Biometric Delivery Terminal Spoofing Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional delivery systems select deliverers based on their device location, which can lead to malicious actors using relay terminals to spoof their location, resulting in delivery delays and incorrect selection of deliverers who are not near the store.

Innovation Solution

Incorporating biometric and body motion information, along with possession status determination using wearable devices and sensors, to verify the actual possession and location of deliverer terminals, ensuring accurate selection of nearby deliverers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If delivery selection is based on electronic device location information, then delivery efficiency is improved by selecting nearby deliverers, but malicious deliverers can use relay terminals to spoof their location and receive incorrect delivery orders

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedelivery efficiencyVSAvoiddelivery order accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces biometric information and body motion information as intermediary verification mechanisms. These intermediaries serve as proof of actual possession, allowing the system to distinguish between genuine deliverers and those using relay terminals. The biometric data (fingerprint, face recognition) and motion data (accelerometer, gyroscope) act as mediators that confirm the deliverer's true location and identity, resolving the contradiction between efficiency and accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical/physical reliance on device location alone with biometric and motion sensing systems. Instead of trusting location data from a relay terminal, the system uses biometric sensors (fingerprint sensors, face recognition cameras) and motion sensors (accelerometers, gyroscopes) to verify actual possession. This substitution transforms the verification mechanism from purely location-based to biometric and motion-based, preventing spoofing while maintaining delivery efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Reliability

If biometric and body motion information verification is implemented, then delivery order accuracy is improved by preventing relay terminal spoofing, but system complexity increases due to additional sensors and processing requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedelivery order accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent makes the electronic device itself multi-functional by integrating biometric sensors (fingerprint, face recognition) and motion sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope) that the deliverer already carries. Instead of adding separate verification devices, the system uses the deliverer's existing smartphone or wearable device to perform multiple functions: location tracking, biometric verification, and motion analysis. This universality reduces overall system complexity while maintaining high reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements self-service verification where the deliverer's own device performs the authentication. The biometric information and body motion information are collected from the deliverer's personal electronic device or wearable device, eliminating the need for external verification equipment. The deliverer's device serves itself to prove identity and location, reducing system complexity while ensuring accurate delivery order assignment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12260369B2System for determining whether user is actually in possession of electronic device providing location information, and storage medium and determination method for same
Publication Date: 2025.03.25 CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD
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  • US12260369B2 patent drawing
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AI summary

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a system, a storage medium, and a determination method capable of appropriately determining whether or not a delivery person is near a store where the delivery person receives a product. A delivery system includes: a delivery person terminal and a delivery management server, the delivery person terminal includes: a communication circuit which communicates with a delivery management server; one or more processors performs the following: acquiring first position information indicating the current position of the delivery person terminal; acquiring biometric information on a delivery person (user) or body movement information; and acquiring possession state information indicating whether the delivery person terminal is possessed by the user, based on the acquired biometric information or the acquired body movement information, controlling the communication circuit to transmit, to the delivery management server, the first position information and the possession state information regarding the possession state of the user determined.