Secure Pass-Set Entry via Headset Menus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for entering pass-sets are vulnerable to eavesdropping, as users must reveal their passwords, either through typing or voice, making them susceptible to theft, especially with the presence of keystroke and voice recording virus software, and biometric methods can be unreliable and falsified.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for secure pass-set entry using an I/O device with an authentication application that generates aural, visual, or audiovisual menus, allowing users to select entries without revealing the actual pass-set content, utilizing a headset or similar device for secure presentation and selection, and optionally incorporating a speech recognition system for verbal input.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users type or verbally enter their pass-set, then they can access the resource, but they become vulnerable to eavesdropping and pass-set theft
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication process using biometric data (fingerprint, retina scan, facial recognition, or voice print) as a mediator between the user and the pass-set entry. The biometric verification occurs first and independently, then triggers the resource access without requiring the user to expose their pass-set through typing or verbal entry, thus eliminating the eavesdropping vulnerability while maintaining ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication process is segmented into two distinct stages: first, biometric verification of the user's identity; second, resource access authorization. This segmentation allows the system to verify who the user is through unforgeable biometric data before granting access, eliminating the need for the user to reveal their pass-set and thereby preventing eavesdropping attacks
2Ease of operation
If users simplify their pass-set to something easier to remember, then ease of recall improves, but security against hacking deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The biometric authentication acts as an intermediary that replaces the need for users to rely on memorable but weak pass-sets. The system verifies the user's identity through their unique biometric characteristics, which are inherently secure and cannot be easily guessed or hacked, while still providing easy access to the resource without requiring the user to remember a complex pass-set
3Object-affected harmful factors
If biometric authentication is used, then security against eavesdropping improves, but reliability due to false acceptance/rejection and falsification risks deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple authentication factors into a unified system: biometric verification (something you are) combined with pass-set validation (something you know). This multi-factor authentication approach compensates for the limitations of each individual method by requiring both biometric match and valid pass-set, thereby achieving both eavesdropping resistance and high reliability while minimizing false acceptance/rejection and falsification risks
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AI summary
Systems and methods for securely entering pass-sets in input/output (I/O) devices. An exemplary I/O device includes an authentication application, an output interface and a user-controls interface. The authentication application is configured to generate aural, visual, audiovisual or tactile messages containing one or more pass-set entry menus, in response to a request to access a pass-set protected resource by a user of the I/O device. The output interface is configured to securely present the generated messages for the user. For example, the headphone of a headset can securely present an aural message to a wearer. The user-controls interface is configured to assist the user in making a selection from the menus or choices presented to the user. For example, a variety of controls, switches and buttons on a headset can facilitate user input. The user selection is then assembled into a user entered pass-set for authenticating the user's identity by an authenticator.