Carrier Injection Headers for Secure Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional authentication methods for secure data access in network communications, such as manual data entry, are cumbersome and vulnerable to sophisticated hacking attempts, leading to potential monetary and personal information exposure.
Innovation Solution
A carrier encryption system that uses carrier-injected headers to securely share user information without manual input, leveraging the carrier network's security features, such as digital fingerprints and encryption keys, to authenticate users and protect sensitive data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional manual authentication methods are used, then user verification can be achieved, but the process becomes cumbersome and vulnerable to hacking attempts
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces carrier-injected headers as an intermediary mechanism that automatically transmits user information between the user device and service provider. The carrier network acts as a trusted mediator that injects authenticated user data into HTTP requests, eliminating the need for manual credential entry while maintaining security through carrier-level authentication.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs authentication preliminarily by having the carrier network authenticate the user device before the user even accesses the service provider. The carrier injects authenticated user information into requests in advance, so when the user accesses a service provider, the authentication has already been completed, making the process both secure and convenient.
2Ease of operation
If applications use credentials already provided by users, then login frequency is reduced, but the system becomes more attractive to hackers
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier network serves as a secure intermediary that handles credential transmission. Instead of applications directly storing and using user credentials (which creates hacking targets), the carrier injects authenticated user information into requests, creating a trusted middle layer that reduces both login frequency and hacking vulnerability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of manual credential entry and storage with an automated carrier-injected header system. This substitution eliminates the need for users to repeatedly enter credentials and removes the vulnerability of stored application credentials, as authentication is handled at the carrier network level rather than within individual applications.
3Ease of operation
If carrier-injected headers are used to share user information, then manual data entry is eliminated, but additional security measures are needed to prevent spoofing
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier network acts as a trusted intermediary that guarantees the authenticity of injected headers. By placing the injection mechanism at the carrier level rather than within individual applications, the system eliminates spoofing risks while maintaining simplicity. The carrier's existing authentication infrastructure provides the necessary security without adding complex verification systems at the application level.
Data Source
AI summary
Carrier secure communications are provided by receiving, by a service provider device from an application interacting with a user device over a carrier network, an encrypted first request for user information. The carrier network intercepted a first request from the application based on a service provider identifier in the first request, and encrypted the first request to provide the network carrier encrypted first request to the service provider device. The service provider device may decrypt the encrypted first request to provide the first request and process the first request. The first request may include a carrier injected header that includes information about the user and/or user device that provided the first request. The information in the injected header may be used by the service provider device in processing the first request such as retrieving secure information without user credentials or storing data provided in the first request.