Digital Passport Object Augmentation via Wallet Provider
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing passport systems rely on physical documents, leading to inefficiencies and inconveniences in tracking and updating identity information, resulting in repetitive and time-intensive user actions, potential errors, and prolonged processing times, which can hinder international travel.
Innovation Solution
A digital passport system that uses a wallet provider computing device to manage digital passport objects, allowing for secure extension or renewal through a processor that receives augmentation requests, generates packages, transmits authentication requests, and updates records with sponsoring authorities, leveraging encryption and biometric data for verification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If physical passport systems are used, then identity verification can be performed, but processing time and user effort increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a digital copy of the passport (digital passport object) that can be stored and processed electronically. This digital replica eliminates the need for physical document handling, mailing, and manual data entry, thereby dramatically reducing processing time and user effort while maintaining verification capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/physical passport system with a digital electronic system. Instead of physical documents being mailed and manually processed, the system uses electronic data transmission, automated authentication, and digital record-keeping, substituting mechanical processes with electronic ones to improve efficiency.
2Reliability
If physical passport extension is used, then passport validity can be renewed, but error rates increase due to manual data entry
Solution Approach 1:
The digital passport object creates an exact electronic copy of passport data that can be automatically updated and synchronized. This eliminates manual data entry and transcription errors that occur when users physically fill out forms and copy information between documents, thereby improving data accuracy while simplifying the renewal process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables automated self-service passport renewal where the digital passport object can be updated electronically without requiring users to manually complete physical forms. The automated authentication and data synchronization processes reduce user effort while maintaining high data accuracy through system-generated records.
3Productivity
If digital passport system is implemented, then processing efficiency improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the passport system into distinct digital components: the digital passport object stored on user devices, the wallet provider computing device that manages extensions, and the sponsoring authority systems that verify authentication. This segmentation allows each component to operate independently and efficiently, improving overall processing speed while managing system complexity through modular architecture.
Data Source
AI summary
A wallet provider (WP) computing device is provided for extending a digital passport object stored in a digital wallet. The WP computing device includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The processor is programmed to receive an augmentation request associated with the digital passport object from a requesting user device, retrieve an augmentation template and trusted authentication data based at least in part on the augmentation request, generate an augmentation package associated with the digital passport object, transmit an authentication request to an authenticating user device, receive an authentication response from the user device, determine an authentication evaluation of the augmentation package associated with the digital passport object, and transmit the updated augmentation package to the sponsoring authority.