Article Recognition and Token Verification for Secure Content Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems lack a reliable strategy for validating user ownership or possession of articles to grant access to associated content, particularly in transactions involving real and virtual goods.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that uses a manipulated user device with a camera and pose estimation, image recognition, and rights verification modules to ensure an article is validly presented and verifiably owned by the user, leveraging blockchain for token-based ownership verification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If content access is granted based on simple location or device context, then content delivery is easy and fast, but the system cannot reliably validate user ownership or possession of articles
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a blockchain-based token system as an intermediary between the physical article and the digital content. The token serves as a mediator that verifies ownership without requiring complex direct verification systems. The token contains encoded information about the article and its owner, enabling reliable validation while keeping the overall system architecture manageable through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a digital copy (token) of the physical article's ownership information on the blockchain. This digital copy can be verified without examining the physical article itself, allowing the system to validate ownership remotely and reliably. The token is a cryptographic representation that can be copied and distributed without compromising the underlying physical asset.
2Reliability
If comprehensive validation of article presentation and ownership is implemented, then secure content access is achieved, but the process becomes more complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs validation actions in advance by pre-minting tokens on the blockchain with encoded article and ownership information. This preliminary action ensures that when content access is requested, the verification process is simply a matter of reading pre-computed data from the blockchain, rather than performing complex real-time analysis. The heavy lifting is done beforehand when the token is created.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex mechanical verification systems (requiring physical inspection, manual authentication, or intricate validation protocols) with a digital cryptographic system. The blockchain's inherent properties provide verification through mathematical proofs rather than complex procedural checks, significantly reducing validation time while maintaining security.
3Adaptability or versatility
If AR capabilities are used to present personalized content, then user experience is enhanced and immersive, but the system cannot reliably connect physical articles to digital content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the token system universal by designing it to work with any physical article that can be represented as a digital asset. The same token-based mechanism can connect different types of articles (clothing, accessories, collectibles) to their respective digital content, providing versatile functionality across various application domains while maintaining reliable connections.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to the connection between physical and digital worlds by introducing the blockchain as a third layer. Instead of directly linking physical articles to digital content (which is unreliable), the system creates a dimensional bridge through cryptographic tokens that exist in both physical and digital realms, enabling secure connections across the spectrum.
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AI summary
A system and method for presenting assigned content to a user on a user's device after validating an association of the user with a recognized article based on a valid spatial relationship between the user and the recognized article and also after verifying rights to access the assigned content by the user. The user device equipped with at least one camera used to determine if the article is properly presented. The device captures images and the system has the ability to determine from the images and any additional spatial information the orientation and/or position parameters of the article to confirm whether the valid spatial relationship exists between the recognized article and the user device. The assigned content presented to the user can be contextual and can range from items such as images, music, videos, games, virtual content, augmented a content, coupons (virtual or physical), promotions, special offers and the like.