One Authorization Module for Single Authentication Pass
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional user authentication methods require multiple credentials for accessing various resources, leading to inefficiencies and reduced productivity due to the need for repeated authentication.
Innovation Solution
A platform and language agnostic one authorization application module that uses facial recognition for initial authentication, generating a quick response code and near field communication tag for single authentication access to multiple resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional authentication methods are used for each resource, then security access control is maintained, but user productivity decreases due to multiple credential entries
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication through facial recognition before resource access, generating a temporary authentication token (QR code or NFC tag) that validates subsequent access requests without requiring repeated credential verification. This preliminary action resolves the contradiction by establishing trust upfront, enabling both high productivity and operational ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication token (QR code or NFC tag) that mediates between the user's biometric identity and the resource access control system. This intermediary carries authentication credentials, allowing seamless access across multiple resources without direct credential re-entry, thus improving productivity while maintaining security.
2Reliability
If multiple authentication credentials are required for different resources, then security control is maintained, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication system achieves universality by using a single facial recognition authentication event to generate tokens valid across multiple resources (building access, workstation login, application access). This multi-functional approach maintains security control while reducing system complexity by eliminating the need for separate authentication mechanisms for each resource.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a digital copy of the user's biometric authentication result in the form of a QR code or NFC tag. This copy contains the necessary credentials to access multiple resources, simplifying the authentication system architecture while maintaining security through cryptographic validation of the copied credentials.
3Speed
If facial recognition is used for authentication, then authentication speed is improved, but security reliability may be compromised without additional verification
Solution Approach 1:
Facial recognition serves as preliminary authentication to establish user identity quickly, followed by generation of a time-limited cryptographic token that provides secondary verification. This preliminary action maintains both speed and reliability by combining biometric verification with token-based authentication.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication system dynamically adapts by using facial recognition for rapid initial verification, then transitioning to token-based validation for subsequent access events. This dynamic approach optimizes both speed (through biometric recognition) and reliability (through cryptographic token verification) depending on the authentication stage.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables secure, reliable, and easy-to-use user authentication, allowing access to a plurality of resources with a single authentication pass, thereby enhancing productivity by reducing the need for multiple credential entries.
Implementation Method 1
the near field communication tag may enable short range communication between compatible devices
Implementation Method 2
an application within a user computing device, the application being configured to authenticate a user based on a facial recognition protocol
Data Source
AI summary
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for accessing a plurality of resources with a single authentication pass are disclosed. A processor successfully allows login a user into an application embedded within a user computing device based on a positive facial recognition result for gaining access to a building; generates, in response to successful login, a quick response (QR) code and a near field communication (NFC) tag; causes a security system installed in an entry point to the building to read the QR code or the NFC tag in response to bringing the user computing device close to the security system; authenticates the user based on successful reading of the QR code or the NFC tag; and configures the QR code or the NFC tag as a single authentication pass allowing the user to enter the building and access the plurality of resources for a predetermined configurable period.