Haptic Authentication Pattern for Bot-Resistant Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current authentication methods, such as CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA, are difficult for visually impaired individuals and those with disabilities like dyslexia, and can be bypassed by automated bots, leading to security vulnerabilities in online transactions.
Innovation Solution
Implementing haptic feedback as a method of authentication, where users interact with a computing device to recognize and input a haptic pattern not perceivable by machines, thereby verifying human presence and ensuring secure access to online resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If visual CAPTCHA challenges are used for authentication, then security against automated bots is improved, but accessibility for visually impaired users deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces visual-based authentication mechanisms with haptic-based mechanisms. Instead of requiring users to interpret visual distortions in CAPTCHA images, the system delivers tactile vibrations through a haptic device that users must perceive and respond to, substituting the visual sense with the tactile sense for authentication purposes
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the sensory parameter used for authentication from visual to tactile. By transforming the authentication challenge from a visual pattern recognition task to a haptic pattern recognition task, the system maintains security effectiveness while becoming accessible to visually impaired users who can perceive tactile vibrations
2Ease of operation
If traditional authentication methods are used, then ease of use is improved, but security against automated bots deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces bot-vulnerable authentication systems with haptic-based authentication. By using tactile vibrations that are difficult for automated systems to perceive and replicate, the system enhances security while maintaining user-friendly operation through intuitive tactile feedback
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a haptic device as an intermediary between the user and the authentication system. This intermediary delivers tactile challenges and receives tactile responses, creating a medium that is naturally resistant to automated bot interference while remaining accessible to human users
3Ease of operation
If haptic feedback is implemented for authentication, then accessibility for disabled users is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages the universal presence of vibration capabilities in modern mobile devices. By utilizing the existing haptic feedback mechanism already built into smartphones and tablets for authentication purposes, the system achieves accessibility enhancement without requiring additional specialized hardware, thereby minimizing the increase in device complexity
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AI summary
An indication is obtained of interaction of a putative human user with a computing device. Responsive to the indication, presentation of a haptic pattern to the putative human user is facilitated; the pattern is not amenable to machine perception. Prompting of the putative human user to input information indicative of human perception of the pattern is facilitated. Information input by the putative human user is obtained responsive to the prompting. When the information input by the putative human user indicates that the putative human user is an actual human user, the interaction is permitted to continue. Haptic techniques are also provided for access control and/or to defend against malevolent web sites which masquerade as legitimate web sites.