Geotagging Authentication Server for Virtual Environment Impersonation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing network communication systems face challenges in controlling data leakage, unauthorized access, and preventing malicious activities in virtual environments, particularly in detecting and preventing impersonation of users in virtual environments.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for geotagging users for authentication, which involves a server configured as an information security device that authenticates users in the real world and their associated avatars in virtual environments through geotagging, correlating physical and virtual locations to verify user identity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If geotagging authentication is implemented to verify user identity, then information security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that manages geotagging authentication. The server receives location data from user devices, compares it with historical location logs, and verifies user identity without requiring complex authentication logic in each user device. This mediator approach centralizes the complexity in a dedicated server while keeping user devices relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by collecting and storing historical location data of users before authentication is needed. This historical log is pre-built and stored in the server, enabling rapid verification during authentication without requiring real-time complex computations. The preliminary collection of location data simplifies the actual authentication process.
2Measurement precision
If location data is collected and stored for authentication, then user identity verification is improved, but loss of information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by selectively collecting and storing only the location information necessary for authentication purposes, rather than all possible user data. The system focuses on geographic coordinates and location timestamps needed for geotagging verification, while excluding unrelated personal information. This selective data collection balances verification accuracy with privacy protection.
3Reliability
If historical location logs are compared for authentication, then authentication reliability is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential location data elements needed for authentication comparison from the historical logs, rather than processing entire location histories. By extracting and comparing only relevant geographic coordinates and time stamps, the system reduces the computational burden while maintaining authentication reliability through focused verification of key location parameters.
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AI summary
An apparatus for geotagging users for authentication comprises a processor associated with a server. The processor is configured to generate a first geotag based on residence information associated with a first user and to transmit the first geotag to a first user device for assignment to a first avatar associated with the first user in a virtual environment. The processor is further configured to receive an interaction request to authorize an interaction between the first avatar and a second avatar associated with a second user. The processor is further configured to compare a first historical log to a second historical log to determine that the first avatar is associated with the first user. In response to determining that the first avatar is associated with the first user, the processor is further configured to conduct a first step in authorizing the interaction between the first avatar and the second avatar.