Masking Server Identity Obfuscation for First Responder Mobile Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
First responder mobile devices, when inspected by bad actors, can reveal their affiliation to a first responder network, potentially putting personnel in danger due to the lack of effective identity masking solutions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize a masking server to identify the user type of a mobile device and provide alternate content to mask the real identity, ensuring that the mobile device presents content indicating a commercial network affiliation instead of a first responder network, thereby protecting the user's undercover status.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a mobile device is connected to a first responder mobile network, then communication priority and emergency response capability are improved, but the device reveals its first responder affiliation which puts personnel in jeopardy when inspected by bad actors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a masking server as an intermediary between the first responder mobile device and the network infrastructure. This masking server acts as a mediator that receives communications from the first responder device and forwards them to the first responder network, while simultaneously providing masking content that obscures the device's true first responder affiliation. The masking server thus enables the device to maintain communication priority access while hiding its identity from potential adversaries who inspect the device.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs copying by creating alternate content that mimics commercial network affiliations. The masking server provides copied or simulated network identification data that resembles legitimate commercial network content, allowing the first responder device to appear as a standard commercial device when inspected, while still maintaining its actual connection to the first responder network for priority communications.
2Productivity
If the mobile device displays content indicating first responder network affiliation, then network access and communication capabilities are maintained, but the user's undercover status is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic content switching where the mobile device can display different content depending on the operational context. The masking server dynamically provides appropriate masking content when the device might be inspected, while allowing authentic first responder network access to continue. This dynamic approach enables the device to adapt its displayed identity based on environmental conditions, maintaining both network access and undercover status.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary anti-action by proactively providing masking content to the mobile device before any potential inspection occurs. The masking server continuously supplies alternate content that pre-empts any attempt to discover the device's true first responder affiliation. This preliminary measure ensures that when adversaries do inspect the device, the damaging information has already been counteracted by the presence of misleading masking content.
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AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a first user associated with a first mobile device, and determining a first user type associated with the first user. Further embodiments can include identifying a first identity associated with the first user based on the first user type and identifying a second identity associated with the first user based on the first user type. Additional embodiments can include providing first alternate content to the first mobile device to mask the first identity and providing second alternate content to the first mobile device associated with the second identity. Other embodiments are disclosed.