Enhanced Advertising Image Verification for Data Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Password-based authentication is cumbersome for users, requiring multiple usernames and passwords, and is vulnerable to security threats such as keystroke logging and phishing attacks.
Innovation Solution
Image-based authentication methods using QR codes or other non-alphanumeric encodings displayed on devices or forms, processed by computing devices to obtain identification and access data, eliminating the need for traditional usernames and passwords.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If password-based authentication is used, then security verification can be performed, but user convenience deteriorates due to needing to remember multiple usernames and passwords
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical/manual system of typing usernames and passwords with an optical system using image recognition. Users simply capture an image containing authentication credentials, and the system automatically extracts and processes the authentication data, eliminating the need for manual keyboard input and improving both security and convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses image copying technology where authentication credentials are embedded in images that users capture with their devices. Instead of directly inputting sensitive password data, users capture an image copy containing the credentials, which are then extracted and verified by the system, reducing exposure to keystroke logging while maintaining authentication security.
2Reliability
If traditional username-password authentication is used, then access control can be implemented, but security vulnerabilities increase due to keystroke logging and phishing attacks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the vulnerable mechanical input method (keyboard typing) with an optical capture method. By using image recognition to extract authentication credentials rather than keyboard input, the system eliminates the attack vector of keystroke logging while maintaining secure access control verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer in the form of image processing technology between the user and the authentication system. The image serves as an intermediary carrier for the credentials, and the image recognition system acts as an intermediary that extracts and verifies the data without direct user input, thereby blocking phishing and keystroke logging attacks.
3Reliability
If multiple unique usernames are required for different online resources, then account security can be maintained, but time consumption increases due to remembering and tracking multiple credentials
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual process of remembering and inputting multiple usernames and passwords with an automated image recognition system. Users capture images containing their credentials, and the system automatically extracts and manages the authentication data across multiple resources, eliminating the time-consuming cognitive burden of memorization while maintaining security through unique credential verification.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed techniques provide enhanced advertising to facilitate sharing of user information with advertisers. An online service provider can store at least a portion of an advertisement on computer storage. Image data from a presentation of the advertisement can be obtained by the online service provider. The online service provider can verify that the image data corresponds to advertising image data stored on the computer storage. User information can be shared with an advertiser based at least on verifying the image data corresponds to the advertising image data stored on the computer storage.