Digital Visual Code for Secure User Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional digital systems require users to manually enter or search for identifying information to interact with others, leading to frustration and inefficiency, especially when dealing with large user bases with similar names or information.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of digital visual codes that embed user identifiers within a patterned array of digital visual code points, allowing users to quickly and securely identify and interact with others by scanning these codes, which can be used to grant privileges within networking systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users manually enter or search for identifying information to interact with others, then the system can identify users, but the process requires extensive time and leads to user frustration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual entry and searching process with an optical scanning system. Users scan a visual code displayed on one device using a camera or imaging device on another device, and the system automatically decodes the visual code to identify the user. This substitution of manual mechanical operations with automated optical and digital processing eliminates the time-consuming manual search process while maintaining reliable user identification.
2Productivity
If users search through large user lists to identify others, then the system can locate users, but the process is unreliable and inconvenient when dealing with millions or billions of users with similar names
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential identification information from the large user list and encodes it into a compact visual code format. Instead of presenting users with long lists of names and requiring them to search through millions of entries, the system generates a visual code that contains the user's identifying information in an encoded form. This extraction and encoding of identification data into a condensed visual representation enables both rapid and reliable user identification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of information representation from text-based user lists to visual code-based identification. By transforming user identification data into a visual code format that can be scanned and decoded, the system changes the fundamental parameter of how identification information is stored and transmitted. This parameter change enables much faster and more reliable identification compared to searching through text lists, as the visual code can be read and decoded instantly by imaging devices.
3Ease of operation
If conventional digital systems require manual information exchange, then the system can establish connections, but the process is inefficient and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by allowing the system to automatically perform the identification and connection process without requiring manual user input. When a user displays their visual code and another user scans it, the system automatically decodes the code, identifies the user, and establishes the connection. This eliminates the need for manual entry of identifying information and automated processing of the connection request, making the process both convenient and efficient.
Data Source
AI summary
One or more embodiments of the disclosure include systems and methods that generate and utilize digital visual codes. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods generate digital visual codes comprising a plurality of digital visual code points arranged in concentric circles, a plurality of anchor points, and an orientation anchor surrounding a digital media item. In addition, the disclosed systems and methods embed information in the digital visual code points regarding an account of a first user of a networking system. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods display the digital visual codes via a computing device of the first user, scan the digital visual codes via a second computing device, and provide privileges to the second computing device in relation to the account of the first user in the networking system based on the scanned digital visual code.