Identity Verification Image Capture System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems lack an efficient method for verifying identities through image capture and recordation, particularly in transactions where identity verification is required, leading to potential security and authentication issues.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that involve a specialized processing device receiving transfer data, determining if identity verification is needed, sending an image file for display, and receiving information from a mobile device to assess if the captured image meets predefined criteria, sending an authorization signal upon compliance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If identity verification is performed for all transfer data, then security and authentication are improved, but processing time and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveidentity verification securityVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining verification criteria and preparing image capture protocols before transactions occur. The specialized processing device determines in advance which transfers require verification and what criteria to apply, enabling efficient execution during actual transactions without time-consuming on-the-fly decisions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the specialized processing device receives transfer data, determines verification requirements, and provides authorization signals back to remote terminals. This feedback loop enables selective verification based on risk assessment, improving security for high-risk transactions while allowing rapid processing for low-risk ones.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If image capture and verification criteria are implemented, then authentication accuracy is improved, but device complexity and operational difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthentication accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The specialized processing device acts as an intermediary between remote terminals and mobile devices, centralizing the complex verification logic. This intermediary handles the determination of verification requirements, reception of image data, and assessment against predefined criteria, simplifying the interface for end users while maintaining high authentication accuracy through centralized intelligence.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The specialized processing device performs multiple functions including receiving transfer data, determining verification requirements, receiving image files, assessing criteria compliance, and sending authorization signals. This multi-functional design consolidates complexity into a single system component rather than distributing it across multiple devices, improving authentication accuracy without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If selective identity verification is performed based on transfer data, then processing efficiency is improved, but verification reliability may decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing efficiencyVSAvoidverification reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses feedback mechanisms where the specialized processing device continuously monitors transfer data characteristics and adjusts verification requirements accordingly. This dynamic feedback enables the system to maintain high verification reliability for high-risk transactions while efficiently processing low-risk transactions with minimal verification, achieving both productivity improvement and reliability maintenance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes verification parameters dynamically based on transfer data characteristics. The specialized processing device determines which verification criteria to apply by analyzing transfer parameters such as amount, destination, and recipient history. This parameter adaptation allows the system to maintain high reliability for critical transactions while improving efficiency for routine transactions through reduced verification scope.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11178544B2Image capture for identity verification and recordation
Publication Date: 2021.11.16 WESTERN UNION CO
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AI summary

Methods for capturing an image for identity verification and recordation are provided. The methods may include receiving, at a specialized processing device, transfer data from a remote terminal. The methods may include determining, based on the transfer data, that an identity verification process is required to execute the transfer data. The methods may include sending, based on a determination that the identity verification process is required, a first image file to the terminal for display. The methods may include receiving from a mobile device, information derived from the first image file which identifies the transfer data and a second image file. The methods may include determining, whether the second image file meets a predefined criteria associated with the transfer data identified by the information derived from the first image file. The methods may include sending an authorization signal upon determining that the second image file meets the criteria.