Metaverse Authentication via Time-Limited Avatar Overlay
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is currently no apparatus or method available to provide authentication for users within the metaverse, which is essential for secure financial transactions and expanded services.
Innovation Solution
An authentication computer program product that creates a time-limited avatar overlay to authenticate users within the metaverse, using methods such as government-issued identification cards, biometric attributes, and AI/ML algorithms, which can be transmitted and displayed within the metaverse to verify user identity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If no authentication apparatus or method is provided, then the metaverse can operate without authentication infrastructure, but security and reliability of financial transactions and services are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an authentication apparatus as an intermediary system between users and the metaverse environment. This apparatus includes a camera for capturing identification documents, a processor for verifying authenticity, and a display device for showing authentication status. The intermediary nature of this system provides reliable authentication without requiring deep integration into the core metaverse infrastructure, thus maintaining reliability while managing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a digital copy or representation of the user's authentication state through visual feedback. The display device shows a visual representation indicating whether authentication succeeded or failed, effectively copying the authentication status into a visible format that can be easily interpreted by users and other systems in the metaverse.
2Reliability
If multiple authentication methods (ID cards, biometrics, passwords) are implemented, then authentication security is improved, but the complexity of the authentication process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication apparatus dynamically adapts its authentication requirements based on the situation. The system can adjust which authentication methods are required (ID card, biometric attributes, password) depending on the context, risk level, or user preferences. This dynamic approach allows the system to maintain high security when needed while simplifying the process when appropriate, resolving the contradiction between security and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements authentication methods in a tiered or partial manner rather than requiring all methods simultaneously. Users can provide one or more authentication factors (ID card, biometric data, password) depending on the specific authentication scenario. The processor evaluates the provided information and determines sufficiency, allowing partial authentication actions to achieve adequate security without always requiring the full suite of authentication methods.
3Reliability
If a time-limited avatar overlay is created and transmitted, then user identity verification is achieved, but transmission time and processing time are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication apparatus performs preliminary verification of identification documents and biometric data before creating the time-limited avatar overlay. The processor pre-validates the authenticity of provided credentials, and only after successful preliminary authentication does the system generate and transmit the avatar overlay. This preliminary action ensures reliable identity verification while minimizing subsequent processing time, as the heavy verification work is completed beforehand.
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AI summary
Apparatus and methods are provided for providing and simulating authentication within a metaverse. A user may request to be authenticated by a computer program. The program may authenticate the user. The program may create a time-limited avatar overlay for the user to utilize within the metaverse. The time-limited avatar overlay may be transmitted to the user. The user may use the avatar overlay within the metaverse to authenticate the user. The user may authenticate through any appropriate method, including by providing a copy of a real identification card to the program. In an embodiment, the avatar overlay may be a digital representation of the identification card or a digital token.