Dynamic Image Cognition Testing for Protected Account Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing security systems fail to prevent authorized users from performing regrettable actions when in a disoriented cognitive state, as they can still access sensitive data via computing devices despite their impaired mental state.
Innovation Solution
A cognition test is electronically administered to assess a user's cognitive state before granting access to protected accounts, using dynamically displayed image components that require recognition and input, optionally combined with biometric verification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional security protocols are used to prevent unauthorized access, then security against external threats is improved, but they fail to prevent authorized users from accessing sensitive data when in a disoriented cognitive state
Solution Approach 1:
The security system transitions from static authentication to dynamic cognitive assessment. The cognition test adapts in real-time by monitoring user responses and adjusting test parameters, creating a living security mechanism that responds to the user's current cognitive state rather than relying on fixed credentials.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter being measured from static authentication data (passwords, biometrics) to dynamic cognitive performance metrics. By measuring response time, accuracy, and pattern recognition during the cognition test, the system evaluates whether the user is in a suitable cognitive state to access sensitive data.
2Reliability
If cognitive tests are administered to assess user cognitive state, then protection against regrettable actions is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cognition test is divided into multiple discrete components or stages, each assessing different aspects of cognitive function. This segmentation allows the complex assessment to be broken down into manageable parts that can be administered and evaluated systematically, reducing the perceived complexity for both the system and the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a cognition test as an intermediary layer between authentication and data access. This mediator evaluates cognitive state without requiring direct complex interactions between the user and the core security system, simplifying the overall architecture by isolating the cognitive assessment functionality.
3Measurement precision
If multiple image components move at various speeds along different paths, then cognitive test effectiveness is improved, but processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The moving image components follow periodic motion patterns along their respective paths, creating predictable cycles of appearance and disappearance. This periodicity allows the system to optimize rendering by predicting when components will be visible, reducing unnecessary processing and energy consumption while maintaining test effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the speed and path complexity of image components based on test requirements and performance considerations. By making motion parameters adjustable rather than fixed, the system can optimize the balance between cognitive test effectiveness and processing energy consumption for different testing scenarios.
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AI summary
A communication management system provides a cognition test electronically to control access to an account. A test implementer includes a graphical user interface. One or more processors are configured to administer the cognition test by: displaying a plurality of image components on the graphical user interface such that each image component of the plurality of image components moves along a respective movement path within the graphical user interface; receiving an input via the graphical user interface; comparing the input to a solution value for the cognition test, wherein the solution value is based on the plurality of image components; blocking access to a protected account based on the input not correlating to the solution value; and allowing access to the protected account based on the input correlating to the solution value.