Authentication Provider Eligibility Vetting via Identity Mediator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to efficiently authenticate individuals without physical identification, leading to transaction limitations and privacy concerns, and lack a mechanism to verify the security and trustworthiness of authentication providers.
Innovation Solution
A method and communication network that vet authentication providers for eligibility and trustworthiness, issuing them credentials and a trust score, allowing them to authenticate customers independently while ensuring security requirements are met.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If authentication providers are allowed to independently authenticate individuals without vetting, then authentication efficiency and accessibility improve, but security reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary vetting of authentication providers before granting them access to the trusted system. The identity provider module evaluates authentication providers against predetermined eligibility criteria and issues credentials only to those that meet the standards, ensuring security requirements are satisfied before independent authentication operations begin
Solution Approach 2:
The identity provider module acts as an intermediary between the trusted system and external authentication providers. It mediates the authentication provider registration process by evaluating credentials, issuing tokens with trust scores, and maintaining the eligibility database, thereby enabling secure integration without direct trust relationships
2Reliability
If authentication providers are strictly vetted for security eligibility, then security reliability improves, but device complexity and implementation difficulty worsen
Solution Approach 1:
Authentication providers perform self-assessment by providing data about their own attributes and capabilities to the identity provider module. The system automatically evaluates this data against predetermined criteria, reducing the need for manual vetting processes and lowering implementation complexity while maintaining security standards
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses configurable parameters including predetermined eligibility criteria, trust score thresholds, and attribute requirements that can be adjusted without changing the core system architecture. This parameter-based approach allows flexible security policy management while keeping the implementation structure relatively simple
3Reliability
If traditional physical ID verification is used, then authentication reliability improves, but loss of time and transaction efficiency worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces physical ID verification with digital credential copies. Authentication providers issue digital authentication credentials that replicate the verification function of physical IDs, enabling electronic transmission and automated validation without requiring physical document handling or manual inspection
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical physical ID scanning and verification processes with electronic authentication mechanisms. The identity provider module electronically validates authentication credentials through automated processes, eliminating the need for physical ID scanners, manual document inspection, and in-person verification
4Adaptability or versatility
If physical ID scanning is implemented, then authentication capability improves, but privacy risks and harmful factors worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and processes only the essential authentication attributes from authentication credentials without capturing or storing sensitive personal information. The identity provider module validates authentication providers based on their capabilities and security measures without requiring access to or processing of customers' private data
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication provider acts as an intermediary that handles customer authentication independently without transmitting sensitive customer data to the trusted system. The identity provider module only communicates with the authentication provider about the provider's eligibility, not about individual customer information, thereby protecting customer privacy
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AI summary
A method and a communication network are disclosed. The method requires transmitting, by an authentication provider module that is configured to independently authenticate an identity of an individual, data, indicative of at least one attribute of the authentication provider module, to an identity provider module configured to issue authentication credentials, and responsive to determining that the at least one attribute meets at least one predetermined authentication provider eligibility criterion, providing, by the identity provider module, the authentication provider module with authentication credentials.