Automatic Verification Code Insertion Interface

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for managing authentication credentials for user accounts on electronic devices with touch-sensitive surfaces are cumbersome and inefficient, leading to a significant cognitive burden on users and wastage of energy, particularly in battery-operated devices.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of methods and interfaces on electronic devices that allow for faster and more efficient management of authentication credentials, including the option to generate new passwords automatically, share authentication credentials between devices, and automatically recognize verification codes, thereby reducing the need for manual input.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If conventional mouse-based input methods are used to select and manipulate user interface objects, then the device can perform file management, image management, and other operations, but the process becomes tedious and creates a significant cognitive burden on users

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of operationVSAvoidtime

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically performs actions based on detected gestures or conditions without requiring explicit step-by-step user commands. For example, the device autonomously navigates through interface elements, executes operations, and manages tasks based on high-level user intentions, thereby reducing cognitive burden and interaction time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system prepares and pre-positions interface elements, options, or data structures in advance based on anticipated user needs or contextual information. This allows users to interact with pre-organized content rather than manually searching or assembling it, significantly reducing interaction time and mental effort.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If conventional sequential input methods are used for managing authentication credentials, then the device can process password creation and verification, but the process takes longer than necessary and wastes energy

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveproductivityVSAvoidenergy

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system maintains continuous processing of authentication credential management tasks without interrupting the user workflow. Operations such as password generation, verification, and updates are executed in seamless sequences, minimizing idle time and reducing the total energy consumption by eliminating repeated system wake-up and processing cycles.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual, step-by-step mechanical input processes with automated electronic processing. Instead of requiring users to manually type and verify each credential through sequential inputs, the system uses automated generation, validation, and management of authentication credentials through electronic processes, significantly improving productivity and reducing energy consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Reliability

If manual password input and verification methods are used, then users can authenticate to user accounts, but the cognitive burden on users increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovereliabilityVSAvoidease of operation

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically generates, stores, and manages authentication credentials without requiring users to manually create or remember complex passwords. The device autonomously handles credential generation, secure storage, and automatic input during authentication, maintaining security reliability while eliminating the cognitive burden of manual password management.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary layer (automated credential management system) between the user and the authentication process. This intermediary automatically handles the complex tasks of credential generation, storage, and verification, shielding users from cognitive complexity while maintaining reliable authentication through automated processes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250165583A1Device, method, and graphical user interface for managing authentication credentials for user accounts

Publication Date: 2025.05.22 APPLE INC

AI summary

In accordance with some embodiments, the method includes: receiving, via the one or more input devices, a request to access a resource protected by a verification code; after receiving the request to access the resource, receiving, at the electronic device, an electronic message; and after receiving the electronic message and while displaying, via the display device, a user interface for inputting the verification code: in accordance with a determination that the electronic message includes content that meets respective criteria, wherein the respective criteria include a format requirement that the electronic message includes content that matches a predetermined format, displaying an insertion affordance that, when selected, automatically inserts the content that matches the predetermined format as a verification code in the user interface.