Mobile Badge Access Control for Dynamic Multi-Session Entry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ticketing systems are inadequate for managing access to multi-session events, where attendees may require different access permissions for each session, and there is a need for a system that ensures only authorized individuals can access multiple event sessions while preventing ticket fraud.
Innovation Solution
A mobile badge system that uses a user's mobile device to identify, locate, and dynamically update a user profile based on identification, location, and time information to determine access permissions for multiple event sessions, utilizing short-range wireless signals like Bluetooth, UWB, or NFC for communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple separate tickets are issued for each session, then access control for each session is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple session tickets into a single electronic ticket that contains access information for multiple sessions. This single ticket integrates what would otherwise require separate physical or electronic tickets, reducing the number of items the attendee must manage while maintaining the ability to control access to each individual session.
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic ticket is designed to serve multiple functions: it acts as a single access credential for multiple different sessions, each with potentially different access requirements. The ticket system provides universal access control across all sessions without requiring separate tickets, making the system more versatile and easier to use.
2Ease of operation
If all access information for each attendee is encoded in a single electronic ticket, then ease of operation is improved, but manufacturing precision and reliability worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic ticket segments access information by session, with each session's access criteria stored as a separate component within the ticket. This segmentation allows the system to maintain precise control over each session's access requirements while keeping all information integrated in a single ticket, reducing the risk of encoding errors and improving reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses an intermediary verification process where the access terminal communicates with a server to validate each session's access requirements against the ticket information. This intermediary layer ensures accurate verification of complex multi-session access permissions without requiring the ticket itself to contain all verification logic, improving both precision and reliability.
3Device complexity
If traditional ticketing systems are used, then simplicity of the system is maintained, but adaptability to multi-session events with different access requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic ticket system is designed to be dynamic, allowing access permissions to change based on the session, time, and attendee profile. Each session within the ticket can have different access conditions that are evaluated dynamically at the point of entry, enabling the system to adapt to various multi-session event configurations without requiring complex manual reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters such as time, location, and session-specific access criteria to control entry to different sessions. By varying these parameters within the single electronic ticket framework, the system maintains simplicity while achieving high adaptability to different event structures and access requirements.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables convenient and secure access control for multi-session events by ensuring only authorized users gain entry, preventing ticket fraud, and allowing real-time updates to access permissions based on user history and health information.
Implementation Method 1
an electronic ticket may take the form of a code or signature corresponding to the ticket, that can be communicated from the attendee's mobile device to a terminal at an access point to the event, for example by near-field communication (NFC)
Implementation Method 2
utilizing short-range wireless signals like Bluetooth, UWB, or NFC for communication
Implementation Method 3
determining a location of a user of the mobile device, and determining, based on a user profile of the user, whether the user is permitted to access a session of the event
Data Source
AI summary
A method for maintaining a user profile is described, including: obtaining, from a mobile device, identification information uniquely identifying a user; obtaining location information of the user; obtaining time information related to the location information; and updating a user profile of the user based on the identification information, the location information, and the time information. The user profile is usable for determining the user's access to one or more sessions of a multi-session event. The user profile may be dynamically updated. A method performed by a mobile device, and corresponding apparatus, are also described.