Contactless Card Verification Using NDEF and EMV Identifiers

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

The increasing use of credit and debit cards for transactions has led to increased risks of fraud and theft due to the difficulty in verifying the user's identity and the ease of misappropriating card credentials, especially in remote transactions.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for user verification using a short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, that reads and compares two types of data (NDEF and EMV) with stored user identifiers to enhance verification, utilizing a client device, server, and database to confirm the authorized user.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If card credentials are printed on the card or contained in a magnetic stripe, then transaction convenience is improved, but fraud risk increases due to ease of misappropriation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransaction convenienceVSAvoidfraud risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the verification process into multiple independent components: first data type reading, second data type reading, and comparison operations. Each data type serves as a separate verification layer, making it difficult for fraudsters to compromise the entire system by obtaining one data type alone.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary verification system that acts as a mediator between the card and the transaction processor. This system reads and compares multiple data types before authorizing transactions, adding a security layer that prevents direct misuse of card credentials while maintaining transaction convenience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If remote transactions are enabled, then transaction accessibility is improved, but user identity verification becomes more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransaction accessibilityVSAvoididentity verification difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the verification system continuously reads and compares multiple data types from the card, providing real-time verification feedback. This ensures that even in remote transactions, the system can confidently verify user identity through multi-layered data validation before authorizing transactions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If multiple data types are read and compared from the short-range transceiver, then verification security is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification securityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent designs the verification system to handle multiple data types (first and second data types) using a unified process flow. The same client device and verification logic process both data types, making the system multi-functional without proportionally increasing complexity. This universal approach allows secure multi-layer verification while maintaining system efficiency.

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

Data Source

PatentEP4196945B1Systems and methods for user verification via short-range transceiver
Publication Date: 2025.12.10 CAPITAL ONE SERVICES LLC
  • EP4196945B1 patent drawingFigure 1A
  • EP4196945B1 patent drawingFigure 1B
  • EP4196945B1 patent drawingFigure 2

AI summary

Systems, methods, and computer-accessible mediums for user verification through the interaction of a short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, with a client device are presented. User verification may be provided in the context of reading two types of data from the short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, using a client device, sending the data to a server, obtaining identifiers from each data type and comparing with stored user identifier data. Matching stored user identifier data to two forms of identification data obtained from a short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, provides an enhanced ability to verify that the short-range transceiver is being used by an authorized user.