Meetup Identity Verification Using Geofence Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a challenge in transitioning from virtual interactions to real-world interactions for user identity verification, where confidence in the identities of interacting users is lacking, and it is problematic to share location data or meet in person without adequate verification.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that leverages an identity provider (IDP) and user communication devices to verify identities based on virtual relationships, using biometrics and physical documents, and authenticates users upon proximity to a meetup location, ensuring secure real-world meetups.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users meet in person to verify identities, then identity verification confidence is improved, but safety risks increase due to lack of prior verification
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary identity verification through biometric scanning and document validation before the meetup occurs. The communication device captures biometric data and compares it against stored reference data to authenticate identities in advance, eliminating the need for risky in-person verification while maintaining high confidence in identity accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a digital intermediary layer between users that handles identity verification. The communication device acts as an intermediary by capturing biometric data, comparing it with reference data, and confirming identities before the meetup, thereby eliminating direct safety risks associated with unverified in-person meetings.
2Ease of operation
If location data is shared for meetup coordination, then meetup convenience is improved, but security risks worsen due to potential misrepresentation
Solution Approach 1:
The system shares location data and coordinates meetups only after biometric authentication has been successfully completed. The communication device verifies identities through biometric scanning before enabling location sharing and meetup coordination, ensuring that convenience features are only activated for verified users.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback on authentication status before allowing location sharing. The communication device notifies users of successful identity verification and only then enables location data exchange and meetup coordination, creating a feedback loop that ensures security prerequisites are met before convenience features are activated.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for verifying identities of users in connection with a secure meetup. One example computer-implemented method includes receiving meetup details from a first user for a real-world meetup with a second user, where the meetup details include a location of the meetup and an identity attribute(s) of the second user, and compiling and storing a meetup packet for the meetup details. The method then includes determining that a communication device of the first user is within a geofence of the location and, in response: authenticating the first user and sharing an identity attribute(s) of the first user with a second communication device of the second user. The method further includes receiving the identity attribute(s) specific to the second user from the second communication device, comparing the received identity attribute(s) to the meetup packet, and, based on a mismatch therebetween, indicating a warning to the first user.