IoT Authentication Using Trust Constellations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current authentication methods relying solely on usernames and passwords are inadequate, prone to compromise, and cumbersome for users accessing multiple platforms, requiring multiple login credentials and failing to ensure authorized user identity.
Innovation Solution
An IoT authentication system generates digital constellations based on user interactions with IoT devices, determining trust status for transaction authentication, and provides real-time updates and alerts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If usernames and passwords are used for authentication, then users can access service providers and merchants platforms, but authentication security is inadequate and credentials are easily compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical authentication system (usernames and passwords) with an IoT-based authentication system that uses sensor data from multiple IoT devices to generate constellations and determine trust status. This substitution eliminates the vulnerability of traditional credentials while maintaining user convenience through automated background authentication.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication system that acts as a mediator between users and service providers/merchants platforms. This intermediary system collects sensor data from IoT devices, generates constellations, and determines trust status, thereby eliminating the need for users to directly manage multiple usernames and passwords while ensuring secure authentication.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple usernames and passwords are required for different platforms, then users can access various service providers and merchants, but user time commitment increases and credentials are frequently forgotten
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal authentication system that works across multiple service providers and merchants platforms. The IoT-based authentication system generates a single trust status that can be used universally, eliminating the need for users to remember and manage multiple platform-specific credentials while maintaining access to various services.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication system performs self-service by automatically collecting sensor data from IoT devices, generating constellations, and determining trust status in the background without requiring user intervention. This eliminates the time users would otherwise spend on authentication while maintaining security and versatility across platforms.
3Reliability
If traditional authentication methods are used, then the system is simple to operate, but authentication security is compromised and user identity cannot be verified
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication system that handles the complexity of IoT device integration, sensor data collection, constellation generation, and trust status determination. This intermediary layer shields users from the underlying complexity while providing robust identity verification, thereby achieving high reliability without burdening users with system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the simple but insecure mechanical authentication system with a more complex IoT-based system that uses sensor data from multiple devices. The complexity is managed through automated processes including data collection, constellation generation, and trust status determination, which occur in the background without requiring user understanding or intervention.
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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.