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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2022
Numéraire Financial, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Thomas P. Hardjono, Winchester, MA (US);
Marsha Lipton, Chicago, IL (US);
Numéraire Financial, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described for using a decentralized group of authentication server nodes to prevent singular dependence upon any given online platform for authenticating avatars. For each epoch duration of time, a consensus protocol operating on a blockchain is used to elect an authentication server node. The elected node can then act as an authentication server on behalf of the online platform for that fixed epoch duration of time. Within this epoch of time, a client device (e.g., used by a user to access an online platform) performs a periodic heartbeat authentication with the elected authentication server node using an efficient authentication protocol that relies on a keyed-hashing mechanism. A client device can use the described system and authentication methods concurrently with multiple different online platforms (e.g., separate metaverses or other virtual worlds).