Centralized Health Pass System for Secure Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is no standard method for businesses and entities to consistently verify an individual's health status, such as COVID-19 vaccination or test results, which hinders the reactivation of economies and reduction of social distancing measures.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for issuing, maintaining, and using health passes that digitally represent an individual's health status, allowing secure verification through personalized devices like mobile phones, wearable devices, or physical cards, enabling point-of-interaction validation without requiring direct healthcare provider contact.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a standardized health pass system is implemented, then health status verification efficiency is improved, but system complexity and security requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized health pass issuance system that acts as an intermediary between healthcare providers and businesses. This system receives health status information from providers, validates it, and issues standardized digital health passes to individuals. Businesses then verify these passes through the same system, eliminating the need for direct complex verification processes between providers and businesses, thus improving efficiency while managing complexity centrally.
Solution Approach 2:
The health pass system is designed to be universal and multi-functional, serving multiple purposes: storing vaccination status, test results, recovery certificates, and other health credentials in a single standardized format. This universal pass can be verified by any participating business through the central system, reducing the need for multiple different verification systems and improving overall efficiency.
2Speed
If health status information is stored digitally on personalized devices, then verification speed is improved, but security risks and data protection requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The central health pass issuance system serves as a secure intermediary that manages all health status data. Instead of storing sensitive information directly on individual devices or at businesses, the system maintains the master records and provides verification through controlled interfaces. This allows fast verification at point-of-use while keeping security and data protection centralized, reducing the security burden on individual devices and businesses.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides equipotential security by implementing uniform security standards and encryption protocols across all devices and verification points. All health pass data is protected with the same level of security measures, whether stored on mobile devices, wearables, or physical cards, ensuring consistent data protection regardless of the storage medium.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple forms of health passes are supported (mobile, wearable, physical), then user accessibility is improved, but system compatibility requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system is designed to support multiple form factors (mobile devices, wearables, physical cards) through a universal interface standard. All these different devices communicate with the central health pass issuance system using the same protocols and data formats, allowing users to choose their preferred device while maintaining system-wide compatibility through the centralizing architecture.
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AI summary
System and methods are provided for issuing, using and maintaining passes which may be used to show a current status of approved individuals. In some embodiments, the passes are health passes and the status is a health status.