Automated Password Authentication via Screen Pattern Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face the challenge of managing multiple passwords for different systems, which can lead to weak security practices due to the need to remember and store various passwords, increasing the risk of identity theft and password exposure.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for automated password authentication that captures and uses user-id and password information without storing it on the device, allowing seamless and secure logins across various systems without user intervention, using pattern recognition and a secure external storage medium.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users manually manage multiple passwords for different systems, then authentication security is maintained, but user convenience deteriorates and password exposure risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automated authentication without user intervention. The authentication module automatically captures credentials, fills login forms, and submits authentication requests across multiple systems, eliminating the need for users to manually enter passwords while maintaining security through automated credential management
Solution Approach 2:
An intermediary authentication module is introduced between the user and multiple systems. This module acts as a mediator that manages credentials centrally, intercepts authentication requests, and automatically provides appropriate credentials without exposing passwords to users or requiring their direct involvement
2Ease of operation
If passwords are stored in a vault on the computer, then access convenience is improved, but security deteriorates due to storage risk
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the password storage function from the computer system entirely. Instead of storing passwords locally in a vault, the system captures credentials temporarily and uses them only when needed for authentication, then discards them. This eliminates the security vulnerability of stored password databases while maintaining automated access convenience
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs disposable credential instances that are created temporarily for each authentication event and then discarded. Rather than persisting passwords in storage, the authentication module generates and uses credential data only when required, eliminating the risk associated with long-term password storage while enabling automated access
3Ease of operation
If users write passwords on paper or use software vaults, then password management becomes easier, but security exposure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual password management mechanisms (paper writing, software vaults) with an automated electronic authentication system. The authentication module automatically captures, manages, and inputs credentials without requiring physical or manual intervention, eliminating the security risks associated with paper-based or software-vault password storage while maintaining ease of management
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AI summary
A system connected to an existing computer includes a unit for monitoring the screen and provides input, a storage unit that stores data that pairs screen buffer regions with authentication details, wherein the system learns new pairs via user training and presents stored authentication details when the screen buffer regions match a related stored region which is paired with a region of the screen, and a unit that determines which of stored passwords need to be presented to the system by a pattern matching of regions of screen pixels.