Entry Verification System for Real-Time Test Result Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack the ability to effectively monitor and verify real-time compliance with test results for pathogens, as test results are often disparate, unconnected, and difficult to authenticate, leading to challenges in ensuring safe social gatherings during contagious disease outbreaks.
Innovation Solution
A network-based entry verification system that collects, converts, and consolidates test result information into a standardized format, enabling real-time or near-real-time access to determine an individual's entry status into establishments by authenticating test results and evaluating entry requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If test result data is collected from multiple disparate sources, then the ability to verify individual health status is improved, but the complexity of authentication and data standardization increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs an intermediary authentication system that acts as a mediator between disparate test result sources and establishment entry decisions. The system standardizes data from multiple laboratories and sources through a common interface, verifying authenticity without requiring direct integration with each source. This intermediary layer simplifies the overall system by providing a single point of verification rather than requiring complex point-to-point connections between all data sources and all establishments.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication system is designed with universal functionality to handle multiple types of test results from various sources simultaneously. It can authenticate different formats, standards, and providers of test data through a unified process, making the system adaptable to diverse data sources without requiring source-specific customization. This multi-functional approach reduces complexity by providing a single authentication mechanism that works across all data sources.
2Reliability
If real-time test result verification is implemented, then the safety of social gatherings is improved, but the time required for entry decision-making increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication and verification of test results before the actual entry decision is needed. Test results are pre-validated, standardized, and stored in an accessible format, so that when an individual seeks entry, the verification process is already complete or can be quickly finalized. This preliminary action eliminates the need for time-consuming verification at the moment of entry, maintaining both safety and speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual verification processes with automated digital authentication systems. Instead of human operators manually checking test results against multiple sources, an automated system electronically verifies authenticity, standardizes data formats, and makes entry decisions algorithmically. This substitution dramatically reduces verification time while maintaining or improving accuracy, as automated systems can process data much faster than human reviewers.
3Measurement precision
If comprehensive test result data is collected and analyzed, then the accuracy of entry decisions is improved, but the quantity of data processing required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential and relevant data elements from comprehensive test result datasets needed for entry decisions. Rather than processing all available data, the system identifies and extracts key fields such as test result status, test type, date of test, and provider credentials. This extraction approach maintains decision accuracy by focusing on critical information while significantly reducing the volume of data that requires processing and storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different processing standards and levels of analysis to different portions of the data based on their relevance and reliability. Critical data elements such as test result status receive rigorous verification and standardization, while less critical information is processed more simply. This localized quality approach ensures that the most important data elements receive the attention they deserve for accurate decision-making, while reducing overall processing burden by not applying uniform high-level processing to all data.
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AI summary
The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for obtaining and evaluating a test result report in real-time so as to determine an entry status of an individual into the establishment. In an example embodiment, a method involves an entry verification apparatus executing actions such as: receiving digital data associated with the individual; obtaining a test result report that provides an indication whether the individual is currently infected, previously infected, or not infected, by a viral pathogen; evaluating digital data and/or a machine-readable element of the test result report to verify an identity of the individual and an authenticity of the test result report; converting non-standardized information contained in the test result report into standardized information; obtaining entry requirements for enabling entry into the establishment; analyzing the standardized information to determine whether entry requirements are met; and determining an entry status based on the entry requirements being met.