Authentication Token Error Indication via Display Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Identifying errors or faults in authentication tokens is challenging for IT professionals, even for experienced ones, due to the complexity of these systems.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a display on authentication devices to indicate errors through specific error indicators, such as blinking patterns and numeral combinations, allowing IT professionals to easily identify issues by mapping these indicators to potential errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If authentication tokens use complex internal systems and algorithms, then security and authentication reliability are improved, but error identification and troubleshooting become more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary error indication system that mediates between the complex internal authentication token systems and the user/IT professional. This system includes error indicators, error indication information, and mapping data that translate internal errors into understandable external signals, allowing IT professionals to identify issues without needing to understand the complex internal algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the authentication token provides error indication information back to IT professionals through observable outputs. This feedback loop includes displaying error indicators, storing mapping data between indicators and errors, and providing error indication sequences that help diagnose problems without exposing the complex internal systems.
2Reliability
If authentication tokens have sophisticated error handling internally, then system reliability is improved, but ease of repair and troubleshooting deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the error handling function into separate components: error detection within the authentication token, error indication information generation, error indicator display, and mapping data storage. This segmentation allows the sophisticated internal error handling to remain hidden while providing simplified external indicators for troubleshooting.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediary elements including error indicators, error indication information, and mapping data that serve as a bridge between the sophisticated internal error handling systems and the IT professional performing troubleshooting. These intermediaries translate complex internal states into observable, actionable information without requiring IT professionals to understand the underlying complexity.
3Reliability
If authentication systems use multiple factors and complex algorithms, then security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complexity of error identification from the authentication token device itself and places it in external components such as display devices and mapping data stores. The authentication token retains its complex security functions while delegating the complex error identification task to external systems that can present simplified indicators to users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediary systems including external display devices and mapping data structures that mediate between the complex authentication token and the user. These intermediaries handle the complexity of translating multiple error states into distinguishable indicators without adding complexity to the authentication token itself.
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AI summary
A method and system for use in indicating errors in connection with devices, wherein at least one of the devices comprises a display is disclosed. An error indicator suitable for indicating an error in connection with the device is stored. The error indicator is mapped to a potential error in connection with the device. An error is detected in connection with the device. The error in connection with the device is determined in response to detecting the error. Based on determining the error, the error indicator is displayed on the display for enabling determination of the error in connection with the device.