Head-Mounted Device Access via Identifier Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing device access methods often compromise between user convenience and security, requiring users to remember multiple passwords or undergo time-consuming authentication processes, and may not provide a consistent experience across different devices.
Innovation Solution
A head-mounted device (HMD) system that determines access requests, verifies access rights, and grants access based on identifier verification, leveraging sensors and authentication techniques like facial recognition and biometrics to provide secure and convenient access to various devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional authentication methods (passwords, biometrics) are used, then security is improved, but user convenience deteriorates due to the need to remember multiple passwords and undergo time-consuming authentication processes
Solution Approach 1:
The HMD serves as a universal access key that can authenticate the user across multiple different devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, televisions) without requiring device-specific passwords or authentication procedures. This single device performs the authentication function for many other devices, eliminating the need to manage multiple credentials while maintaining security through the HMD's built-in biometric and sensor systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The HMD acts as an intermediary authentication device between the user and various target devices. Instead of each device requiring direct user authentication, the HMD mediates the authentication process by verifying the user's identity and then granting access to the target device. This intermediary approach consolidates authentication complexity into a single device while simplifying the user experience across multiple devices.
2Reliability
If multiple device-specific access methods are implemented, then device-specific security is improved, but system complexity increases and user experience consistency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the authentication functionality from multiple individual devices into a single HMD system. Each target device maintains its own security measures, but the HMD consolidates the user authentication function, combining biometric verification, sensor-based location checking, and access rights validation into one unified system that works across all devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments authentication into two independent parts: device-specific security measures (which remain with each target device) and user authentication (which is handled by the HMD). This segmentation allows each component to maintain its security functions while the HMD provides a consistent authentication interface, reducing overall system complexity.
3Reliability
If comprehensive access rights verification is performed, then security control is improved, but authentication time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The HMD performs preliminary verification of access rights by checking whether the user has permission to access the target device before the actual authentication process begins. The system pre-determines access entitlements based on user profiles, device policies, and contextual factors, so that when authentication occurs, only the necessary verification steps need to be executed, reducing overall authentication time while maintaining comprehensive security control.
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AI summary
A head-mounted device (HMD) may be used to determine an access request for accessing a device. An identifier identifying the device may be received at the HMD and from the device. By verifying receipt of the identifier at the HMD, and that access rights associated with the HMD enable granting of the access request, the access request may be granted.