Third-Party Identity Authentication for Military Affiliation Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current digital identification systems face challenges in verifying the identity or affiliation of individuals, particularly military service members and veterans, leading to increased risks of fraud, identity theft, and legal violations due to the lack of a digital identification card, which exposes businesses and non-profits to financial losses.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for online third-party authentication that aggregates membership information from remote databases, authenticates individuals based on provided indicia, and provides digital credentials for access to affiliated programs, using a unique identifier and login/password combination, compliant with legal standards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a digital identification card is provided for military members, then authentication accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a third-party authentication service as an intermediary between military members and third-party entities. This service aggregates authentication data from multiple sources (DoD databases, state databases, etc.) and provides verification without requiring a centralized digital ID card, thus improving authentication accuracy while avoiding the complexity of a comprehensive digital identification system.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication function is segmented into multiple independent components: data collection from various databases, data aggregation by the third-party service, verification processing, and credential issuance. This segmentation allows the system to achieve high authentication accuracy through multiple data sources without requiring a single complex digital ID card infrastructure.
2Reliability
If manual verification methods are used, then reliability is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The third-party authentication service performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing and maintaining aggregated authentication databases that include military member information from multiple sources. When verification is needed, the system can quickly query these pre-compiled databases rather than performing manual verification in real-time, thus maintaining high reliability while significantly reducing verification time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical verification processes with automated electronic database queries and comparisons. The third-party service uses computer-based authentication mechanisms to verify military affiliation by electronically comparing provided indicia against aggregated database records, eliminating the need for manual review while maintaining high reliability and reducing time loss.
3Reliability
If multiple authentication sources are aggregated, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The third-party authentication service provides a universal platform that handles multiple authentication sources and types through a single integrated system. The service aggregates data from DoD databases, state databases, and other sources, then provides a unified verification interface to third-party entities, thus improving reliability through multi-source aggregation while managing complexity through a universal handling approach.
Solution Approach 2:
The third-party service acts as an intermediary that simplifies the complexity of managing multiple authentication sources. Rather than requiring third-party entities to directly manage and query multiple databases, the service aggregates this complexity into a single verification interface, improving authentication reliability while shielding clients from the underlying data management complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for online authentication includes receiving membership authenticating information specific to members of a particular affiliation from the members and from one or more remote databases. The information is aggregated and stored in an aggregate database. An individual is authenticated, via a widget at least one of integrated into, and accessible by, at least one of a mobile application and a website of a provider of at least one of a particular program and a particular service, as a member of the particular affiliation based on a comparison of authenticating indicia provided online by the individual and the information stored in at least one of the aggregate database and the remote databases. Digital credentials are provided to the individual for access to the at least one of the particular program and the particular service when the individual is authenticated. The credentials include a unique identifier, a login and password.