Identity authentication method and apparatus

• US 10,701,066 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2017
• Issued: 06/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zheng, Lu, Zhang, Shuai, Shang, Tingting, Rao, Rui, Chen, Yan, Huang, Yaode, Wang, Zhenhua
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehrmanesh, Amir
• Application Number:
  US15/792,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20180048641A1
• Time in Patent Office: 980 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G09C 5/00 Ciphering apparatus or methods not provided for in the preceding groups, e.g. involving the concealment or deformation of graphic data such as designs, written or printed messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/068 using time-dependent keys, e.g. periodically changing keys cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for controlling usage of secret information H04L9/088
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0846 using time-dependent-passwords, e.g. periodically changing passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3226 using a predetermined code, e.g. password, passphrase or PIN network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using passwords in a packet data network H04L63/083

Abstract

An identity authentication method, comprising: at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, the electronic device coupled with a display and one or more input devices: receiving an identity authentication request; in response to receiving the identity authentication request, performing an interactive authentication information exchange between the electronic device and a user, including: displaying, on the display, first visual information in a first manner; displaying, on the display, the first visual information in a second manner that is distinct from the first manner, wherein the first visual information displayed in the second manner includes a timing characteristic that is absent from the first visual information displayed in the first manner; receiving user input entered in accordance with the first visual information displayed in the second manner; and verifying that the user input conforms to the timing characteristic in the first visual information displayed in the second manner.

Claims

1. An identity authentication method, comprising:

at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, the electronic device coupled with a display and one or more input devices;

receiving an identity authentication request;

in response to receiving the identity authentication request, performing an interactive authentication information exchange between the electronic device and a user, including;

displaying, on the display, first visual information in a first manner;

displaying, on the display, the first visual information in a second manner that is distinct from the first manner, wherein the first visual information displayed in the second manner includes a timing characteristic that is absent from the first visual information displayed in the first manner;

receiving user input entered in accordance with the first visual information displayed in the second manner;

verifying that the user input conforms to the timing characteristic in the first visual information displayed in the second manner;

in accordance with a determination that the user input conforms to the timing characteristic of the second visual information displayed in the second manner, uploading the user input to a server, so that the server performs identity authentication on the user according to the user input; and

in accordance with a determination that the user input does not conform to the timing characteristic of the second visual information displayed in the second manner, prompting the user to resubmit the identity authentication request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the device displays the first visual information displayed in the first manner in a first region of the display, while the device displays the first visual information in the second manner in a second region of the display that is distinct from the first region of the display.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

displaying the first visual information in the first manner includes displaying a verification code that includes a sequence of characters as a whole without individually enhancing one character over another character of the verification code; and

displaying the first visual information in the second manner includes sequentially visually enhancing each character of the verification code relative to other characters of the verification code.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein verifying whether the user input conforms to the timing characteristic in the first visual information displayed in the second manner includes:

analysing the user input to determine a plurality of parts of the user input that correspond to the sequence of characters; and

determining whether a timing of each part of the plurality of parts of the user input corresponds to a timing of a respective character of the sequence of characters being visually enhanced during display of the first visual information in the second manner.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving the user input includes:

recording a facial image of the user image while concurrently recording a speech input from the user, wherein the speech input includes a plurality of segments that are arrange on a timeline at respective locations at which the plurality of characters of the sequence of characters in the verification code are displayed with visual enhancement.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the first visual information includes:

displaying at least a first piece of information that is first authentication information for the user to confirm an identity of a sender of the first visual information, and

displaying at least a second piece of information that is to be used as a basis for the user to generate second authentication information for the sender of the first visual information to verify an identity of the user.

7. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising;

receiving an identity authentication request;

in response to receiving the identity authentication request, performing an interactive authentication information exchange between the electronic device and a user, including;

displaying, on a display, first visual information in a first manner;

displaying, on the display, the first visual information in a second manner that is distinct from the first manner, wherein the first visual information displayed in the second manner includes a timing characteristic that is absent from the first visual information displayed in the first manner;

receiving user input entered in accordance with the first visual information displayed in the second manner;

verifying that the user input conforms to the timing characteristic in the first visual information displayed in the second manner;

in accordance with a determination that the user input conforms to the timing characteristic of the second visual information displayed in the second manner, uploading the user input to a server, so that the server performs identity authentication on the user according to the user input; and

in accordance with a determination that the user input does not conform to the timing characteristic of the second visual information displayed in the second manner, prompting the user to resubmit the identity authentication request.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the device displays the first visual information displayed in the first manner in a first region of the display, while the device displays the first visual information in the second manner in a second region of the display that is distinct from the first region of the display.

9. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein:

displaying the first visual information in the first manner includes displaying a verification code that includes a sequence of characters as a whole without individually enhancing one character over another character of the verification code; and

displaying the first visual information in the second manner includes sequentially visually enhancing each character of the verification code relative to other characters of the verification code.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein verifying whether the user input conforms to the timing characteristic in the first visual information displayed in the second manner includes:

analysing the user input to determine a plurality of parts of the user input that correspond to the sequence of characters; and

determining whether a timing of each part of the plurality of parts of the user input corresponds to a timing of a respective character of the sequence of characters being visually enhanced during display of the first visual information in the second manner.

11. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein receiving the user input includes:

recording a facial image of the user image while concurrently recording a speech input from the user, wherein the speech input includes a plurality of segments that are arrange on a timeline at respective locations at which the plurality of characters of the sequence of characters in the verification code are displayed with visual enhancement.

12. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein displaying the first visual information includes:

displaying at least a first piece of information that is first authentication information for the user to confirm an identity of a sender of the first visual information, and

displaying at least a second piece of information that is to be used as a basis for the user to generate second authentication information for the sender of the first visual information to verify an identity of the user.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving an identity authentication request;

in response to receiving the identity authentication request, performing an interactive authentication information exchange between the electronic device and a user, including;

displaying, on a display, first visual information in a first manner;

displaying, on the display, the first visual information in a second manner that is distinct from the first manner, wherein the first visual information displayed in the second manner includes a timing characteristic that is absent from the first visual information displayed in the first manner;

receiving user input entered in accordance with the first visual information displayed in the second manner;

verifying that the user input conforms to the timing characteristic in the first visual information displayed in the second manner;

in accordance with a determination that the user input conforms to the timing characteristic of the second visual information displayed in the second manner, uploading the user input to a server, so that the server performs identity authentication on the user according to the user input; and

in accordance with a determination that the user input does not conform to the timing characteristic of the second visual information displayed in the second manner, prompting the user to resubmit the identity authentication request.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the device displays the first visual information displayed in the first manner in a first region of the display, while the device displays the first visual information in the second manner in a second region of the display that is distinct from the first region of the display.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein:

displaying the first visual information in the first manner includes displaying a verification code that includes a sequence of characters as a whole without individually enhancing one character over another character of the verification code; and

displaying the first visual information in the second manner includes sequentially visually enhancing each character of the verification code relative to other characters of the verification code.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein verifying whether the user input conforms to the timing characteristic in the first visual information displayed in the second manner includes:

analysing the user input to determine a plurality of parts of the user input that correspond to the sequence of characters; and

determining whether a timing of each part of the plurality of parts of the user input corresponds to a timing of a respective character of the sequence of characters being visually enhanced during display of the first visual information in the second manner.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein receiving the user input includes:

recording a facial image of the user image while concurrently recording a speech input from the user, wherein the speech input includes a plurality of segments that are arrange on a timeline at respective locations at which the plurality of characters of the sequence of characters in the verification code are displayed with visual enhancement.