Multi-Channel User Profile Authentication System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing authentication systems face challenges in providing secure and convenient access to information and services across various devices and platforms, often requiring increased security measures that may inconvenience users and are not necessary for all consumers.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for creating a user profile that is compatible across multiple authentication channels, including device, application, and authentication channels, which collects and analyzes attributes to optimize data security by calculating a risk score for access decisions, allowing for efficient and secure authentication across different devices and platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional authentication systems are used to ensure data security, then security level is improved, but user convenience deteriorates due to increased security measures and input requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by collecting device attributes, application attributes, and authentication attributes during initial device registration and previous authentication sessions. This pre-collected information is stored and used to automatically authenticate subsequent sessions without requiring users to re-enter credentials, thereby maintaining security while improving convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication system performs self-service by automatically comparing current device and application attributes against previously stored profiles without requiring active user participation. The system autonomously calculates risk scores and makes authentication decisions based on the degree of match, eliminating the need for users to manually provide security credentials for every session.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple authentication channels are supported across different devices, then adaptability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication system achieves universality by creating a unified user profile that aggregates device attributes, application attributes, and authentication attributes across multiple devices and platforms. This single profile structure serves all authentication channels (web, mobile applications, desktop applications) uniformly, allowing the system to handle diverse devices without requiring separate authentication mechanisms for each platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The system manages complexity through parameter changes by dynamically adjusting the weight and significance of different attribute types based on the authentication context. The risk score calculation adapts parameters such as device type, application sensitivity, and authentication method to determine the appropriate level of verification required, simplifying the decision-making process while maintaining security across varied scenarios.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method of establishing a user profile using multiple channels. Embodiments allow compatibility of the user profile across several authentication systems. The user profile is created upon registration and is updated with attributes after authenticating and authorizing the user according to a pre-defined assurance level. The user profile contains attributes pertaining to the user and user device. The attributes can be analyzed by authentication systems to optimize data security.