Cryptographic Location Capsule for Transaction Integrity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Service providers face challenges in ensuring the legitimacy of transactions and providing proof of location for parties involved, which is crucial for transaction validation and integrity.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that collect sensor data from devices, generate capsules of environmental observations, and cryptographically sign them with timestamps to provide a proof of location, utilizing a trusted location platform that includes sensor data modules, capsule generation, and cryptographic signing for multiparty agreements and transaction logs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If sensor data is collected and cryptographically signed to provide proof of location, then transaction integrity and legitimacy are improved, but device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The proof of location process is segmented into distinct components: sensor data collection, capsule generation, cryptographic signing, and verification. Each component operates independently, allowing the system to manage complexity through modular design while maintaining high reliability through specialized processing at each stage.
Solution Approach 2:
A trusted location platform acts as an intermediary between the device and the verification system. The platform receives sensor data, generates capsules, performs cryptographic signing, and provides the signed proof to service providers. This intermediary handles the complex processing requirements, preventing them from burdening the end devices while ensuring transaction integrity.
2Measurement precision
If environmental observations are captured and stored in capsules with timestamps, then location verification accuracy is improved, but data storage and transmission requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential environmental observations and location data needed for verification, storing them in compact capsule formats with timestamps. Non-essential data is excluded, allowing high measurement precision to be achieved while keeping data volume manageable for storage and transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor data is transformed into a standardized capsule format with specific parameters (timestamp, location coordinates, environmental observations). This parameter transformation condenses the data into a efficient structure that maintains verification accuracy while reducing overall data volume compared to storing raw sensor streams.
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AI summary
An approach is provided for generating a transaction proof of location. The approach, for example, involves collecting sensor data from one or more sensors of a device at a time, a location, or a combination thereof associated with a transaction. The sensor data represents one or more environmental observations of the location. The approach also involves generating a capsule of the one or more environmental observations and tagging the capsule with the time of the transaction. The approach further involves cryptographically signing the capsule and providing the cryptographically signed capsule as a proof of location.