Dynamic Security Seal for Real-Time Application Authentication

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Solution Overview

Problem

In a networked environment with millions of interconnected computers and devices, it is impractical for humans to continuously validate and verify the trustworthiness of applications and their sources, leading to potential security risks from untrusted websites or applications.

Innovation Solution

A dynamic security seal is introduced that can be injected with dynamic authentication information, allowing it to be displayed on applications and verifying its authenticity in real time through user interaction, such as scanning a QR code, thereby enhancing security and trust verification.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a static security seal is used to indicate trustworthiness, then the ease of operation is improved, but the reliability deteriorates because the seal can be copied and reused on untrusted applications

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of verifying trustworthinessVSAvoidtrustworthiness verification

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The security seal is transformed from a static image to a dynamic component that changes based on the application it is displayed with. The seal now incorporates dynamic authentication information such as QR codes, timestamps, and application-specific identifiers that are regenerated for each display instance, preventing copying and reuse on untrusted applications

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

An authentication system acts as an intermediary between the security seal and the user. This system verifies the dynamic authentication information embedded in the seal, checks the application's trustworthiness, and provides real-time validation feedback to the user, thereby enhancing the reliability of trust verification

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If dynamic authentication information is injected into the security seal, then the reliability of trust verification is improved, but the device complexity increases due to periodic updates and interactions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveauthentication accuracyVSAvoidseal update mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The security seal system performs self-service by automatically generating, updating, and validating its own authentication information without requiring manual intervention. The seal periodically refreshes its dynamic content and self-validates through interactions with the authentication system, reducing the need for complex external management infrastructure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The security seal implements periodic updates of its dynamic authentication information at predetermined time intervals. This periodic refresh mechanism ensures the seal remains current and trustworthy while using simple, predictable timing patterns that reduce the complexity of update management compared to event-driven or continuous update approaches

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

3Measurement precision

If manual validation of application trustworthiness is performed, then the measurement precision of trust assessment is improved, but the productivity deteriorates due to the impracticality of continuous verification

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetrust assessment accuracyVSAvoidverification speed

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The manual mechanical process of trust verification is replaced with an automated electronic authentication system. The security seal with dynamic authentication information enables automatic verification through QR code scanning, digital validation, and real-time communication with authentication servers, dramatically increasing verification speed while maintaining or improving accuracy

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements real-time feedback loops where the security seal continuously validates application trustworthiness and provides immediate authentication results to users. This automated feedback mechanism replaces slow manual validation processes while maintaining high measurement precision through consistent cryptographic verification

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12316631B2Authentication of security seals using dynamic authentication information

Publication Date: 2025.05.27 DIGICERT INC

AI summary

Features are disclosed for a security seal indicating a security of an application. A computing device can receive a request to implement a security seal for an application. The computing device can identify dynamic authentication information and inject the dynamic authentication information into a security seal based on validating a relationship between the application and an entity. The computing device can communicate the security seal to a client device for association with an application. When implemented, the security seal may display a plurality of faces. A face of the plurality of faces may be injected with the dynamic authentication information.