Electronic Device Location Sharing via Conditional Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in locating lost electronic devices, such as mobile phones, which restrict access to services like mobile banking, necessitating an efficient method for device tracking.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device is configured to share its location with a secondary device when specific conditions are met, including matching identification codes and authentication passwords, using a system with modules for setting, determining, sending, and receiving data to ensure secure and intentional location sharing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If location sharing is enabled without conditions, then location can be easily accessed, but security and privacy are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-configures multiple authentication conditions (identification code matching, authentication password verification, missed call detection) before location sharing can occur. This preliminary setup ensures that location is only shared when specific security criteria are met, resolving the contradiction between ease of access and security.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication mechanism that mediates between the user's location data and the searching device. The condition-based authentication system acts as a mediator that controls information flow, allowing location sharing only when security conditions are satisfied.
2Reliability
If authentication requirements are increased, then security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication system is segmented into multiple independent modules: identification code matching module, authentication password verification module, and missed call detection module. Each module handles a specific authentication condition, making the complex security system more manageable and maintainable while providing layered security.
3Reliability
If location sharing is restricted by conditions, then security is improved, but location retrieval time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs authentication condition checks in advance and maintains a ready state for location sharing. When a lost device report is received, the pre-configured authentication mechanisms can quickly verify conditions and retrieve location data, minimizing the time loss while maintaining security.
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AI summary
A searching method for an electronic device includes presetting a condition for a second electronic device to act as a searching terminal for searching the electronic device. An authentication password is preset at the electronic device. A request for the authentication password is sent to the second electronic device upon determining that the second electronic device meets the condition. Once a password from the second electronic device matches the authentication password, coordinates corresponding to a current location of the electronic device are sent to the second electronic device.