Vehicle Dynamic Multi-Factor Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern vehicle systems face security challenges due to increased digital access and remote communication, as they often rely on binary authentication methods that do not leverage the variances in authentication capabilities, leading to inadequate security assurances.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle-based computing system that determines and utilizes a combination of available security authentication systems to meet designated security levels, allowing for dynamic multi-factor authentication by assessing and aggregating various authentication options such as fingerprint scans, device presence, and code inputs, ensuring minimum security standards are met.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If binary authentication methods are used, then the authentication process is simple, but the security assurance is inadequate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic authentication by allowing the system to adaptively select and combine different authentication factors (biometric, device presence, code input) based on the specific security requirements of each application and the available authentication capabilities, rather than using static binary authentication methods
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple authentication factors (biometric data, device presence information, code inputs) into a composite authentication system where different factors are aggregated to meet security thresholds, similar to how composite materials combine different properties to achieve superior performance
2Reliability
If multiple authentication factors are aggregated, then the security level increases, but the authentication process complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs the aggregation of authentication factors and evaluation against security thresholds without requiring user intervention to understand or manage the complexity, making the multi-factor authentication transparent and easy to use while maintaining high security
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of security threshold requirements dynamically based on application specifications and available authentication factors, allowing the system to adjust the number and type of factors needed without requiring users to understand the underlying security model
3Adaptability or versatility
If primary authentication system is unavailable, then authentication flexibility is reduced, but the system must still meet security requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes multiple authentication pathways and alternative factor combinations that can serve as backups if the primary authentication method is unavailable, ensuring security requirements can still be met through alternative means
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal authentication framework where different authentication factors serve multiple purposes - they can be used individually or in combination, and the same factor can satisfy different security thresholds depending on the application requirements
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AI summary
A system includes a processor that receives an authentication request, at a vehicle, from an application executing on a device in communication with the vehicle, including a security designation. The receiving vehicle then determines if the vehicle has access to a primary security authentication system corresponding to the security designation. The vehicle also, responsive to the vehicle having access, utilizes the primary authentication system to authenticate a user via the determined primary security authentication system and provide user credentials, obtained based on successful use of the primary authentication system, to the device.