Multi-Sensor Identity Verification with Trust Score Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing identity verification systems face challenges in ensuring the reliability and trustworthiness of sensor data, particularly in applications like identity verification and electronic notarization, due to the complexity and burden on users, as well as the need to determine user willingness and potential duress.

Innovation Solution

A multi-sensor multi-factor identity verification system that leverages biometric and non-biometric sensors to create confidence and trust scores through network and session diversity, using mathematical methods and sensor relationships, enabling progressive identity verification and secure personal health record management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple sensor data sources are combined for identity verification, then reliability and trustworthiness of verification are improved, but device complexity and processing burden increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveidentity verification reliabilityVSAvoidverification system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The verification system is segmented into multiple independent sensor modules (biometric sensors, environmental sensors, device sensors) that can be individually activated. Each sensor type processes specific aspects of verification, allowing the system to achieve high reliability through multiple data sources while managing complexity by organizing functionality into separate, manageable segments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The identity verification system is designed as a universal platform that can incorporate multiple types of sensors (biometric, environmental, device sensors) and process various verification scenarios through a common architecture. This multi-functional design allows the system to handle different verification requirements using the same underlying framework, improving reliability without proportionally increasing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If multiple sensor data sources are combined for identity verification, then trust scores and confidence levels are improved, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrust score accuracyVSAvoidverification processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Sensor data is collected and pre-processed in advance during device usage and interaction. Biometric data, environmental context, and device sensor information are continuously gathered and prepared before verification is needed. This preliminary action allows the system to have verification-ready data available, reducing actual processing time when verification is triggered while maintaining accurate trust scores through comprehensive data collection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements progressive verification that can skip certain processing steps or data sources when sufficient confidence is already established. If initial sensor data provides adequate verification confidence, the system can rapidly complete verification without processing all available sensor inputs, thereby reducing processing time while maintaining trust score accuracy through selective data evaluation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #21Skipping (Rushing through)

3Reliability

If comprehensive sensor verification is implemented, then detection of user duress and willingness is improved, but ease of operation and user burden increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveduress detection accuracyVSAvoiduser operation simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The verification system operates autonomously by automatically collecting and analyzing sensor data without requiring active user participation. Biometric sensors, environmental sensors, and device sensors continuously monitor for signs of duress or unwillingness in the background. The system self-evaluates verification confidence and duress indicators without burdening the user with additional actions, maintaining both high detection accuracy and operational simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Manual verification processes and explicit user actions are replaced with automated sensor-based detection systems. Instead of requiring users to explicitly indicate willingness or undergo manual checks, the system uses biometric sensors and environmental context to automatically detect signs of duress or coercion. This substitution maintains high detection accuracy while preserving ease of operation by eliminating additional user burdens.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS9391986B2Method and apparatus for providing multi-sensor multi-factor identity verification
Publication Date: 2016.07.12 VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC
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AI summary

An approach for multi-sensor multi-factor identity verification. An identity verification platform determines biometric data associated with a user from one or more sources. The one or more sources are associated with one or more respective network sessions. The platform generates one or more respective trust scores for the one or more sources, the one or more respective network sessions, or a combination thereof based on one or more contextual parameters associated with the user, the one or more sources, the one or more respective network sessions, or a combination thereof. Then the platform verifies an identity of the user based on the biometric data and the one or more respective trust scores.