Account Upgrade Interface for Alternative Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for accessing accounts on services are cumbersome and inefficient, requiring time-consuming user interfaces that involve manual entry of contact and password information, wasting user time and device energy, especially in battery-operated devices.
Innovation Solution
The method involves displaying a user interface associated with a service, receiving user inputs, and determining criteria to display an upgrade option for account access, allowing authentication by a different entity, thereby reducing the need for manual login processes and enhancing security and efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual entry of contact and password information is used for account access, then authentication can be performed by the service provider, but user time and device energy are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by detecting open applications and pre-fetching or pre-validating account credentials before the user actually needs to log in. This allows the authentication process to be initiated or completed in advance, reducing the perceived login time while maintaining security through progressive verification steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication mechanism that acts as a bridge between the service provider and the user. This intermediary system can validate credentials through multiple channels (biometric data, device identifiers, contextual information) and communicate with the service provider, thereby reducing the time users spend on manual entry while maintaining authentication reliability.
2Reliability
If manual entry of contact and password information is used for account access, then authentication can be performed by the service provider, but device energy is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies partial action by performing only the necessary portion of authentication verification at each stage. Instead of completing full credential validation every time, the system uses lightweight verification methods (such as device-stored tokens or biometric matching) that consume minimal energy, resorting to full authentication only when needed, thus reducing overall energy consumption while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is empowered to perform self-service authentication using locally stored credentials, biometric data, or device identifiers. This eliminates the need for continuous communication with remote servers during authentication, significantly reducing device energy consumption while maintaining authentication reliability through local verification capabilities.
3Reliability
If upgrade option is displayed to enable authentication by a different entity, then security is enhanced, but user interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the authentication decision-making process from the main user flow by presenting it as a separate, optional upgrade choice. Users encounter a clear binary decision (continue with current method or try alternative authentication), which simplifies the interface by removing complex multi-step authentication sequences and replacing them with a single salient choice that enhances security without overwhelming the user.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure generally relates to methods for providing an upgrade option for accessing an account on a service. In some embodiments, the method is performed at a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component and one or more input devices, and includes displaying a user interface that includes information associated with a service provided by a first entity, receiving a first user input, and in response to receiving the first user input, displaying a first selectable user interface object corresponding to an upgrade option. Enabling the upgrade option causes login requests corresponding to requests to log in to the service using an access account to be authenticated by a second entity different from the first entity.