Programmed Computing Devices for Secure Proximity Meetings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies fail to facilitate instantaneous, secure, and efficient transactions between unfamiliar individuals for goods and services with short lifespans, particularly in environments with visual or network limitations, leading to uncertainty and potential fraud.
Innovation Solution
A computer system with specifically programmed computing devices that enable direct electronic proximity-based communication, using visual and audio signals, along with authentication protocols, to facilitate real-time meetings and transactions between users, ensuring anonymity and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If traditional communication methods are used for transactions, then users can communicate basic information, but transaction time and uncertainty increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring computing devices with specialized software that automatically establishes proximity-based communication channels, pre-validates user identities through authentication identifiers, and pre-establishes visual indicator protocols. This eliminates the need for real-time manual coordination and reduces transaction time while maintaining reliability through automated verification processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical communication methods (manual conversation, physical gestures) with electronic proximity-based communication systems. Computing devices use automated electronic signals, visual indicators displayed on screens, and audio cues to facilitate transactions, significantly reducing the time required compared to manual interaction while enhancing reliability through digital verification.
2Ease of operation
If user identification is made explicit, then authentication is simplified, but user anonymity and security are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary layer of authentication identifiers that mediate between users and the transaction system. Instead of directly revealing personal identity information, users are authenticated through unique identifiers assigned to their computing devices. This intermediary mechanism simplifies authentication while protecting user anonymity and reducing fraud risk by preventing direct exposure of personal identifying information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copies of authentication identifiers that can be verified without revealing the original user identity. The system maintains copies of user authentication data in a verified state, allowing authentication to proceed while the actual user identity remains concealed. This copying approach enables easy authentication while preserving anonymity and security.
3Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If visual indicators are made prominent, then user identification is enhanced, but visual limitations in challenging environments reduce effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements multi-functionality by combining visual indicators with audio signals and proximity-based electronic communication. The computing devices can display visual indicators on screens while simultaneously emitting audio cues and establishing electronic communication channels. This universal approach ensures that users can identify each other through multiple sensory modalities, making the system adaptable to challenging environmental conditions where visual detection may be impaired.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs parameter changes by dynamically adjusting the type and intensity of indicators based on environmental conditions. The system can switch between visual, audio, and electronic communication parameters depending on the operating environment. This flexibility allows the system to maintain effectiveness in challenging conditions by changing the dominant communication parameter rather than relying solely on visual indicators.
4Productivity
If proximity-based communication is established, then transaction speed increases, but network limitations in certain environments reduce reliability
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses an intermediary verification process where computing devices exchange and verify authentication identifiers through proximity-based communication. This intermediary step ensures that both devices are authorized before establishing the transaction channel, maintaining reliability even when network conditions are challenging. The verification mechanism acts as a buffer that prevents failures from compromising the overall transaction reliability.
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AI summary
In some embodiments, the present invention provides for a computer system which includes at least the following components: a plurality of computing devices associated with a plurality of users associated with a plurality of users; where each computing device of the plurality of computing devices is configured to: electronically receive software which, when being executed, cause such computing device to display a plurality of instances of a specifically programmed graphical user interface (GUI); where each instance of the GUI is configured to display a real-time updatable meeting information representative of a direct electronic proximity-based communication between at least two computing devices associated with at least two users who desire to meet at a particular location to engage in a transaction of at least one good, at least one service, or both, whose marketable value lasts for a period of 30 seconds to 60 minutes.