Behavior Photo ID for Seamless Access Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing access systems require users to actively provide identification inputs, which can be inconvenient and disruptive, especially in situations where minimal interruption is desired.

Innovation Solution

The development of a behavior photo identification (photo ID) system that generates a unique identification based on a user's behavior patterns, such as phone calls, texts, and internet browsing, which can be periodically updated to reflect recent changes, allowing for seamless and unobtrusive identification without the need for additional input.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If traditional access systems require users to actively provide identification inputs (passwords, fingerprints), then identification accuracy is ensured, but user convenience deteriorates and operational disruption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically collects behavior data and generates behavior photo IDs without requiring user action. The computing device performs identification autonomously by monitoring user behavior patterns (app usage, communication patterns, browsing history) and comparing them against stored behavior profiles, eliminating the need for users to actively provide identification inputs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-collects and stores behavior data during normal device usage before identification is needed. Behavior photos and associated metadata are captured continuously in the background, so when identification is required, the system can immediately compare current behavior against pre-stored profiles without interrupting the user.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If behavior data is collected continuously for identification, then identification accuracy improves, but user privacy concerns increase and data security requirements worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveidentification accuracyVSAvoidprivacy concerns
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system processes behavior data locally on the user's device rather than transmitting raw data to remote servers. The behavior photo generation and comparison occur on-device, ensuring that sensitive behavioral information remains private while still enabling accurate identification. Only the resulting behavior photo ID (not the raw behavior data) is used for authentication purposes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates simplified representations (behavior photos) of complex behavior patterns instead of storing or transmitting the actual raw behavior data. These behavior photos serve as anonymous identifiers that capture essential behavioral characteristics without revealing sensitive underlying information about user activities, communications, or preferences.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS11546327B2Behavior-based photo identification
Publication Date: 2023.01.03 T MOBILE US INC
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AI summary

A computing system may generate and/or use a behavior photographic identification (“behavior photo ID”) that is based, at least in part, on anonymized parameters related to the behavior of a person. The behavior can include a history of phone calls, texts, or internet browsing. The behavior photo ID, which may be used to uniquely identify the person, may digitally modify a digital photo to encode behaviors or activities of the person. In some implementations, the behavior photo ID may be modified periodically, or from time to time, to produce an updated behavior photo ID that reflects new external events as well as relatively recent behaviors or activities of the person.