Cryptographic Fluid Authentication via Immutable Ledger

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for authenticating encapsulated fluids, such as beverages, face challenges due to the material nature of fluids and the difficulty in analyzing them while in their encapsulated state, failing to provide the necessary flexibility and expertise required for various situations involving the transfer of these goods.

Innovation Solution

A cryptographic wireless detection and authentication method using a computing device that receives a unique identifier from a transmitter attached to a container, locates records in an immutable sequential listing, captures secondary data, and generates an authenticity probability score based on identifier-specific and lot-specific records, and displays the result to the user.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional authentication methods are used for encapsulated fluids, then expertise and material analysis are required, but this increases device complexity and operational difficulty

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveauthentication reliabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses cryptographic copies (digital twins) of fluid characteristics stored in an immutable sequential listing. Instead of physically analyzing the fluid, the system retrieves and verifies cryptographic representations of the fluid's properties, which were originally captured by authorized instruments. This eliminates the need for physical expertise while maintaining authentication reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an immutable sequential listing as an intermediary between the fluid authentication system and the verification process. This blockchain-based ledger stores cryptographic records of fluid characteristics and transfer histories, allowing authentication without direct physical inspection. The intermediary layer handles the complexity of verification, simplifying the user experience while ensuring reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If physical analysis of fluids is performed to verify authenticity, then expertise is required, but this reduces ease of operation and flexibility in transfer situations

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveauthenticity verificationVSAvoidoperational ease

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces physical/chemical analysis mechanisms with cryptographic verification mechanisms. Instead of using instruments to physically analyze fluid properties, the system uses digital verification of cryptographic hashes and blockchain records. This substitution eliminates the need for physical expertise and simplifies operations to simple data retrieval and comparison tasks.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs authentication data collection and verification in advance. Fluid characteristics are captured and stored in the immutable sequential listing before transfer occurs. During transfer, authentication is simply a matter of retrieving pre-stored cryptographic records, eliminating the need for real-time physical analysis and making operations easier and more flexible.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If cryptographic verification using immutable sequential listing is implemented, then authentication reliability improves, but information processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveauthentication securityVSAvoiddata processing load

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the essential cryptographic elements needed for verification from the complete fluid authentication system. Instead of processing all possible fluid property data, the system focuses on specific cryptographic hashes and blockchain transaction records that are sufficient for authentication. This extraction reduces information processing requirements while maintaining high security standards.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS11516014B2Methods, systems, and apparatuses for cryptographic wireless detection and authentication of fluids

Publication Date: 2022.11.29 WALKER NICK

AI summary

A system for cryptographic wireless detection and authentication of fluids includes a computing device configured to receive, from a transmitter attached to a container, a unique identifier associated with a fluid contained in the container, locate, at an immutable sequential listing, at least an identifier-specific record using the unique identifier, and a lot identifier associated with the unique identifier, retrieve, from the immutable sequential listing, at least a lot-specific record using the lot identifier, capture, from the container, at least a secondary datum describing the container, generate an authenticity probability score as a function of the at least an identifier-specific record, the at least a lot-specific record, and the at least a secondary datum, and display to a user an output based on the authenticity probability score.