Electronic ID Authentication for Security System Deactivation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing security systems require complex and costly authentication methods, such as personal identification numbers or electronic signatures, to deactivate, limiting their efficiency and applicability across different systems.
Innovation Solution
Utilizing an electronically readable identification document, such as an identity card or passport, with an integrated RFID chip, to authenticate and deactivate security systems through a cryptographic key exchange and comparison with pre-stored identifications, allowing for efficient and standardized deactivation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If personal identification numbers or electronic signatures are used for authentication, then security system deactivation is achieved, but setup and management complexity increases and costs rise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by using standardized electronic identification documents (such as eID cards with RFID chips) that can authenticate users across multiple different security systems. Instead of requiring separate personal identification numbers or electronic signatures for each security system, the same standardized ID document works universally, thereby reducing setup and management complexity while maintaining authentication security.
2Ease of operation
If standardized identification documents are used, then interoperability and ease of operation improve, but cryptographic security mechanisms become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs an intermediary approach by introducing a standardized electronic identification document with embedded cryptographic credentials as a mediator between the user and the security system. The ID document contains pre-configured cryptographic keys and certificates that enable secure authentication without requiring the security system to implement complex cryptographic key exchange protocols from scratch. This intermediary standardization simplifies the overall system while managing cryptographic complexity within the ID document itself.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and cost-effective deactivation of security systems by leveraging standardized, electronically readable identification documents, facilitating interoperability and reducing setup complexity.
Implementation Method 1
The identification document can also include an electronically readable circuit, such as an RFID chip
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method (100) for deactivating a security system (301) by means of an electronically readable identification document (303), comprising the following steps: reading (101) an electronic identification means of the identification document (303) in order to obtain a read version of the electronic identification means; comparing (103) the read version of the electronic identification means with a pre-stored electronic identification means; and deactivating (105) the security system (301) when the read version of the electronic identification means and the pre-stored electronic identification means correspond.