Mobile Device Single Button Authentication via Transceiver
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile authentication methods are complex and vulnerable to fraud, as they require multiple interactions and hardware components, making them difficult to handle and secure.
Innovation Solution
A mobile device with a single operating element that activates and deactivates an authentication function, utilizing a transceiver to connect to a mobile network for authentication, ensuring the user's presence through a predetermined time relation, and optionally a spatial relation, without requiring specific hardware for information capture or output, and featuring a self-destruction mechanism for enhanced security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple hardware components and interactions are used for authentication, then security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the authentication logic from complex hardware interactions and isolates it to a single operating element that simply activates/deactivates the authentication function. The transceiver handles all communication protocols and network interactions, separating the simple user action from the complex technical processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The transceiver automatically performs authentication communications with the network operator when activated, without requiring the user to manually configure settings or interact with multiple components. The system self-manages the authentication process once triggered by the single operating element.
2Reliability
If multiple interactions are required for authentication, then security is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes all complex interaction requirements from the user's task, leaving only a single activation action. The transceiver and network handle all subsequent authentication steps automatically, separating the simple user gesture from the complex multi-step verification process.
Solution Approach 2:
Once the user activates authentication via the single operating element, the system automatically manages the entire authentication sequence including network communication, credential verification, and status reporting without requiring further user input or interpretation.
3Measurement precision
If specific hardware for information capture is used, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces physical hardware for capturing user presence information with electronic communication through the transceiver. Instead of using sensors, cameras, or other detection hardware, the system uses network-based authentication signals to verify user presence and device activation status.
Solution Approach 2:
The transceiver serves multiple functions: it acts as both the communication interface for authentication and the indicator for device active state. The same component used for network communication also provides the authentication signal, eliminating the need for separate specialized hardware.
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AI summary
A mobile device (16) comprising a transceiver (40) for mobile communication and a controller (44) configured to execute an authentication function for authenticating a registered user of the device, characterized in that the device (16) has only a single operating element (48), the functionality of said single operating element (48) is limited to activating and deactivating the authentication function, said authentication function consists in having the transceiver logged-on to a mobile communications network and enabling a detection of an active state and/or a location of the mobile device via the mobile network, and in that the operating element (48) and the transceiver (40) constitute the only data input and output ports of the controller (44).