Social Network Authentication Request Message Modification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current social network authentication methods rely solely on textual descriptions, leading to low authentication reliability for users verifying requests to establish relationships, as they lack sufficient parameters for evaluation.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that modify the identification information of an authentication request message by utilizing a third client's identification, who has a direct social network relationship with both the sender and the recipient, to enhance the verification process by providing additional parameters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If user verification relies solely on textual description in authentication request message, then the system maintains simplicity in the authentication process, but authentication reliability deteriorates due to insufficient evaluation parameters
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a third client as an intermediary who has social network relationships with both the first client (sender) and second client (recipient). This intermediary provides additional verification by confirming the authenticity of the authentication request, thereby improving reliability without significantly complicating the authentication process. The third client acts as a trusted mediator who can vouch for the sender's identity based on their existing social connections.
2Device complexity
If the system uses only the first client's identification information in the authentication request message, then the message structure remains simple, but the verification capability deteriorates due to lack of additional trust parameters
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple identification information sources into a single authentication request message. Specifically, it combines the first client's identification information with the third client's identification information, creating a composite verification mechanism. This merging allows the system to maintain a relatively simple message structure while significantly enhancing verification capability through the combined trust credentials of multiple parties.
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AI summary
The present disclosure describes a method and an apparatus for sending an authentication request message in a social network. When a user authenticates a request seeking to establish a social network relationship with the user, the proposed method includes: a social network server that, after obtaining an authentication request message sent by a first client to a second client to request to establish a social network relationship, modifies the first client's identification information in the first authentication request message to a third client's identification information to obtain a second authentication request message. The third client has a social network relationship with the first client and also has a direct social network relationship with the second client. The second authentication request message is sent to the second client. As the third client's identification information is used as identification information of a sending party in the second authentication request message.