Dating Card QR Code System for Secure Profile Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional dating services face issues such as time-consuming and costly preliminary communications, privacy concerns, fraudulence, and the need for a large customer base for revenue generation, with existing systems often relying on database searches and uniform profile formats that restrict individual expression and control over personal information exposure.

Innovation Solution

A system and method using a 'dating card' with a security key that directs recipients to a secure network resource for accessing personal information, allowing registered members to customize their profiles and control who accesses their information, independent of a large customer base, using QR codes and mobile applications for secure and private matching.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional dating services use database searches of personal profiles, then matching can be performed, but privacy is compromised and members cannot control who accesses their information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprivacy controlVSAvoidinformation access control
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments information access by creating individual dating cards for each member, each containing a unique security key. Instead of a centralized database search, each member receives a separate card that can be independently controlled and shared with specific individuals, enabling selective information disclosure without compromising overall privacy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The dating card with security key acts as an intermediary between members and the dating service system. The card controls the flow of information by requiring physical possession and verification of the security key, serving as a mediator that enables or disables information access based on member authorization rather than automated database queries.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If conventional dating services require standard personal information forms, then database querying is enabled, but individual expression is restricted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprofile customizationVSAvoidstandardized data collection
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from static standardized forms to dynamic profile customization. Members can create and modify their own dating cards with unique designs, layouts, and information presentations according to their preferences, making the profile creation process adaptive and flexible rather than rigid and standardized.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

Each member's dating card is customized with local quality - unique designs, selected information fields, and personalized presentations that reflect individual preferences. Instead of uniform standardized forms, each card has tailored characteristics that suit the member's specific needs and expression goals.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Productivity

If conventional dating services rely on large customer bases, then revenue can be generated, but the service cannot operate independently of member quantity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverevenue generationVSAvoidcustomer base size
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service through the dating card mechanism where members actively distribute cards to potential dates rather than passively relying on system-matched profiles. This shifts the dynamic from quantity-dependent revenue to value-based revenue, where each card represents an independent business opportunity regardless of total member base size.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Members perform preliminary action by creating and distributing dating cards before actual dating interactions. This advance preparation enables direct value exchange and revenue generation from the moment of card distribution, eliminating the need to wait for a large customer base to accumulate organic value.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Productivity

If conventional dating services enable database profile searches, then matching is possible, but preliminary communications become time-consuming and costly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvematching efficiencyVSAvoidcommunication time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts the matching function from the time-consuming database search process. By using dating cards with unique security keys that directly link to individual profiles, the system eliminates the need for lengthy preliminary communications and automated database queries, enabling rapid direct access to relevant information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The dating card system allows users to skip through the lengthy preliminary communication phase by providing direct access to curated personal information through the security key verification process. This rushes through the matching process from the perspective of the card holder, enabling faster connection establishment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #21Skipping (Rushing through)

Data Source

PatentUS9129297B2System and method for providing internet based dating services
Publication Date: 2015.09.08 ALDAAG ROI
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AI summary

A system and method for providing a dating service using dating cards with unique QR code/s. A registered member of the dating service acquires one or more dating cards with unique QR codes and presents the card a potential date. When the potential date scans the QR code, the potential date is forwarded to personal information of the registered member. The potential date therefore can appraise the merits of the registered member based on the personal information and decide whether to establish further contact. Preferably, the dating card has a detachable tab with a unique QR code that correlates to the QR code on the card that is handed to the potential date for tracking and access control purposes. Each card can reveal a partial or different façade of the personal information and display a different personal greeting message.