EPROM Grid Pattern Recognition for Authentication Reliability

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for an enhanced authentication framework that can distinguish legitimate resource transfer instruments from duplicates, as existing systems lack effective methods to verify the authenticity of resource transfer interactions.

Innovation Solution

The system employs Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM) grid pattern recognition, where a unique pattern is generated and stored on a resource transfer instrument, and this pattern is matched against pre-registered patterns to authorize or deny resource transfer interactions, incorporating authentication credentials for verification.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional authentication methods are used for resource transfer instruments, then the system is simple to operate, but the system cannot effectively distinguish legitimate instruments from duplicates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthentication reliabilityVSAvoidauthentication system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The authentication system is segmented into multiple independent components: EPROM grid pattern generation module, pattern storage module, pattern retrieval module, and pattern matching module. Each component performs a specific function in the authentication process, allowing the system to achieve high reliability through modular design while maintaining manageable complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The EPROM grid pattern is generated and stored in the resource transfer instrument before the actual resource transfer interaction occurs. This preliminary action ensures that the unique authentication pattern is already in place and can be quickly retrieved and verified during the transaction, improving authentication reliability without adding operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If EPROM grid pattern recognition is implemented, then legitimate instruments can be distinguished from duplicates, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinstrument authentication reliabilityVSAvoidauthentication framework complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of using complex cryptographic keys or biometric sensors, the system creates a simplified digital copy of the EPROM grid pattern that can be easily stored, retrieved, and compared. This copying approach maintains high authentication reliability while significantly reducing the complexity of the authentication framework compared to other advanced authentication methods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the authentication parameter from traditional methods (passwords, biometrics) to EPROM grid patterns. This parameter change enables reliable distinction between legitimate and duplicate instruments through pattern matching, while the simplicity of grid pattern comparison keeps the overall system complexity manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If unique patterns are pre-registered and stored, then authentication accuracy is improved, but the storage requirements and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepattern matching precisionVSAvoiddata storage quantity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential authentication information (the unique EPROM grid pattern) from the resource transfer instrument and stores it separately in a database. This extraction allows for precise pattern matching during authentication while minimizing storage requirements by storing only the critical pattern data rather than entire instrument profiles.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system stores multiple variations or instances of the EPROM grid pattern to account for potential variations during different authentication attempts. This partial redundancy approach ensures high measurement precision in pattern matching while avoiding excessive storage by limiting the number of stored pattern variations to what is necessary for reliable authentication.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS11985134B2Enhanced authentication framework using EPROM grid pattern recognition
Publication Date: 2024.05.14 BANK OF AMERICA CORP
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AI summary

Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for implementing an enhanced authentication framework using Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM) grid pattern recognition. The present invention is configured to receive an indication of a resource transfer interaction initiated by a user using a resource transfer instrument at a resource transfer terminal, wherein the resource transfer instrument comprises an embedded EPROM grid, wherein the embedded EPROM grid is configurable to store a unique pattern associated with the user; retrieve, from the resource transfer terminal, the unique pattern from the embedded EPROM grid; determine that the unique pattern from the embedded EPROM grid matches one or more pre-registered unique patterns associated with the user; and authorize an execution of the resource transfer interaction by the user based on at least determining that the unique pattern from the embedded EPROM grid matches one or more pre-registered unique patterns associated with the user.