Network Authentication Token Generation for Secure Content Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing network-based authentication systems require users to manually provide credentials for secure content, which can disrupt the user experience and is not efficient for personalized content delivery.

Innovation Solution

An automated authentication system that uses an in-network authentication device (INAD) and an authentication management system (AMS) to authenticate user devices based on pre-registered profiles, eliminating the need for manual credentials by generating and verifying authentication tokens.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual credential authentication is used for secure content, then security is maintained, but user experience is disrupted and access efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovesecurityVSAvoiduser experience

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary authentication by obtaining user credentials beforehand and storing them in an authentication management system. When users access secure content, the authentication is already complete, eliminating the need for manual credential entry during content access and maintaining both security and user experience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

An authentication management system acts as an intermediary between the content delivery system and users. This intermediary handles credential verification in advance, allowing the content delivery system to focus on secure content distribution without directly interfering with user experience during access.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If manual credential authentication is required, then secure content protection is achieved, but access time and efficiency are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecure content protectionVSAvoidaccess time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Authentication credentials are verified in advance before users attempt to access secure content. The authentication management system stores verified credentials and uses them to grant rapid access to authenticated users, eliminating time-consuming manual authentication during content access.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The authentication management system automatically handles credential verification and management without requiring user intervention during content access. The system serves itself by maintaining authentication states and making automated access decisions, reducing both access time and manual effort.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Ease of operation

If automated authentication tokens are used, then user experience is improved and access is streamlined, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser experienceVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The authentication management system serves as an intermediary that handles the complexity of token generation, verification, and management. By centralizing these functions in a dedicated component, the overall system complexity is contained and managed separately from the content delivery system, allowing automated authentication to improve user experience without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Adaptability or versatility

If pre-registered profiles are used for authentication, then personalized content delivery is enabled, but information management complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepersonalized content deliveryVSAvoidinformation management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The authentication management system performs multiple functions including credential storage, verification, token generation, and profile management within a single unified system. This multi-functionality consolidates information management complexity into one component while enabling personalized content delivery through stored user profiles, rather than distributing complexity across multiple separate systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10063377B2Network-based authentication for third party content

Publication Date: 2018.08.28 VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC

AI summary

A system may be configured to allow for network-based authentication of a user device, which may reduce or eliminate the need for a user to provide credentials. The authentication may be performed when the user device attempts to access content provided by a third party content provider. The network-based authentication may be performed by, or in conjunction with, a device that (a) is associated with the same telecommunications network as the user device, and (b) can authenticate the identity of the user device.