Compartmentalized Mobile Authentication Using Printable Patterns
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multi-factor authentication methods for mobile devices are inadequate due to reliance on expensive hardware, high processing burdens, and inaccuracies in biometric scanning, making them unsuitable for widespread adoption on smartphones and other mobile devices.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system utilizing a printable authentication pattern, such as a QR code, captured by a mobile device's camera, which encodes access information and requires matching with stored data to grant access to features, eliminating the need for additional hardware and reducing processing burdens.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If biometric scanning is used for authentication, then security is improved, but processing burden and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a printed authentication pattern (such as a QR code) that is a simple visual copy or representation of authentication data, replacing complex biometric scanning hardware and processing. The camera captures this printed pattern, which encodes authentication information that can be verified without heavy processing burdens.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/optical complexity of biometric scanning systems with a simple camera-based visual pattern recognition system. Instead of using fingerprint sensors, facial recognition hardware, or other complex biometric mechanisms, the system uses the existing camera to capture and decode a printed authentication pattern.
2Reliability
If hardware tokens are used for multi-factor authentication, then security is improved, but device cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces physical hardware tokens with a printed authentication pattern that can be reproduced indefinitely at minimal cost. The printed pattern serves as a visual copy of the authentication credential, eliminating the need for expensive physical tokens while maintaining security through the complexity of the encoded information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses inexpensive printed authentication patterns that can be easily replaced if lost or compromised. Unlike expensive hardware tokens, these printed patterns can be regenerated at minimal cost, making them suitable for widespread deployment on mobile devices.
3Ease of operation
If traditional password authentication is used, then ease of operation is improved, but security deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the convenience of visual pattern recognition with the security of multi-factor authentication. The system combines the ease of capturing a printed pattern with the security of encoding multiple authentication factors within that single pattern, creating a unified authentication mechanism that is both convenient and secure.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques for obtaining compartmentalized authenticated access to a feature on an electronic mobile device comprising a camera are presented. The techniques may include obtaining data representing a printable authentication pattern, wherein the printable authentication pattern encodes access information, storing in electronic persistent memory the access information in association with data representing the feature, receiving, at the mobile telephone, a user request to access the feature, capturing, using a camera of the mobile device, an image of an input pattern printed on to a substrate, decoding the input pattern to obtain captured information, determining, by retrieving the access information, that the captured information matches the access information, and providing access to the feature on the mobile device as a consequence of at least the determining.