AR Asset Unlocking via Electronic Tag Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing authentication methods for consumer products rely on building specific design elements or labels, which are inefficient and limited in interaction opportunities.
Innovation Solution
Authentication based on an electronic tag and additional factors, using an end-user computing device to capture input from the tag, generate supplemental data, and transmit it for authentication, displaying results and selecting digital assets if successful.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional design elements or labels are built into products for authentication, then authentication can be performed, but the process is inefficient and lacks user interaction opportunities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical labels and design elements with electronic tags and digital authentication systems. The authentication process is transformed from a static physical verification to a dynamic digital interaction involving image capture, data transmission, and server-based verification, thereby improving efficiency and enabling enhanced user interactions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication server that mediates between the user's imaging device and the product's electronic tag. This server processes authentication requests, verifies product legitimacy, and enables conditional digital asset delivery, creating a streamlined and interactive authentication workflow that overcomes the limitations of traditional direct verification methods.
2Adaptability or versatility
If electronic tags and digital authentication systems are implemented, then authentication efficiency and user interaction opportunities increase, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex authentication logic from the user's device and places it on a centralized server. The user's imaging device only performs simple image capture and data transmission functions, while the server handles the complex verification processes, database queries, and digital asset management. This extraction significantly reduces the complexity burden on user devices while maintaining high adaptability and interaction capabilities.
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AI summary
An end-user computing device may utilize augmented reality to capture input from a target image. The end-user computing device may determine whether the target image contains target information. If so, an augmented reality program on the end-user computing device may present an indication that the end user has unlocked an asset. An indication that the end user has unlocked the asset may also be sent to a remote computing device.