor; it approves the request and updates the workflow process when the authorized user provides the biometric information; it performs the authorization through a third party; and it automatically learns at least a portion of the data that should be allowed in a future data transfer request based on the workflow process as updated.
Third-party biometric network access authorization with communication protocol update learning
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media store computer-executable instructions that perform a method that intercepts a request to access a network and obtains authorization from an authorized user; intercepts the request from a user to access the network and updates a communication protocol; determines a level of authorization required to complete the request; requests biometric information from the authorized user to approve the request; receives the biometric information from the authorized user via a biometric sensor; approves the request to access the network and updates the communication protocol when the authorized user provides the biometric information; and performs the authorization through a third party.
Across the independent claims, authorization is granted using biometric information provided via a biometric sensor by an authorized user, tied to updating a workflow process or a communication protocol. The authorization includes determining an authorization level and approving the request, and one claim family includes automatically learning what data should be allowed in future data transfer requests based on the updated workflow process.
Stated Advantages
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Documented Applications
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