Electronic Notice Certification With Proxy CA Identity Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing digital certification methods are complex and require multiple digital entities for notice processes, lacking transparency and traceability, and do not adequately verify the sending, delivery, and acceptance of digitally-signed documents.

Innovation Solution

A platform and method utilizing a telecommunications operator to implement a notice server, email management, database, time stamp, validation, and certified message servers, enabling electronic notice certification through digital certificates, ensuring identity verification and traceability using a proxy CA, and generating certificates with timestamped evidence.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple digital entities and locations are used for notice processes, then the comprehensiveness of certification is improved, but the complexity of the system increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomprehensiveness of certificationVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple digital entities and locations into a single integrated notice server that handles all certification functions. The notice server consolidates what would otherwise require separate CAs, signature services, and delivery locations into one unified system, reducing complexity while maintaining comprehensive certification capabilities through integrated multi-channel delivery (email, SMS, web portals).

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The notice server is designed as a universal platform that performs multiple functions: it acts as a certification authority, a delivery service, a validation system, and a record-keeping entity. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate specialized systems for each function, thereby reducing system complexity while ensuring comprehensive certification coverage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If digital certificates and multiple verification steps are implemented, then the security of electronic transactions is improved, but the ease of operation decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecurity of electronic transactionsVSAvoidease of notice process

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The notice server automatically performs verification of digital certificates and validation of recipient identities without requiring manual intervention. The system self-manages the complex security protocols, timestamp generation, and delivery confirmation processes, making high-security transactions as easy as sending a standard electronic message while maintaining robust security through automated multi-step verification.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Loss of information

If comprehensive record-keeping and evidence collection are implemented, then the traceability of notice processes is improved, but the quantity of data to be managed increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetraceability of notice processVSAvoidquantity of data

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The notice server extracts and isolates only the essential evidence and traceability data needed for legal and audit purposes, storing these in a structured, queryable format. Rather than managing all possible data, the system selectively captures critical information (delivery confirmations, certificate validations, timestamps) and separates this from other operational data, making traceability efficient without overwhelming data management burdens.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

4Device complexity

If a single CA is used for all certificates and signatures, then the simplicity of the process is improved, but the adaptability to different digital entities decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of certification processVSAvoidadaptability to digital entities

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The notice server acts as an intermediary that interfaces with multiple certification authorities and digital entities through standardized protocols. It maintains a simplified internal process while adapting to various external entities by translating their different certificate formats and validation requirements into a unified handling mechanism, thus preserving simplicity internally while achieving external versatility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12563028B2Platform and method of certification of an electronic notice for electronic identification and trust services (eIDAS)

Publication Date: 2026.02.24 LLEIDANETWORKS SERVEIS TELEMATICS

AI summary

The object of the invention relates to a method in which a telecommunications operator or an e-delivery provider can send notices by email to one or a number of recipients, certifying the content of the notice and with a link to a proxy server of a CA (certification authority) who will verify the digital certificate of the recipient and their identity.