Avatar Authentication Using Shared Real-World User Profiles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems are unable to detect malicious attacks in network environments until after they occur, leading to vulnerabilities in data exchange between user devices, particularly in virtual environments like metaverses, where unauthorized access and data leakage are prevalent.
Innovation Solution
A system that integrates real-world and virtual-world systems by using user information collected in the real-world environment to authenticate users and authorize interactions in virtual environments, employing single sign-on and multifactor authentication to ensure secure data interactions and reduce memory duplication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If user information is stored separately in both real-world and virtual-world systems, then each system can operate independently, but memory resources are wasted due to data duplication
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the user information storage systems of real-world and virtual-world systems into a unified storage mechanism. User information is stored once in the real-world system and shared with the virtual-world system through interoperability interfaces, eliminating duplication while maintaining both systems' operational independence.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal user information storage system that serves multiple functions: it stores user data for the real-world system, provides authentication data for the virtual-world system, and enables secure data exchange between systems. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate storage systems.
2Reliability
If traditional authentication methods are used in virtual environments, then system complexity remains low, but data security is compromised due to undetected malicious attacks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary authentication actions by verifying user identity through real-world system credentials before allowing access to the virtual environment. This pre-authentication mechanism detects and prevents malicious attacks before they can compromise virtual system data, while maintaining manageable complexity through reuse of existing authentication infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication layer that mediates between the real-world and virtual-world systems. This intermediary verifies user credentials and facilitates secure data exchange, enhancing security without requiring complex authentication systems within each individual system.
3Reliability
If user information is shared between real-world and virtual-world systems, then authentication security is improved, but system interoperability complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal user information storage system that serves multiple functions across different worlds. The same storage system handles user data for real-world operations, virtual-world authentication, and cross-system data exchange, reducing interoperability complexity through consolidation rather than multiplication of systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses data copying mechanisms where user information is stored once in the real-world system and copied or referenced by the virtual-world system through standardized interfaces. This approach enables secure information sharing while maintaining system independence and minimizing interoperability complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A system includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor receives a user credential associated with a first user and authorizes an avatar of the first user to enter a virtual environment. When the first user is registered with a first entity, the processor obtains a user profile of the first user. Based on the user profile, the processor determines and indicates to the first user in the virtual environment that a first type of data file of the first user qualifies the first user to obtain a product or service for a first amount of data objects. The processor receives a selection of the product of service from the first user, receives a command to transfer the first amount of data objects from the first type of data file to a second data file, and transfers the first amount to the second data file.