Biometric Authentication Server for Hotel Reward Distribution

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems for biometric authentication in tourist areas, such as hotels and affiliated businesses, do not effectively contribute to revitalizing the local economy.

Innovation Solution

A system comprising a server apparatus that stores biometric information of hotel users and an authentication terminal managed by affiliated business operators, which transmits authentication requests for biometric matching. The system provides rewards to hotel users when they use affiliated services, promoting economic revitalization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If biometric authentication is implemented in hotels and affiliated businesses, then user identification accuracy is improved, but economic revitalization effect deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser identification accuracyVSAvoideconomic revitalization effect

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines biometric authentication functionality with economic revitalization by integrating hotel authentication terminals with affiliated business operators. The system merges user identification with reward distribution, creating a unified ecosystem where authentication serves both security and economic stimulation purposes simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The authentication terminal is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a biometric identification device and as a reward distribution mechanism. The same terminal that authenticates users also provides rewards to affiliated businesses, making the system versatile and economically beneficial while maintaining accurate identification.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Ease of operation

If simple biometric authentication is provided, then ease of operation is improved, but economic benefit to local area deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveauthentication convenienceVSAvoidlocal economy revitalization

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges simple authentication operations with economic benefit generation by automatically distributing rewards to affiliated businesses when users are authenticated. The convenience of biometric authentication is preserved while adding an automatic reward mechanism that stimulates local economy without requiring additional user effort.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where authenticated users automatically receive reward information, and affiliated businesses receive notification of customer visits. This feedback loop creates economic incentives while maintaining operational simplicity, as the reward distribution occurs automatically based on authentication events.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Device complexity

If biometric matching is performed only in hotels, then system complexity is reduced, but economic impact on affiliated businesses deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem structureVSAvoidaffiliated business economic impact

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The server acts as an intermediary that receives authentication requests from various terminals (hotel check-in, affiliated business terminals) and distributes rewards accordingly. This intermediary architecture allows the system to handle multiple locations without proportionally increasing complexity, as the server centralizes the reward distribution logic.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250080529A1System, server apparatus, control method of server apparatus, and storage medium

Publication Date: 2025.03.06 NEC CORP

AI summary

A system includes a server apparatus and an authentication terminal. The server apparatus stores biometric information of at least one or more users who plan to use a hotel. The authentication terminal is managed by an affiliated business operator that has a partnership relationship with the hotel and transmits an authentication request that includes biometric information of a person to be authenticated to the server apparatus. The server apparatus identifies the person to be authenticated among the at least one or more users by a matching processing using the biometric information included in the authentication request and the stored biometric information. When the identified person to be authenticated is a hotel user who uses or has used the hotel within a predetermined period of time based on a time of processing the authentication request, the server apparatus provides the hotel user with a reward related to the affiliated business operator.