Tokenized Identity Authentication for Privacy-Preserving OS Sessions
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Solution Overview
Problem
The current paradigm of personalized computing on user devices poses challenges such as the need for constant device operation and security, hardware requirements, and authentication issues for AI Agents, Digital Twins, and Robot Twins, while operating systems require extensive user data access, compromising privacy and security.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for managing an Operating System using tokenized identity and biometric authentication, involving a processor and memory to manage a token repository with user tokens, biometric authentication, and immutable attributes for secure session management across various computing environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If operating systems require extensive user data access for personalized services, then service functionality is improved, but user privacy and security are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a tokenized identity system as an intermediary between users and services. Instead of operating systems directly accessing user data, the system uses tokens that represent user identities and permissions. These tokens are exchanged between users and services, enabling functionality without direct data access by the operating system, thus resolving the privacy-risk contradiction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a copy of user identity information in the form of tokens. Rather than the operating system holding and accessing raw user data, it stores and manages token representations of user identities. This copying approach allows the system to provide personalized services while maintaining user privacy, as the tokens are anonymized representations rather than actual user data.
2Reliability
If devices must be secured against unauthorized access at all times, then security is improved, but device availability and user accessibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary authentication actions where users authenticate once to receive a tokenized identity. This initial authentication establishes security credentials beforehand, allowing subsequent access to occur smoothly without repeated security checks. The system performs security verification in advance, enabling continuous availability while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The tokenized identity system enables continuous authentication and authorization without interrupting device operations. Once a user is authenticated and receives a token, the system maintains continuous validity of that token for the session duration, allowing seamless access across different services and devices without repeated authentication steps, thus ensuring both security and availability.
3Reliability
If AI Agents and Digital Twins need to present authorization for representation, then authentication capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal tokenized identity system that serves multiple functions: it authenticates users, authorizes AI Agents, manages Digital Twins, and controls access across various services. This single multi-functional framework handles all authentication needs without requiring separate complex systems for each function, thereby improving authentication capability while controlling overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of identity representation from complex cryptographic key pairs and certificates to simplified tokens. These tokens encode authentication and authorization information in a streamlined format that is easier to manage and communicate. By transforming the representation parameters, the system achieves robust authentication for AI Agents and Digital Twins without proportionally increasing system complexity.
4Speed
If operating systems store and manage user authentication data locally, then authentication speed is improved, but security vulnerability increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts sensitive authentication data from local operating system storage and replaces it with tokenized representations. Instead of storing raw biometric data, passwords, or cryptographic keys locally, the system stores anonymized tokens that can be quickly verified without exposing sensitive information. This extraction of sensitive data from local storage maintains authentication speed while eliminating the security vulnerability of storing credentials on the device.
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AI summary
A System for managing an operating system using tokenized identity. The system maintains a token repository storing user tokens, Unique-Numbers, and Public-Keys. The system registers users by processing biometric samples to compute a Secret-Key, generating a Unique-Number, and computing a Public-Key. The Public-Key (P1) is stored in the token repository, on the provisioned virtual remote device, and on a thin client application on a personal local device. The Unique-Number is stored on the provisioned virtual remote device and in the token repository. Further, the system receives session signing requests from a proxy-user management application integrated with various device Operating Systems via thin client sessions. The system authenticates users through a two-step process using real-time biometric samples, and comparing computed Real-Time-Unique-Numbers with stored Unique-Numbers. Upon authentication, the system fetches user tokens, identifies corresponding proxy-user management application instances, captures user approval, and affixes biometrically authenticated signatures in session logs.