Remote Mobile Card Activation via Electronic Passport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for activating mobile communication cards require face-to-face registration, lacking secure remote identification and leading to potential misuse due to incorrect login names or faked identities.
Innovation Solution
A method utilizing a contactless interface, such as NFC or RFID, for remote-controlled online activation, where the mobile communication card is temporarily activated and services are released based on an identifier and authentication parameters from an electronic passport, ensuring secure user identification and data integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If face-to-face registration is used for activating mobile communication cards, then user identification can be verified, but the process requires physical presence at service desk and lacks remote activation capability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an electronic passport as an intermediary device that mediates between the user and the mobile communication network. The electronic passport contains authentication parameters and can be read by the user equipment to verify user identity remotely, eliminating the need for face-to-face registration while maintaining security through cryptographic authentication mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical face-to-face registration process with an electronic authentication system. Instead of physical presence at a service desk, the system uses electronic data exchange between the electronic passport, user equipment, and network to verify and activate the mobile communication card remotely.
2Productivity
If traditional authentication methods are used, then service activation can proceed, but the system is vulnerable to misuse due to incorrect login names or faked identities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary authentication by reading and verifying authentication parameters from the electronic passport before service activation. This preliminary verification ensures that only authenticated users can activate services, preventing misuse while maintaining efficient remote activation through automated validation processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a secure copy of the user's authentication data from the electronic passport into the user equipment's memory. This copy is then used for verification without exposing the original authentication parameters, enabling efficient validation while maintaining security and preventing identity fraud.
3Reliability
If contactless interface is used for transmitting authentication parameters, then data security and integrity are enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes universal contactless communication standards (such as NFC or RFID) that are already widely implemented in modern mobile devices. By leveraging existing multi-functional contactless interfaces, the system achieves enhanced data security without significantly increasing device complexity, as the hardware capability is already present in contemporary user equipment.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables secure and remote identification of users, preventing misuse and allowing for accurate allocation of charges, while ensuring data privacy and integrity through cryptographic security measures.
Implementation Method 1
the at least one authentication parameter being transmitted via the contactless interface
Implementation Method 2
A method utilizing a contactless interface, such as NFC or RFID, for remote-controlled online activation
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for releasing a mobile communication card for the use of a service of a mobile communication network, wherein in a first step the mobile communication card is at least temporarily activated and wherein in a second step the use of the service is released based on an identifier of the mobile communication card and at least one authentication parameter of an electronic passport.