Dynamic Digital Badge Identity Management System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional physical badges are static and unable to adapt to changing identities or roles in real-time, failing to provide dynamic and secure access to resources and information.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to select from a plurality of badges and identities, using blockchain technology to update and validate the selected badge, enabling dynamic identity presentation and secure access through QR codes or links, with permissions-based access control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional physical badges are used, then device simplicity is maintained, but adaptability to changing identities and roles deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces physical badges with digital representations stored on mobile devices. The badge information is copied into a digital format that can be dynamically updated without requiring physical replacement, thereby improving adaptability while reducing the complexity of physical badge management infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The badge system transitions from static physical cards to dynamic digital profiles that can be updated in real-time. Users can change their badge information, roles, and access permissions through software updates rather than physical replacement, enabling the system to adapt to changing identities and roles.
2Loss of information
If physical badges are updated every few years, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but information freshness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical process of physical badge manufacturing and distribution with electronic data transmission. Badge information is stored and updated digitally, allowing instantaneous updates without requiring physical production cycles, thereby eliminating information staleness while simplifying the update process.
3Reliability
If static badge information is used, then system simplicity is maintained, but security for access control deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements real-time validation where badge information is verified against current user profiles and access permissions. The mobile device communicates with the server to confirm active status and appropriate access rights, providing continuous feedback to ensure security while maintaining system simplicity through automated verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a server-based identity management system that acts as an intermediary between users and resources. This centralized authority validates badge information and enforces access control policies, improving security while keeping the user interface simple through automated authentication processes.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, authenticating a credential of a first user of a first device, based on the authenticating, providing the first user with an option to select a badge from a plurality of badges via the first device, based on the providing of the option, obtaining a selection of a first badge included in the plurality of badges from the first device, resulting in a selected badge, and based on the obtaining of the selection, transferring an identification of the selected badge to the first device. Other embodiments are disclosed.