Dynamic Control Icon Arrangement for Mobile Credential Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems lack an efficient method to authenticate users and dynamically display control icons for accessing physical resources based on the user's device orientation and location, leading to restricted access and user confusion.
Innovation Solution
A method that authenticates users on mobile devices, determines the physical orientation and location, and rearranges control icons to match the orientation of associated physical resources, enabling access to authorized resources while blocking unauthorized ones.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If control icons are displayed in a fixed arrangement, then the interface is simple and easy to implement, but users experience confusion and restricted access when resources are distributed in different physical locations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the control icon arrangement changeable rather than fixed. The system dynamically reconfigures the spatial arrangement of control icons on the display based on the determined physical orientation of resources, allowing the interface to adapt to different resource distributions and user positions automatically
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically determining resource orientation and configuring icon arrangements without requiring manual user input or configuration. The authentication system and orientation detection work together to autonomously establish the optimal display layout, reducing the burden on users while maintaining high accessibility
2Reliability
If the system provides comprehensive access to all physical resources, then user convenience is maximized, but security and authorization control are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing differentiated access rights to different resources based on user authorization. Not all resources are uniformly accessible; instead, the system selectively enables access to specific resources appropriate for each authenticated user, with the interface reflecting only the accessible resources through localized icon display
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-determining which resources a user is authorized to access during the authentication process. This preliminary authorization assessment is performed before the user attempts to access any resources, establishing the scope of permissible access in advance and preventing unauthorized access attempts
3Loss of information
If the display shows all available control icons regardless of orientation, then the interface is complete and informative, but it creates confusion when resources are in different physical directions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes by using visual differentiation (including color variations) to indicate the spatial orientation and accessibility status of different control icons. The display uses visual cues to show which icons correspond to resources in different physical directions relative to the user's position, making orientation information immediately perceptible through color and visual encoding
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances user access to physical resources by ensuring alignment of control icons with resource orientation, improving access efficiency and security by dynamically adjusting icon displays based on device orientation and location.
Implementation Method 1
receiving an indication of a detected geographic direction from at least one of a compass, a gyroscope, an accelerometer, or a proximity sensor of the mobile device of the user
Implementation Method 2
receiving a photographed image captured by an image sensor; processing the photographed image; and determining, based on processing the photographed image, a geographic direction in which the user is facing
Data Source
AI summary
A user of a mobile device is authenticated in a manner that enables the user access to a credential that has been issued by a credential-issuing organization. One or more keys are identified that are associated with the credential and that enable access to one or more physical resources associated with the credential-issuing organization. A physical orientation of the user's mobile device is determined. A display arrangement of one or more control icons that enable usage of the one or more keys is determined based on a physical orientation of the one or more physical resources relative to the determined physical orientation of the mobile device. The one or more control icons are displayed in accordance with the determined display arrangement.