Portable Digital Identity Credential Exchange With Secure Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing identity management systems are inefficient and insecure, requiring users to carry multiple physical and electronic credentials, leading to logistical challenges and security risks, especially in interactions involving multiple identities and organizations.
Innovation Solution
A portable identity management device with a processor, memory, display, and communication interface that securely stores and transmits identification and authentication data, allowing toggling between user-readable and machine-readable formats, and enabling secure exchange and access control through encryption and biometric authentication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users carry multiple physical credentials (business cards, ID cards, access badges) to manage multiple identities, then they can maintain authenticated access to various systems and organizations, but they face limited carrying capacity and logistical burden
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple physical credentials (business cards, ID cards, access badges, authentication devices) into a single portable identity management device. This device stores multiple identification records and can selectively present them, eliminating the need to carry separate physical credentials for each identity while maintaining the ability to manage multiple identities across different organizations and systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The portable identity management device serves multiple functions: storing identification records, displaying them in various formats (visual, machine-readable), transmitting them wirelessly, and providing authentication. This single device replaces multiple specialized physical credentials, allowing users to access different systems and represent different identities without needing separate physical items for each function.
2Ease of operation
If users distribute identification information through traditional methods (physical business cards), then recipients can have tangible reminders of identities, but users incur time costs and face limited carrying capacity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of physical card distribution with electronic and wireless systems. The device can display identification information on a screen for viewing, generate machine-readable codes (QR codes, barcodes) for scanning, and transmit data wirelessly via NFC or other communication protocols. This eliminates the need for physical hand-to-hand card exchange and reduces the time required for information distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
The device creates and transmits digital copies of identification records instead of physical cards. These digital copies can be viewed, scanned, or transmitted electronically to multiple recipients simultaneously, eliminating the sequential nature of physical card distribution and allowing instant replication and sharing of identity information.
3Reliability
If users store multiple forms of identification (physical and electronic) to access facilities and systems, then they can maintain authenticated access across multiple organizations, but they create security risks and management burden
Solution Approach 1:
The portable identity management device acts as a secure intermediary between the user and multiple external systems. It stores authentication credentials in a protected environment, controls their release based on authorization, and manages the authentication process centrally. This intermediary role enhances security by preventing unauthorized access while maintaining reliable authenticated access to legitimate systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The device implements dynamic parameter changes in its security operations, including time-limited access tokens, one-time passwords, and conditional authentication based on context (location, time, requesting system). These parameter changes allow the same device to provide different levels of access control and security measures for different situations, enhancing both reliability and security.
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AI summary
An identity management device and system. The device comprises a processor operably coupled to a memory, a display, and a communication interface. The device can have stored thereupon instructions that, when executed by processor, cause the processor to implement a user device interface configured to receive, from user device through the communication interface and store in the memory, at least one identification record comprising visually depictable identification data and a user interface configured to update the display to depict the visually depictable identification data. The identification record can comprise authentication data. Authentication data can be displayed on the device or securely transmitted.