Secured Virtual-to-Real Communication With Biometric Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies lack a secured communication channel to bridge virtual environments to the real world, exposing data to bad actors and cyberattacks, and fail to protect user profiles and information from unauthorized access.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that verifies user identity using public and private encryption keys, multi-factor authentication, and biometric features to secure data communication between virtual and real-world environments, ensuring only legitimate users can decrypt interaction messages and transfer resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If data is transmitted from virtual environments to the real world through the Internet, then communication functionality is enabled, but data is exposed to bad actors and cyberattacks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary verification system that acts as a mediator between the virtual environment and the real world. This system validates user identities and verifies communication channels before allowing data transmission, thereby enabling communication functionality while protecting against cyberattacks and data exposure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary verification and authentication actions before data transmission occurs. User identities are verified, encryption keys are exchanged, and communication channels are secured in advance, preventing harmful factors from affecting the transmission process.
2Reliability
If user identity verification is implemented using encryption keys, then network security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses cryptographic key pairs (public and private keys) where the public key serves as a copy or representation of the user's identity that can be freely shared, while the private key remains secure. This copying mechanism enables secure verification without requiring complex authentication infrastructure.
3Reliability
If multi-factor authentication and biometric verification are implemented, then unauthorized access is prevented, but authentication time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary identity verification and authentication before the actual data transmission or resource transfer occurs. By completing the authentication process in advance, the system ensures security while minimizing the time impact during the actual transaction, as the verification groundwork is already laid.
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AI summary
A system comprises a virtual environment device and an entity device. The virtual environment device receives interaction initiate message from an avatar being operated in a virtual environment. The interaction initiate message includes a request to provide a particular resource to a user in the real world, identity token indicating the identities of the user and the entity, and interaction token indicating information on providing the particular resource to the user. The virtual environment device communicates an interaction request message to the entity device, where the interaction request message includes portion(s) of the interaction initiate message and an authentication token that is generated based on user physical attributes and avatar virtual attributes. The system verifies that the user initiated the interaction initiate message based on evaluating the authentication token. In response, the system provides the requested resource to the user.