NFC Smart Terminal Accessories for Continuous Membership Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional NFC tag-based services are limited to one-time use, leading to environmental pollution due to discarded tags and lack of continuous service connectivity.
Innovation Solution
A smart terminal accessory-based membership-only service platform that utilizes NFC tagging to authenticate and register user terminals, connecting them to a service server for continuous membership services through a management server, enabling NFC authentication, user registration, and application provision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional NFC tag-based services are used for one-time authentication, then authentication function is achieved, but environmental pollution increases due to discarded tags and service continuity is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the physical NFC tag with a virtual NFC tag implemented as software on the user terminal. This virtual copy performs the same authentication function without requiring physical disposal, thereby maintaining service continuity while eliminating environmental pollution from discarded tags
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the state of the NFC tag from a physical disposable object to a virtual reusable software entity. This parameter change from physical to digital form enables continuous service usage without the harmful disposal effects of physical tags
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional NFC tag services are discarded after one-time use, then authentication is completed, but environmental pollution occurs and service interconnection is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual NFC tag serves multiple functions including authentication, service interconnection, and continuous membership management. This multi-functionality enables various services to be interconnected through the same virtual tag without requiring multiple physical tags, reducing environmental pollution while enhancing service adaptability
3Ease of operation
If physical NFC tags are used for authentication, then user identification is achieved, but the system requires continuous physical tag presence and disposal
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the NFC tag that resides on the user terminal, eliminating the need for continuous physical tag presence. This virtual representation maintains ease of operation through familiar NFC interactions while extending service duration indefinitely without physical disposal
Solution Approach 2:
The user terminal itself stores and manages the virtual NFC tag information, making the system self-sufficient. The terminal automatically performs authentication using its own stored virtual tag data without requiring external physical tags, thereby extending service duration and improving convenience
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a smart terminal accessory-based membership-only service platform and a method thereof. The smart terminal accessory-based membership-only service platform according to an embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: a management server for authenticating NFC information requested from a user terminal that identifies an NFC tag from a smart terminal accessory embedded with the NFC tag by means of NFC tagging, and registering the user terminal as a user of the smart terminal accessory; and a service server for registering and interconnecting the user terminal as a member in response to a request from the management server, and providing a membership-only service corresponding to the smart terminal accessory and requested from the user terminal.