Point-in-Time Digital Evidence With Biometric and Geolocation Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing smartphone technologies lack robust and organized methods for generating secure records of point-in-time events involving known persons at known locations, falling short of technical requirements for secure and efficient data management.

Innovation Solution

An integrated system that includes an application server communicating with networked mobile devices, utilizing biometric and geolocation data to generate secure data sets with end-to-end encryption, biometric verification, and blockchain-based data integrity preservation, ensuring tamper-proof and organized record keeping.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If smartphones use intrinsic features like location tracking and metadata tagging to capture point-in-time information, then data capture capability is improved, but data security and organization are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata capture capabilityVSAvoiddata security
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary system comprising a server and blockchain infrastructure that mediates between the smartphone's data capture capabilities and the storage of secure, organized records. The server acts as a trusted intermediary that receives data from smartphones, verifies it through biometric authentication, and stores it in an organized manner with cryptographic hashing, thereby enhancing both security and organization while preserving the ease of capture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If robust security measures like encryption and verification are implemented, then data integrity is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata integrityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the security system into distinct functional modules distributed across different components: biometric verification is handled by the server, cryptographic hashing is performed by the blockchain infrastructure, and data organization is managed through structured database schemas. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in a specific security function, improving overall data integrity while making the complex system more manageable and maintainable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If biometric verification and blockchain technology are integrated, then tamper-proof record generation is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetamper-proof record generationVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-computing and storing cryptographic hash functions for blockchain integration, and by maintaining pre-established biometric verification protocols on the server. The system prepares the infrastructure in advance so that when data needs to be recorded, the verification and hashing processes can proceed efficiently without ad-hoc setup delays, thereby reducing processing time while maintaining tamper-proof integrity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12411920B2Data integrity management in a computer network, including system that enables robust point-in-time digital evidence generation
Publication Date: 2025.09.09 ASBESTOS REPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
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AI summary

A data integrity management system enables robust point-in-time digital evidence generation. The system enables generation of records representative of point-in-time events involving known persons at known locations. Such systems may be employed in data integrity management processes performed in a computer network.