Location-Based Security Profiles for Device Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional user authentication methods for devices and online services are overly cumbersome due to the need for multiple passwords and security measures, especially when accessing secured locations, leading to a tedious user experience.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a location-based security system that allows users to designate secured environments, reducing security requirements such as password entry by associating a security profile with frequently visited locations, which automatically activates when the device is within those areas, potentially disabling features like texting in moving vehicles or restricting phone calls in specific public places.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple passwords and security measures are required for device access, then security reliability is improved, but user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by implementing location-specific security profiles that tailor authentication requirements to the geographic context. Different security levels are applied locally based on whether the device is in a trusted location (reducing authentication steps) or untrusted location (maintaining strict security), thus resolving the contradiction between security reliability and user convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The security system dynamically adjusts authentication requirements based on the device's current location. The system transitions between different security states (high security vs. reduced security) depending on geographic context, allowing security reliability to be maintained when needed while improving user convenience when the device is in trusted locations.
2Reliability
If strict authentication requirements are enforced, then security reliability is improved, but access speed deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different authentication strictness levels based on local geographic conditions. In trusted locations, authentication is expedited or bypassed, improving access speed while maintaining security reliability in untrusted locations through stricter verification processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary location verification using GPS and other sensors before applying authentication requirements. By pre-assessing the trustworthiness of the location, the system can prepare appropriate authentication flows in advance, improving access speed in trusted locations while maintaining security reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
A device may collect environmental information surrounding the device. Based on the collected environmental information, the device may automatically identify a potentially secured location that has lower security risk. When a potentially secured location is identified, the device may prompt the user to setup a security profile having reduced security requirement for the secured location. The device may store and associate the security profile with the secured location. The device may activate the security profile with reduced security requirement when the device is in the secured area. Further, the security profile may require that certain features of the device be disabled when the device is in the secured location.