IoT Authentication Using Digital Constellations for Transaction Trust
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current authentication methods for user transactions, particularly in IoT environments, rely solely on usernames and passwords, which are insecure and cumbersome, failing to ensure authorized user identity and often leading to forgotten credentials and compromised security.
Innovation Solution
An IoT authentication system generates unique digital constellations based on user interactions with various IoT devices, using machine learning and artificial intelligence to determine trust status and provide real-time updates, thereby enhancing transaction authentication and reducing user burden.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If username and password authentication is used, then authentication process is simple to implement, but security protection is inadequate and users are easily compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an authentication server as an intermediary between users and service providers. This server receives authentication requests, verifies user credentials against stored authentication information, and returns authentication results. This intermediary layer enhances security by centralizing credential verification while maintaining simplicity for end users who continue to use familiar username/password interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a copy of the authentication verification process by having the authentication server store and verify authentication information separately from the service providers. Instead of each service provider independently verifying credentials, they delegate this function to the authentication server, which maintains a copy of user authentication data and performs centralized verification, improving both security and efficiency.
2Reliability
If multiple service providers require separate username and password combinations, then each platform can maintain independent security, but users experience time consumption and credential management burden
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal authentication server that serves multiple service providers simultaneously. This single authentication infrastructure performs the authentication function for numerous different service providers, allowing users to access various platforms through a unified authentication mechanism rather than managing separate credentials for each provider, thereby reducing time commitment while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the authentication functions of multiple service providers into a single centralized authentication server. Instead of each provider maintaining separate authentication systems, their authentication capabilities are combined into one unified system that handles verification for all providers, eliminating redundant credential management for users while preserving individual service security requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If username and password systems are used across multiple platforms, then integration is straightforward, but credentials are frequently forgotten and easily compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication server acts as an intermediary that manages user credentials centrally. Users interact with this intermediary for all authentication needs across different platforms, eliminating the need to remember multiple credential sets. The intermediary handles secure storage, verification, and management of authentication information, making the system both adaptable to multiple platforms and easy to operate.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables users to register and manage their authentication information through the authentication server's user interface. Users can self-service their credential management by registering new accounts, updating information, and managing their authentication data through a unified interface, reducing the burden of manual credential management across multiple platforms while maintaining broad adaptability.
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AI summary
Aspects of the disclosure relate an IoT authentication system to strengthen and streamline authentication for transaction processing for users. A transaction computing platform using artificial intelligence may receive from a plurality of IoT devices information regarding interactions with a user. In some arrangements, transaction computing platform may generate constellations based on the received information. A trust status may be determined based on the generated constellations. Transaction authentication may be based at least in part on the determined trust status. In some embodiments, real-time updates of trust status along with transaction alerts may be provided to IoT devices.