Visible Spectrum Optical Sequence Identity Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current identity verification methods are inconvenient and prone to user errors, lacking reliable feedback and efficacy, which frustrates users and compromises the security of accessing protected services.

Innovation Solution

An identity verification system utilizing visible spectrum optical sequences, where an authenticator device generates and transmits a time series of colors, shapes, or patterns to an authentication station, which verifies the authentication identifier and executes protected processes, providing user feedback and auditing capabilities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional identity verification methods (username/password with additional verification steps) are used, then security is improved, but user convenience and ease of operation deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveidentity verification securityVSAvoiduser convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical interaction methods (typing passwords, clicking verification buttons, entering CAPTCHA codes) with an optical-based verification system. The user simply views a visual puzzle or pattern displayed on the screen and provides minimal input, such as selecting from predefined options or using gesture-based interaction. This substitution significantly reduces the physical complexity and time required for verification while maintaining security through sophisticated optical pattern recognition and validation algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates self-service capabilities where the verification process is automatically initiated and managed without requiring user intervention beyond the essential verification action. The optical patterns are dynamically generated and presented to the user, who provides a simple response, and the system automatically validates and processes the verification result. This eliminates the need for users to manually initiate verification sequences or navigate complex authentication workflows.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Reliability

If additional verification steps are added to improve security, then reliability is improved, but the complexity of the verification process increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveidentity verification securityVSAvoidverification process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The verification process is segmented into distinct modular components: optical pattern generation, user interaction capture, validation logic execution, and result processing. Each component operates independently and can be selectively activated based on security requirements. This segmentation allows the system to implement multiple verification layers without presenting a monolithic complex interface to the user, as each segment handles a specific aspect of the verification process with simplified user actions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The verification system dynamically adapts its complexity based on the context and security requirements. The optical patterns and verification methods are adjusted in real-time based on factors such as user behavior analysis, device recognition, and risk assessment. This dynamic approach allows the system to implement simple verification for low-risk scenarios while automatically escalating to more sophisticated verification methods only when necessary, thereby maintaining low perceived complexity for most users while ensuring high security when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Reliability

If complex verification protocols are implemented, then security is improved, but user feedback and progress visibility deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveidentity verification securityVSAvoidverification progress feedback
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements continuous visual feedback throughout the verification process. As users interact with the optical patterns or provide verification responses, the system immediately displays progress indicators, validation status, and next-step guidance. The optical patterns themselves can change in response to user actions, providing intuitive visual feedback about verification progress. This ensures users always understand their current state in the verification process and can see immediate confirmation when verification is successful or if additional steps are required.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12045328B2Visible light identity verification systems and methods
Publication Date: 2024.07.23 PAYPAL INC
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AI summary

Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide identity verification for protected services. An identity verification system includes an authenticator device configured to provide a visible spectrum optical sequence including an authentication identifier to an authentication station. The authentication station includes an optical sensor configured to capture a time sequence of visible spectrum image data associated with a validated user, and a logic device configured to receive a visible spectrum optical sequence from the optical sensor, verify the authentication identifier, and execute a protected process associated with the verified authentication identifier. The authenticator device includes an optical transmitter and a logic device configured determine a visible spectrum optical sequence comprising the authentication identifier and to generate the visible spectrum optical sequence using the optical transmitter.