Kiosk Authentication via Mobile Proximity and Biometric Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
The use of kiosks for transactions can be cumbersome and time-consuming due to the need for users to perform authentication protocols, often requiring the entry of user identifiers and passwords, which users frequently forget, leading to frustration and less desirable adoption.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for user authentication at a kiosk using a mobile device, leveraging existing robust authentication protocols on mobile devices such as electronic wallets and biometric systems to automate and simplify the authentication process, allowing users to log into kiosks without remembering passwords or user IDs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional authentication protocols requiring user identifiers and passwords are used at kiosks, then security can be maintained, but user convenience and transaction speed deteriorate due to forgotten credentials and cumbersome entry processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mobile device as an intermediary between the user and the kiosk authentication system. The mobile device stores authentication credentials and communicates with the kiosk to automatically complete the authentication process, eliminating the need for manual credential entry and resolving the contradiction between security and user convenience.
2Reliability
If manual entry of user identifiers and passwords is required, then authentication security can be verified, but user frustration increases and adoption rates decrease due to the cumbersome process
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service authentication where the mobile device automatically provides credentials to the kiosk without requiring user intervention for manual entry. The mobile device and kiosk communicate autonomously to verify authentication, maintaining security while dramatically improving ease of operation.
3Productivity
If automated authentication using mobile devices is implemented, then user convenience and transaction speed improve, but system complexity increases due to integration requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages the mobile device's existing multi-functional capabilities (biometric sensors, communication interfaces, credential storage) to perform authentication. By utilizing the mobile device's inherent features rather than requiring specialized hardware, the system achieves high productivity while minimizing the increase in overall system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for user authentication at a kiosk from a mobile device is disclosed. A particular embodiment is implemented for: configuring a kiosk to detect the presence of a mobile device in the proximity of the kiosk; configuring the mobile device to detect the presence of kiosk in the proximity of the mobile device; prompting a user of the mobile device to perform a login operation on the mobile device upon detection of the kiosk in the proximity of the mobile device; verifying the authentication of the user with the mobile device as a result of the login operation on the mobile device; and transferring unique kiosk session keys from the mobile device to the kiosk in proximity of the mobile device upon authentication of the user with the mobile device.