Beacon Signal Verification via Intermediary Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile communication terminals receive and provide information linked with beacon signals without verifying their validity, leading to exposure to undesired information due to the potential for malicious signals and signal overlap from adjacent shops.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that verify the validity of beacon signals by using a verification beacon device to compare authentication information received from a beacon service server with information from a verification beacon device, ensuring that only valid signals from registered devices within the user's vicinity are provided.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If beacon signals are transmitted without verification, then service coverage and accessibility are improved, but security and reliability deteriorate due to malicious signals and adjacent shop interference
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a verification beacon device as an intermediary between the content beacon device and the terminal. This verification device receives authentication information from both the content beacon and the terminal, validates their consistency, and only then allows the terminal to access the beacon service. This mediator mechanism maintains open service coverage while ensuring signal reliability by filtering out malicious or misplaced beacon signals.
2Reliability
If authentication verification is implemented, then security and reliability are improved, but device complexity and operational overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The verification beacon device performs self-verification by autonomously comparing authentication information received from the content beacon with information from the terminal. The system automatically validates signals without requiring manual intervention or complex external verification processes, thereby maintaining high reliability while minimizing operational complexity.
3Reliability
If authentication verification is implemented, then security against malicious signals is improved, but processing time and operational efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The verification beacon device is pre-configured with authentication information and verification protocols before operation. When a beacon signal is received, the verification process immediately compares pre-stored authentication data with incoming signals, enabling rapid validation. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for complex real-time authentication computations, thus maintaining security while minimizing processing time.
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AI summary
Provided are a method, system, and apparatus for verifying the validity of a beacon signal. More particularly, the user terminal determines whether authentication information received from a beacon service server and authentication information received from a verification beacon server are the same to allow the received beacon signal to provide only user-desired information to a user, thus allowing the user to focus on purchasing activity in a member shop to increase shopping time and efficiency and promote consumption.