NFC Module Authentication for Mobile Service Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mechanisms for controlling access to services on mobile devices, such as SIM card-based locking, are vulnerable to fraud and lack robust security, particularly in preventing contract circumvention and ensuring secure authentication.
Innovation Solution
A method for controlling function execution in a wireless near field communication module that involves transmitting information requests to identification means, authenticating responses, and executing functions based on identified characteristics, with secure coding and authentication to prevent fraudulent access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If software locking methods are used to control access to services on mobile devices, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to vulnerability to fraud and circumvention
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a hardware-based authentication module as an intermediary between the service provider and the mobile device. This module acts as a trusted mediator that verifies authentication data before allowing service access, preventing fraud while maintaining ease of operation through automated hardware-based verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces software-based locking mechanisms with hardware-based authentication. By substituting the vulnerable software system with a hardware module that performs authentication, the system achieves both improved reliability (fraud prevention) and maintained ease of operation (automated verification).
2Reliability
If hardware locking mechanisms are implemented to improve security, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the hardware authentication module to perform multiple functions: storing authentication data, verifying credentials, and controlling service access. By making the hardware module universal and multi-functional, the patent reduces overall device complexity while maintaining high reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines authentication storage and verification functions into a single integrated hardware module. This merging of functions reduces the number of separate components needed, thereby reducing device complexity while improving reliability through unified hardware-based security.
3Ease of manufacture
If authentication data is stored in the operating system, then ease of manufacture is improved, but object-generated harmful factors worsen due to fraud vulnerability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a dedicated hardware authentication module as an intermediary layer between the operating system and authentication data. This mediator protects against fraud by isolating sensitive data from the vulnerable OS while maintaining ease of manufacture through standardized hardware integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces software-based authentication storage in the OS with hardware-based storage in a dedicated module. This substitution eliminates the fraud vulnerability of storing authentication data in the OS while maintaining ease of manufacture through standardized hardware components.
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AI summary
A method and device for controlling the execution of at least one function in a short-range wireless communication module of a mobile apparatus adapted for receiving at least one identification card. After transmitting an information request to the identification card, to obtain at least one piece of information characteristic of the identification card, an answer including at least one piece of information characteristic of the identification card is received therefrom. When the answer is identified and in response to the at least one piece of information, the at least one function is executed. An authentication request is received by the short-range wireless communication module. If the answer is authenticated, the short-range wireless communication module sends an authorization to the authentication request in response to the at least one piece of information characteristic of the identification card before the execution of the at least one function.