Electronic Consent Verification System for Intoxication and Age

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods fail to effectively prove consensual or non-consensual sexual activity, leading to potential wrongful legal actions and lack of protection for vulnerable individuals, as they cannot distinguish between apparent and legal consent, especially in cases of intoxication or age-related issues.

Innovation Solution

A system that documents consent through verifying personally identifiable information, intoxication levels, and age using a smartphone application with integrated blood alcohol detection, ensuring that consent records are generated only if both partners meet legal criteria, preventing apparent consent from being documented in the absence of legal consent.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a written consent record is used to prove consensual activity, then legal protection is provided to partners, but the record can be lost, stolen, forged, or obtained through apparent rather than legal consent

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconsent record validityVSAvoidfraud, theft, forgery, apparent consent

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary verification of legal consent capacity (age, intoxication level) before allowing consent to be documented. This prevents apparent consent from being recorded when legal consent is absent, addressing the reliability issue by ensuring only legally valid consent is captured upfront

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The smartphone application acts as an intermediary between partners, mediating the consent process through automated verification of identification, age, and intoxication levels. This intermediary function prevents fraud and forgery by objectively verifying legal consent capacity rather than relying on self-reported information

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If self-identification of intoxication and age is used (as in Good2Go APP), then consent documentation is simplified, but fraudulent self-identification cannot be detected

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconsent documentation processVSAvoidintoxication and age verification accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary verification mechanism that objectively checks intoxication levels (through breathalyzer integration) and age (through ID verification) rather than relying on self-identification. This maintains ease of operation while dramatically improving measurement precision through automated validation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces the mechanical/manual process of self-identification with automated electronic verification systems including breathalyzer devices and digital ID scanning. This substitution maintains user-friendly operation while eliminating the possibility of fraudulent self-reporting

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Adaptability or versatility

If no verification system is used, then any apparent consent can be documented, but wrongful criminal and civil liability cannot be prevented

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconsent record accessibilityVSAvoidlegal protection effectiveness

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary verification of legal consent capacity before documentation is allowed. This ensures that only consent from individuals with legal capacity (proper age, sober) is recorded, preventing wrongful liability while maintaining accessibility through automated processes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11686723B1Electronic consent

Publication Date: 2023.06.27 LANTZ HERMAN D

AI summary

Method to record or prevent the recordation of consent between at least one sexual partner. If the partner cannot prove certain information, generally including but not limited to his or her level of intoxication, program instructions ensure that a menu of sexual acts will not be generated. If a menu of sexual acts is not presented, the sexual partner cannot override the program instructions.