Unified Authentication System Using Identification Information
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Solution Overview
Problem
User authentication methods based on IDs and passwords are cumbersome due to varying formats, lengths, and element types across devices and services, often leading to user confusion and forgotten credentials, especially in devices like TVs that require simple authentication.
Innovation Solution
An authentication method and electronic device system that uses identification information to facilitate user authentication by receiving authentication requests, processing inputs, and transmitting approval information between a server apparatus and electronic devices, allowing for unified authentication across different devices and services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional ID and password authentication is used across multiple devices and services, then security verification is achieved, but user complexity and confusion increase due to varying formats, lengths, and element types
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal authentication system where a single identification information (such as phone number) can be used across multiple devices and services. The server apparatus maintains a database that maps identification information to multiple devices and services, allowing one credential to authenticate across the entire ecosystem rather than requiring separate credentials for each device or service.
Solution Approach 2:
The server apparatus acts as an intermediary between the user and multiple devices/services. Instead of the user directly managing credentials for each device, the server mediates the authentication process by receiving authentication requests from external devices, verifying them against stored identification information, and coordinating approval across the network of devices and services.
2Reliability
If separate authentication credentials are required for each device and service, then device-specific security is maintained, but user time and effort increase due to remembering multiple IDs and passwords
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows a single identification information to serve multiple authentication purposes across different devices and services simultaneously. When a user provides their identification information once, the server apparatus can authenticate them to multiple devices and services in a single operation, eliminating the need to repeatedly enter credentials for each device or service.
Solution Approach 2:
The server apparatus pre-establishes relationships between identification information and multiple devices/services in a database before authentication occurs. This preliminary setup allows the system to quickly verify credentials against multiple targets simultaneously during the authentication process, rather than sequentially checking each device or service separately.
3Ease of operation
If unified authentication across devices is implemented, then user convenience is improved, but system complexity increases due to managing authentication tokens and coordination between server and devices
Solution Approach 1:
The server apparatus serves as a central intermediary that manages the complexity of unified authentication. It handles token generation, validation, and coordination between multiple devices and services, shielding users from the underlying complexity while enabling convenient cross-device authentication.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the server apparatus communicates authentication status and device/service approval information back to users and external devices. This feedback loop allows the system to coordinate authentication across multiple targets while providing users with clear status information, managing complexity through structured communication.
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AI summary
In an authentication method according to an embodiment, an electronic device receives an authentication request message based on identification information from a server apparatus. In response to the authentication request message, the electronic device receives at least one of an input for authentication approval of a specific device and an input for authentication approval of a service offered through the specific device. Then, in response to the input, the electronic device transmits authentication approval information to the server apparatus.