Centralized Authentication Server for PEIG Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current authentication systems require users to register multiple personal electronic identity gadgets (PEIGs) with each service provider, leading to inconvenience and security risks when one PEIG is lost, stolen, or needs new identity verification, as users must update each provider individually.
Innovation Solution
An authentication system that allows PEIGs assigned to a main service provider to be used interchangeably across multiple service providers, with a centralized data storage system for synchronization of identifiers and gadgets, enabling seamless mapping and synchronization of PEIGs across providers, thus simplifying the process of replacing lost gadgets and updating identity verification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users register multiple PEIGs with each service provider individually, then each service provider can authenticate users securely, but users must update each provider separately when a PEIG is lost or stolen, increasing time consumption and operational complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple service providers' authentication systems into a centralized authentication server that maintains a unified database of PEIGs. When a PEIG is registered, lost, or stolen, the user only needs to notify the centralized server, which then automatically updates all connected service providers. This eliminates the need for users to individually update each provider, significantly reducing time consumption while maintaining authentication security across all providers.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where the centralized authentication server automatically notifies all service providers when changes occur in the PEIG database. The server receives updates from users (such as PEIG loss or theft) and propagates these changes to all connected providers in real-time, ensuring that all providers have the latest authentication information without requiring manual intervention from users at each provider.
2Reliability
If users register multiple PEIGs with each service provider, then backup PEIGs are available for security, but users must manually block and update each PEIG at every provider when security issues arise, increasing operational complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the PEIG management functions of multiple service providers into a single centralized authentication server. Users manage all their PEIGs through one interface rather than separately at each provider. When a PEIG needs to be blocked or updated, the user performs the action once at the centralized server, which then automatically propagates the changes to all connected service providers, dramatically simplifying PEIG management operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables users to manage their PEIGs autonomously through the centralized authentication server. Users can register, block, or update their PEIGs without needing to contact each service provider individually. The automated notification system allows users to perform security actions once, and the system handles the propagation to all providers, giving users full control while reducing operational burden.
3Ease of operation
If a centralized mapping system is implemented to allow PEIGs to be used across multiple service providers, then user comfort and PEIG interchangeability are improved, but system complexity and data synchronization requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized authentication server as an intermediary between users and multiple service providers. This server maintains a unified mapping of PEIGs to user accounts and handles all authentication requests. The server translates between different providers' authentication requirements and the centralized PEIG database, enabling users to use any registered PEIG with any provider without directly managing complex mappings or synchronization protocols at each provider level.
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AI summary
An authentication system for use with personal electronic identity gadgets of at least one user of services in that the personal electronic identity gadgets are configured to authenticate to a main service provider and are configured to trigger synchronization of data storages of service providers. The system has a data storage of an authentication system server component of at least one main service provider. The data storage is synchronizable with data storage(s) of server component(s) of at least one other service provider, either directly or via personal electronic identity gadgets, and the authentication system server component of the at least one main service provider is configured for mapping personal electronic identity gadgets to the account of the user of services. The system offers an authentication method that allows to recover from emergencies and/or increase the user comfort and/or increase security.