Machine-Readable Access Verification for Restricted Resource Entry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for verifying customer eligibility for access to restricted resources rely on human verification or disconnected payment network APIs, leading to a poor customer experience and inefficiencies in business decision-making, especially in the context of access to premium services, and lack the ability to address the customer experience and inefficiencies in access management.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that includes a user application on a user electronic device to authenticate users, generate a machine-readable code, and communicate it to a backend computer program for verification, allowing access to restricted resources such as physical areas or digital services, with offline validation using QR codes, NFC, or BLE, and utilizing machine learning for access management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If human verification or disconnected payment network APIs are used for customer eligibility verification, then the system can verify customer eligibility, but the customer experience deteriorates and business decision-making becomes inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service verification where the customer's mobile device automatically presents a machine-readable code (QR code, NFC, or BLE) that contains eligibility information. The access device reads this code and the backend system validates it without requiring human intervention or disconnected API calls, thus improving both customer experience and decision-making efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual human verification and disconnected payment network APIs with an automated electronic system. The machine-readable code stored in the mobile device is read by the access device, and the backend system automatically validates eligibility and makes decisions, eliminating the need for human actors and improving efficiency.
2Reliability
If visual verification by human actors is used, then customer eligibility can be verified, but the process becomes time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a digital copy of the customer's eligibility information in the form of a machine-readable code (QR code, NFC, or BLE) stored in their mobile device. This digital copy can be read and validated instantly by the access device without requiring time-consuming visual verification by human actors, thus reducing verification time while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The eligibility verification information is prepared and stored in advance in the customer's mobile device before they need access. The machine-readable code is generated and stored beforehand, allowing for instant verification at the point of access without requiring time-consuming real-time verification processes.
3Adaptability or versatility
If third-party services are used for verification, then the system can access customer information, but the verification process becomes disconnected from the resource owner and less efficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a machine-readable code (QR code, NFC, or BLE) as an intermediary carrier that contains customer eligibility information. This intermediary allows the access device to directly access and read customer information without relying on disconnected third-party services, thereby improving verification efficiency while maintaining adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for restricted resource access management are disclosed. A method may include: a user application executed by a user electronic device receiving a request for access to a restricted resource, generating a machine-readable code comprising a unique identifier and a uniform resource locator, communicating the machine-readable code to a backend computer program, and presenting the machine-readable code to an access device for the restricted resource. The access device may communicate the machine-readable code to the backend computer program using the uniform resource locator. The backend computer program may compare the machine-readable code received from the user application to the machine-readable code received from the access device, and may send a control signal to the access device to grant access in response to a match. The access device may grant access to the restricted resource in response to receiving the first control signal.