Anonymous Identity Code Generation via Segmented Subsystems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current identification methods, such as logins, passwords, and credit card numbers, are vulnerable to falsification and misuse, and lack secure, anonymous, and globally standardized solutions for authenticating identities, especially in digital transactions, posing risks to data protection and security.
Innovation Solution
A method that assigns uniquely authenticating, non-speaking identity codes to users or objects by separating processes into authentication, initialization, and identity management, with independent sub-systems for service, identity center, and identity generation, ensuring secure and anonymous identification without revealing true identities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional identification methods (logins, passwords, credit card numbers) are used, then identification functionality is provided, but security against falsification and misuse deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The identification system is segmented into multiple independent components: identity codes that are distributed to users, validation servers that verify codes, and a decentralized architecture where no single entity controls all identification data. This segmentation prevents single-point compromise and reduces vulnerability to falsification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces identity codes as intermediary tokens that mediate between users and identification systems. These codes serve as anonymous intermediaries that prove identity without exposing personal information, thereby preventing direct targeting and misuse of sensitive data.
2Measurement precision
If centralized identification databases are established, then identification accuracy is improved, but data protection deteriorates due to potential leaks and unauthorized access
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential identification function from centralized databases containing sensitive personal information. Instead of storing and processing personal data centrally, the system uses distributed identity codes that can be validated without accessing underlying personal information, thereby removing the vulnerability point.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs disposable or frequently rotating identity codes that can be used once or for limited periods, then discarded or regenerated. This approach prevents long-term exposure of identification data and reduces the impact of potential breaches, as compromised codes become obsolete quickly.
3Loss of information
If anonymous identity codes are assigned without knowing true identity, then data protection is improved, but system complexity deteriorates due to multiple independent subsystems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal identity code system that serves multiple functions: authentication, authorization, anonymous communication, and secure transaction verification. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized systems while maintaining anonymity, thereby managing complexity through consolidation rather than proliferation of subsystems.
4Reliability
If secure anonymous authentication is implemented, then misuse prevention is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to authentication procedures
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables users to independently manage their own identity codes through self-registration and self-validation processes. Users can generate, store, and use their own identity codes without requiring manual verification or intervention from authorities, thereby maintaining security while improving convenience through automated self-service capabilities.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method and a system that provides, through anonymous but clear and traceable identities, a novel security standard in the communication of users (persons and/or objects, and their proxies) (B, C) as well as third parties (D). Anonymity that is secure in a multifaceted manner is achieved through a separation of the system components and the parts of the method. For initialization, one of the user authenticated service systems (DLS) is used. This system is in contact with the Identity Center (IDZ) that links undisclosed, but clear, user identifiers (IDM) with master or base code (SC/BC). The Identity Code Generating System (IDG) generates identity codes (IDC) from the base code and passes these on to the Identity Code Management System (IDM). The user configures the system, and anonymously logs on for the first time with the initialization codes. After this, the user can call up and pass on further identity codes. The identity code management system validates these identity codes and can thereby identify or authenticate the user, and can differentiate the user from other users or third parties in such a way that the anonymity of respective traceability is made secure for all users.