Behavioral Authentication Profile for Identity Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Authentication systems face challenges in securely verifying identities, as passwords and biometric characteristics can be compromised or impersonated, lacking effective methods to differentiate between individuals.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that configure an identity authentication profile by presenting instructions to an individual, measuring responses, and determining consistent action and content measurements, which are then benchmarked for authentication, ensuring mutual consistency and dissimilarity from other individuals' responses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional authentication methods (passwords, biometric characteristics) are used, then authentication can be performed, but the security is compromised as these can be illicitly obtained or copied by impostors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the authentication process into multiple independent components: action measurements (how the user performs tasks) and content measurements (what the user produces). This segmentation creates multiple layers of verification that are difficult to compromise simultaneously, addressing the security vulnerability of single-factor authentication methods.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary configuration to establish baseline action and content measurements for each authorized user before actual authentication occurs. This preliminary profiling creates a reference framework that enables reliable comparison during authentication, improving security by establishing known-good patterns beforehand.
2Reliability
If biometric characteristics are used for authentication, then impersonation is harder, but it is still not impossible and substitution options are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameters being measured from static biometric characteristics to dynamic behavioral parameters including action measurements (timing, sequence, manner of performing tasks) and content measurements (specific information produced). This parameter transformation maintains high reliability while providing greater adaptability, as behavioral patterns can evolve without requiring complete re-authentication.
3Measurement precision
If multiple measurements are collected and compared against benchmarks, then authentication accuracy improves, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal benchmarking framework that handles multiple measurement types (action and content measurements) through a single comparison mechanism. The system uses consistent evaluation criteria across different measurement dimensions, reducing complexity by applying the same logical structure to diverse authentication data rather than creating separate verification systems for each measurement type.
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AI summary
Authenticating a user by presenting an authentication instruction to an individual via any computing device output interfaces, the authentication instruction selected from an identity authentication profile, receiving a response to the authentication instruction via any input methods supported by the computing device, the response including content provided through the performance of an action, determining a current action measurement for characteristics associated with the action, and a current content measurement for characteristics associated with the content, where the characteristics are associated with the authentication instruction, determining that each of the measurements matches a corresponding benchmark associated with the authentication instruction to within a predefined tolerance, where the benchmarks are selected from the identity authentication profile and performing the presenting, receiving, and determining steps for each of a predefined number of authentication instructions selected from the identity authentication profile, thereby authenticating the individual.