Distributed Ledger Event Verification for Mobile Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack a reliable method for validating event information shared among mobile devices, leading to challenges in immediate response to incident events, high operational costs for centralized management, and risks of information manipulation.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method using distributed ledgers, such as blockchains, for event information sharing among mobile devices, where event existence proofs are generated and verified to ensure the reliability of incident event information, enabling decentralized management and secure publication of verified events.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If centralized management of event information is used, then information collection and management is simplified, but operational costs increase and information manipulation risks arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the centralized information management system into a distributed network of mobile devices, each independently verifying and storing event information. This segmentation eliminates the single point of control, reducing manipulation risks while distributing the management complexity across multiple nodes in the network.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an event existence proof as an intermediary mechanism that mediates between event detection and information validation. This proof serves as a cryptographic intermediary that verifies event authenticity without requiring centralized trust, thereby reducing manipulation risks while maintaining verification reliability.
2Device complexity
If centralized management of event information is used, then information collection is simplified, but operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables mobile devices to autonomously verify and validate event information using local computational resources and cryptographic operations. Each device performs self-service verification of event existence proofs, eliminating the need for centralized validation services and reducing operational costs associated with centralized infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial verification where mobile devices validate only the specific event information relevant to their context rather than processing all collected information centrally. This selective verification approach reduces computational overhead and operational costs while maintaining sufficient validation for each device's needs.
3Loss of time
If event information is shared immediately upon detection, then response speed is improved, but information reliability decreases due to lack of validation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary generation of event existence proofs at the source device before information sharing. This preliminary action embeds verification data in advance, allowing receiving devices to validate information immediately upon receipt without requiring time-consuming centralized verification, thus maintaining both speed and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where receiving devices verify event existence proofs and provide validation feedback to the network. This feedback loop enables rapid peer-to-peer verification, maintaining response speed while improving information reliability through distributed validation rather than sequential centralized checking.
Data Source
AI summary
Verifying shared event information is provided. Communication with a nearby mobile or immobile apparatus is established to generate an event existence proof in response to encountering the nearby mobile or immobile apparatus. Existence of an incident event is verified in response to arriving at a geographic location of the incident event. A verified incident event is published to add to an incident event distributed ledger for managing incident event information corresponding to the incident event.