Mobile Device Identifier Logging for Security Breach Attribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current security systems lack an effective method to identify and log mobile devices that pose security threats within institutions, making it difficult to enhance security measures and respond to potential breaches.
Innovation Solution
A security system that uses sensors to obtain mobile device identifiers and store them in a database, allowing for the identification of devices associated with security breaches and initiating appropriate security protocols, such as alerting law enforcement or locking equipment, when a matching identifier is detected.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If mobile device identifiers are captured and logged to track individual movements, then security monitoring capability is improved, but privacy concerns and potential false accusations worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing and logging mobile device identifiers before any security incident occurs. The log stores identifiers along with timestamps and locations, creating a historical record that can be consulted when security breaches are detected, enabling rapid identification of potential perpetrators without real-time intervention
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces mobile device identifiers as an intermediary element between physical presence and security monitoring. Instead of directly tracking individuals, the system tracks identifiers which serve as mediators, allowing security monitoring while maintaining a degree of anonymity until an identifier is flagged as suspicious through correlation with security breach data
2Loss of time
If a database of flagged identifiers is maintained to identify security threats, then response time to security breaches is improved, but system complexity and resource requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-flagging identifiers that are associated with security breaches. When a security incident occurs, the system can immediately query the database for flagged identifiers matching the incident parameters, eliminating the need for complex real-time analysis and enabling rapid response
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts only the essential information needed for security identification - mobile device identifiers, timestamps, and locations - from the complex environment of security monitoring. This extraction creates a simplified database structure that enables fast querying without requiring complex processing of additional data
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AI summary
A system includes a database, a sensor, and a processor. The sensor obtains a mobile device identifier transmitted by a mobile device located within a range of the sensor. The processor receives the identifier from the sensor and stores the identifier and a first time when the mobile device was located within the range in a log. The processor receives an indication that an event associated with a security breach took place within the sensor range at a particular time that is within a tolerance of the first time. In response, the processor determines, based at least in part on the particular time and the presence of the identifier and first time in the log, that a user of the mobile device is associated with the event. In response, the processor stores the identifier in the database to indicate that the mobile device is associated with a security threat.