Aggregate Database Authentication for Scalable Affiliation Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for online verification of military affiliation are inadequate, leading to increased risks of fraud, identity theft, and legal violations due to the lack of a digital identification card for military members, and are not scalable for other affiliations.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for online third-party authentication that aggregates membership information from remote databases, provides a unique identifier, and integrates a widget for real-time verification, ensuring compliance with legal standards and reducing fraud and administrative costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a digital identification card is provided for military members, then authentication accuracy and fraud prevention are improved, but device complexity and system implementation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a third-party authentication service as an intermediary between military members and third-party entities. This service aggregates membership information from remote databases and provides verification widgets, eliminating the need for a complex government-issued digital ID card while maintaining secure authentication capability.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of creating a new digital identification card, the system creates a functional copy by aggregating and storing membership information from existing remote databases. This allows third-party entities to verify military affiliation without requiring physical or digital ID cards from the government.
2Reliability
If third-party entities request scanned copies of military identification cards, then authentication reliability is improved, but legal risks and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication service acts as an intermediary that legally and securely obtains membership information from remote databases on behalf of third-party entities. This eliminates the need for third parties to directly request scanned copies of military ID cards, thereby reducing legal risks while maintaining authentication reliability.
3Productivity
If the system aggregates and stores membership information in an aggregate database, then authentication speed and scalability are improved, but data security risks and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The aggregate database is maintained as a secure intermediary layer between remote databases and third-party entities. This centralizes authentication data in a controlled environment with enhanced security measures, allowing fast authentication while protecting sensitive information from direct exposure to external systems.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for online authentication includes receiving membership authenticating information specific to members of a particular affiliation from the members and from one or more remote databases. The information is aggregated and stored in an aggregate database. An individual is authenticated, via a widget at least one of integrated into, and accessible by, at least one of a mobile application and a website of a provider of at least one of a particular program and a particular service, as a member of the particular affiliation based on a comparison of authenticating indicia provided online by the individual and the information stored in at least one of the aggregate database and the remote databases. Digital credentials are provided to the individual for access to the at least one of the particular program and the particular service when the individual is authenticated. The credentials include a unique identifier, a login and password.