Network Authentication via Characteristic Comparison
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing network communication security measures are unreliable and error-prone, as they rely on manual inspection by users, which can lead to compromised private information and sensitive data due to the susceptibility to cybercrimes such as malware, phishing, and ransomware attacks.
Innovation Solution
A system and method where an infrastructure device transmits authentic feature characteristics to a user device, which compares these with observed characteristics of current network communications to determine authenticity, using a machine learning model to analyze and correlate features, thereby automatically identifying and authenticating network communications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual inspection by users is used to verify network communication authenticity, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to susceptibility to cybercrimes
Solution Approach 1:
The user device automatically performs authentication by comparing observed characteristics of current network communications with determined characteristics of authentic features, eliminating the need for manual user inspection while ensuring reliable verification against cybercrimes
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical inspection with automated computational comparison using machine learning models to analyze and correlate features, substituting human judgment with algorithmic verification that is both reliable and scalable
2Reliability
If automated authentication using machine learning models is implemented, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The infrastructure device performs preliminary action by transmitting determined characteristics of authentic features to the user device before actual communication occurs, enabling the user device to authenticate without requiring complex real-time analysis capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary approach where the infrastructure device prepares and transmits authentication data (determined characteristics) to the user device, acting as a mediator that offloads complex processing while enabling reliable automated authentication at the user end
3Measurement precision
If intensive processing is performed for network communication authentication, then measurement precision is improved, but use of energy by moving object increases
Solution Approach 1:
The infrastructure device performs intensive processing in advance to determine and transmit characteristics of authentic features, so that the user device only needs to perform simpler comparison operations during actual communication, reducing real-time energy consumption while maintaining high measurement precision
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the authentication process into two phases: intensive processing phase at the infrastructure device during setup, and lightweight comparison phase at the user device during communication, distributing computational burden to reduce overall energy consumption while preserving authentication precision
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AI summary
A method comparing, by a user device, an observed characteristic with a determined characteristic, the observed characteristic indicating a current feature included in a current communication associated with a current entity with which the user device is communicating and the determined characteristic indicating an authentic feature included in an authentic communication associated with an authentic entity with which the user device intends to communicate; selectively matching, by the user device based on a result of comparing the observed characteristic with the determined characteristic, current communication information associated with the current communication with authentic communication information associated with the authentic communication; and determining, by the user device based on a result of selectively matching the current communication information with the authentic communication information, that the current entity is the authentic entity or that the current entity is not the authentic entity. Various other aspects are contemplated.