Bioelectrical Authentication via Body Signal Transformation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current low range radio frequency identification technologies lack advanced security features, making data transmission insecure, particularly in transactions where sensitive information is exchanged, as they rely on alphanumeric strings and PINs, which can be vulnerable to theft or alteration.
Innovation Solution
The use of a user's unique bioelectrical configuration signature, derived from their body's bioelectrical signals, is integrated with low range radio frequency identification hardware tokens to authenticate and authorize secure transactions, enhancing security by requiring the user's body to act as a signal transmission medium, thereby uniquely transforming the digital signal from the hardware token.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional alphanumeric authentication methods (PINs, passwords) are used, then ease of operation is improved, but security reliability deteriorates due to vulnerability to theft or alteration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical/alphanumeric authentication systems (keyboards, PIN entry, password input) with a bioelectrical authentication system that uses the user's body as the authentication medium. The user's body naturally transmits and transforms radio frequency signals through its unique bioelectrical properties, eliminating the need for manual input of vulnerable alphanumeric credentials while providing unclonable biometric authentication.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces the user's body as an intermediary medium between the authentication system and the user's identity. The body acts as a natural signal transmission medium that passively provides authentication data through its unique bioelectrical configuration, eliminating the need for active user input while enhancing security through unclonable physiological characteristics.
2Reliability
If bioelectrical configuration signature is integrated with low range radio frequency identification, then security reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the user's body serve multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as both the authentication credential (through unique bioelectrical configuration) and the signal transmission medium (by naturally conducting radio frequency signals). This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate authentication devices or complex hardware tokens, reducing overall system complexity while enhancing security.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication system leverages the user's own body to provide authentication data without requiring external devices, complex processing, or active user participation. The body's natural bioelectrical properties automatically generate the authentication signature when exposed to radio frequency signals, making the authentication process self-service and reducing system complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This approach significantly increases data transmission security by ensuring that only the authorized user can perform secure transactions, as their bioelectrical signature is required to authenticate and authorize the transaction, providing an additional layer of protection beyond traditional alphanumeric methods.
Implementation Method 1
a digital signal of a hardware token corresponding to the user that is signed by a unique bioelectrical configuration signature of the user
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AI summary
User bioelectrical authentication is provided. A bioelectrical configuration signature of a user in physical contact with a hardware token is received, via a token reader, during a low range radio frequency user authentication process to permit a secure transaction by the user. The bioelectrical configuration signature of the user is utilized as part of the low range radio frequency user authentication process to authenticate the user to perform the secure transaction.