GPS Location-Based Access Control for Real-Time Promotions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for facilitating location-based and boundary-based access to device-linked instruments and promotions lack real-time functionality and immediate feedback, limiting their mainstream use and effectiveness.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize GPS and short-range wireless technologies to provide location-based and boundary-based access to linked information, enabling real-time delivery of electronic communications with promotions or rebates to mobile devices upon interaction with third-party devices, such as payment processing systems, by querying databases and determining relevant instruments based on location and interaction details.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If location-based access methods are implemented, then access control functionality is improved, but real-time responsiveness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by establishing geographic boundaries and access rules in advance. When a mobile device enters a predefined geographic area, the system has already prepared the access control logic and can immediately evaluate the device's location against the pre-established boundaries, enabling real-time responsiveness without complex runtime decision-making.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism by using geographic boundaries as the mediating element between the mobile device and the protected resource. Instead of direct complex authentication, the device's location relative to the geographic boundary serves as the intermediary condition that triggers access control actions, simplifying the real-time evaluation process.
2Reliability
If complex access control systems are deployed, then security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by implementing access control rules that are specific to particular geographic areas. Each geographic boundary has its own set of access rules and conditions, allowing the system to provide tailored security measures for different locations without requiring a uniformly complex system architecture everywhere.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of access control from device-specific credentials to location-based parameters. By using geographic coordinates and boundary definitions as the primary control parameters, the system simplifies the access control logic while maintaining security, as location data is readily available from mobile devices and can be evaluated against pre-defined geographic areas.
Data Source
AI summary
Various methods are provided for facilitating access to linked information to GPS or short-range wireless equipped devices. One example method may comprise receiving, via a network, an indication of an interaction between a primary device and a third-party device, the indication comprising at least a first element and a second element, the first element indicative of user identification information and the second element indicative of at least one of a location or a bounded region, determining, as a function of at least the first element and the second element, a data object that upon validation is configured for use a subsequent interaction, and transmitting, to a mobile device, an electronic communication comprising an indication, configured for rendering on the mobile device, of the data object.