Paperless Data Exchange via Server-Mediated QR Code and NFC
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for exchanging information between a service provider and a user are cumbersome and time-consuming, particularly when transferring confidential or diagnostic data, as they often require printing and digitizing documents or manual steps involving email, hyperlinks, and QR codes.
Innovation Solution
A method that uses a network-external data server to transmit user-related information from a service provider to a user's mobile device in a digital format, utilizing a machine-readable code that can be scanned or transmitted via NFC, allowing automatic uploading and storage on the device, reducing the need for manual intervention and paper usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If information is exchanged via email, then digital transmission is achieved, but security and confidentiality are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
A server acts as an intermediary between the service provider and the user's mobile device. The server hosts a web application that facilitates secure information exchange without requiring direct email communication. Confidential information is transmitted through this intermediary platform, maintaining security while enabling efficient digital transmission.
2Reliability
If information is printed and handed over in paper form, then confidentiality is maintained, but manual digitization is required
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic digital transmission of information from the service provider directly to the user's mobile device through the server-mediated web application. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for manual printing and digitization, as information is automatically transmitted in digital form while maintaining confidentiality through secure server-hosted communication.
3Ease of operation
If a server is used to store information and generate hyperlinks or QR codes, then digital access is enabled, but multiple manual steps are required
Solution Approach 1:
The web application merges multiple functions into a single integrated interface: information storage, hyperlink generation, QR code creation, and automatic transmission are combined into one unified system. This reduces the number of separate manual steps required, as the server automatically handles the entire process from information upload to user device delivery through the combined functionality of the web application.
4Quantity of substance
If manual upload and transfer to server is performed, then information storage is achieved, but time-consuming steps are required
Solution Approach 1:
The server and web application are pre-configured and ready to receive information before the actual transmission occurs. The system performs preliminary setup including establishing secure connections, preparing storage structures, and configuring automatic transmission protocols in advance. This preliminary action enables rapid information upload and transfer without requiring manual configuration steps during the actual information exchange process.
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AI summary
A method for the paperless provision of initial user-related individual information from a digital data processing device to a user's mobile device, wherein the provision is carried out via a preferably network-external data server (200), in particular a cloud server, and an output device (100), comprising: providing the initial user-related individual information in a fixed digital data format for transmission to the user's mobile device; wherein, upon an execution command at the digital data processing device, the following is triggered: transferring the initial user-related individual information from the data processing device to the data server; storing the initial user-related individual information in the data server; providing an individual optical and/or near-field radio readable code in the data server;Assigning the individual code to the first user-related individual information stored in the data server; transferring or making available the assigned individual code from the data server to the output device(s); and displaying the assigned individual code on a screen for scanning and/or on an NFC module of the output device for transfer.