Non-Application Token Validation for Secure Operations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing applications are incapable of performing certain operations, such as financial transactions, due to security measures that require additional verification steps beyond their capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A server generates a token value via a non-application channel to validate and enable operations that applications alone cannot perform, using a token generator based on timestamps and secure communication protocols to ensure authentication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an application uses standard authentication methods (password transmission), then the application can perform basic operations, but the application cannot perform secure operations like financial transactions that require additional verification steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a token as an intermediary element that bridges the gap between application-level authentication and system-level security verification. The token, generated by the application after successful authentication, serves as a mediator that enables the application to perform secure operations without directly implementing complex verification protocols. This resolves the contradiction by allowing basic operations through standard authentication while enabling secure operations through the token intermediary.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary authentication and token generation within the application before the application attempts to perform secure operations. By pre-validating user credentials and generating authentication tokens in advance, the system prepares the necessary security credentials beforehand, allowing the application to subsequently perform both basic and secure operations without requiring complex verification steps at the moment of operation execution.
2Reliability
If the system requires additional verification steps for secure operations, then security is improved, but the complexity of the authentication process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The token acts as an intermediary that simplifies the authentication process for secure operations. Instead of requiring the application to implement complex verification protocols directly, the token encapsulates the verification logic and security requirements, presenting a simple interface to the application while maintaining robust security verification at the system level.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a simplified representation (copy) of the authentication credentials in the form of a token. This token copy contains the essential verification information needed for secure operations without requiring the application to handle the complexity of the original authentication process. The token serves as a lightweight replica that enables secure operations while abstracting away the underlying verification complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the application generates and transmits token values through non-application channels, then secure operations become accessible, but the risk of token interception or misuse increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs parameter changes in the form of timestamp-based token expiration and unique token generation parameters. Each token is generated with specific parameters including expiration time, scope limitations, and unique identifiers. These parameter changes ensure that even if a token is intercepted, it becomes invalid after expiration or when used out of context, thereby reducing the harmful effects of potential token misuse while maintaining access to secure operations.
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AI summary
A server can receive a first request from an application executing on a user device to perform a first operation from a first subset of operations capable of being performed in response to a request from the application executing on the user device. The server can output a first command to cause the first operation to be performed. The server can receive a second request to perform a second operation from a second subset of operations that are incapable of being performed in response to the request from the application executing on the user device. The server can receive, via a non-application channel, a token value that is generated by the application executing on the user device. The server can validate the token value received via the non-application channel. The server can, in response to validating the token value received via the non-application channel, outputting a second command to cause the second operation to be performed.