Vehicle-Based Multi-Factor Authentication System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manual interactions between users and third parties for data and information exchange are inefficient, slow, and insecure, leading to reduced productivity and security.
Innovation Solution
A system for multi-factor authentication using vehicle recognition, which identifies and authenticates users via communicable linkages between user devices and automobile systems, incorporating vehicle biometrics and user preferences to allow access to locations without additional authentication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual authentication methods (PIN, zip code) are used at locations like gas pumps, then security can be maintained, but user efficiency and speed of interaction are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a vehicle system as an intermediary between the user and third-party locations. The vehicle acts as a trusted mediator that already contains authenticated user information, eliminating the need for manual credential input at each location while maintaining security through the vehicle's existing authentication framework
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs authentication preliminarily when the user enters the vehicle, storing authentication status and level information in the vehicle system. This preliminary authentication eliminates the need for repeated manual verification at each subsequent location, improving speed while maintaining security through pre-validated credentials
2Reliability
If multiple authentication factors are collected and verified, then authentication security and reliability are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple authentication factors (biometric data, user preferences, device identifiers) into a single integrated authentication process within the vehicle system. The vehicle system merges these diverse data sources and presents them as a unified authentication package to third-party locations, improving security without requiring complex individual verification of each factor at external sites
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle authentication system serves multiple functions: it collects biometric data, verifies user identity, determines authentication level, stores credential information, and communicates with various third-party locations. This multi-functional approach consolidates complexity into a single universal system rather than requiring separate authentication mechanisms for each function
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for a multi-factor authentication of a user via a vehicle recognition of the user. In this way, the invention may identify a user co-located to a vehicle and authenticate that user via communicable linkages between a user device and automobile system. The invention may authenticate the user via the communicable linkage, vehicle biometrics, user vehicle preferences, and/or third party authentication. Based on a number of authentication points identified, the system may identify a level of authentication for accessing authentication locations. The system may then allow user access to various locations from his/her vehicle without requiring authentication into those locations.