NFC Wallet Pass Credential Deployment via Pass Deployment Center
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile credential systems require users to install apps, enter passwords, and undergo self-registration, making them complex and inconvenient for assigning credentials to multiple users.
Innovation Solution
A Pass Deployment Center (PDC) generates NFC-enabled wallet passes compatible with mobile devices, which are sent to users via email or QR codes, allowing easy installation without additional app installation or password entry, using a centralized user database for authentication and access control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a mobile credential system uses traditional app installation and self-registration processes, then authentication security is maintained, but user convenience and ease of deployment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-generates credential data and embedding codes before user interaction. The PDC creates unique embedding codes and prepares credential data in advance, so that when a user receives the pass via email or QR code, the credential is already prepared and can be deployed immediately without requiring the user to go through complex registration or app installation processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a Pass Deployment Center (PDC) as an intermediary system between the credential authority and the user's mobile device. The PDC handles the complex processes of credential generation, embedding code creation, and data preparation, while the user simply receives a pass through email or QR code and completes a simple initialization. This intermediary absorbs the deployment complexity while maintaining security.
2Ease of operation
If NFC wallet passes are distributed without app installation, then user convenience is improved, but system security and authentication reliability may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The credential data is nested within the NFC wallet pass structure, which itself is contained within the mobile device's secure environment. The embedding code acts as a nested layer that links the pass to the user's identity in the database. This nested structure ensures that even without traditional app installation, the credential maintains its security through multiple layers of protection and verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the PDC receives confirmation when a pass is successfully initialized and deployed. The embedding code verification process provides feedback to ensure the pass is authentic and properly configured. This feedback loop maintains security by verifying each step of the deployment process without requiring complex user interaction.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This method simplifies the assignment of mobile credentials, eliminating the need for app installation and password entry, providing secure and convenient access control for users across various devices and applications.
Implementation Method 1
A Pass Deployment Center (PDC) generates NFC-enabled wallet passes compatible with mobile devices
Data Source
AI summary
A method for using NFC enabled wallet passes as mobile credentials. The method is executed by a computer device and includes the steps of: selecting a first dataset from a user database, reading a user's address from the first dataset of the user database, generating an ID and creating a wallet pass with the key in the wallet pass, sending a message to the address, the message including a one-time link to the wallet pass, and writing the key to an authentication database.