Multiple Identity Management System for Cross-Service Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional login methods using external authentication means, such as OAuth, lead to inconvenience and inefficiency for users as they are treated as different users across various services, making it difficult to link multiple services and reducing network and computer efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A multiple identity management system that communicates with user terminals and service servers to manage multiple identities using user identification numbers, integrating authorization signals and generating or verifying user identification numbers for seamless authentication across different services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If external authentication means (OAuth) is used for login, then security is improved, but user convenience deteriorates because users are treated as different users across various services
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a multiple identity management server as an intermediary between users and multiple service servers. This server receives authentication information from users, generates user identification numbers, and manages the mapping between different service accounts and a unified user identity. The intermediary consolidates multiple separate authentication processes into a single unified management system, allowing users to be recognized consistently across different services while maintaining the security benefits of external authentication.
2Reliability
If separate user IDs are used for each service, then service-specific authentication is improved, but system complexity increases and services cannot be linked effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal user identification number that serves multiple functions across different services. This single identifier can be used to represent a user's identity in multiple service contexts, enabling cross-service recognition, data linking, and unified user experience. The universal identifier replaces the need for separate service-specific ID management, reducing system complexity while maintaining the ability to perform service-specific authentication through the mapped relationships.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple service-specific identities are maintained, then service independence is improved, but network efficiency deteriorates due to repeated authentication processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary authentication through the multiple identity management server, which establishes user identities and creates mappings between service accounts and unified user identifiers in advance. Once this preliminary setup is complete, subsequent service access can leverage the pre-established identity relationships, avoiding repeated full authentication cycles. The system performs the complex identity resolution work upfront, enabling more efficient access to multiple services afterward.
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AI summary
A system and method of managing multiple identities using a multiple identity management system includes receiving a user authentication signal from a user terminal, transmitting the user authentication signal to a first service server, the first service server matching the user authentication signal with a particular user ID associated with the first service server, receiving an authorization signal corresponding to the user authentication signal from the first service server, transmitting the authorization signal to the user terminal, receiving a request for validation of a user identification number corresponding to the authorization signal from a second service server, the second service server receiving the authorization signal transmitted via a user input from the user terminal, and transmitting the user identification number corresponding to the authorization signal to the second service server.