Secure Smart Object Personalization via Consumer Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
The personalization of secure smart objects, such as wearables, is challenging due to scalability issues and poor consumer experiences, particularly in personalizing smart card applications from consumer-owned devices, leading to incomplete or incorrect personalization processes.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that enables personalization of secure smart objects using existing commands on consumer devices, such as smartphones, by transmitting a data package to a chip on the object, which processes it efficiently, allowing for rapid personalization and resilience against communication interruptions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If personalization is performed during fulfillment, then secure smart objects can be customized for consumers, but fulfillment channels are restricted and scalability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The personalization process is segmented into two independent phases: (1) fulfillment without personalization, and (2) subsequent personalization via consumer device. This separation allows fulfillment channels to operate at full capacity without personalization constraints, while still enabling customization afterward.
Solution Approach 2:
The secure smart object is prepared in advance during fulfillment with all necessary infrastructure except the actual personalization data. The object is pre-configured to receive personalization commands from consumer devices, enabling rapid customization without impacting fulfillment throughput.
2Adaptability or versatility
If personalization is performed during fulfillment, then secure smart objects can be customized, but the process is difficult to scale and consumer experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The consumer uses their own device to perform the personalization process, eliminating the need for staff assistance or complex manual procedures. The system guides the consumer through simple steps using familiar technology, dramatically improving ease of operation and consumer experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The personalization system leverages the consumer's existing device (smartphone, tablet, or computer) which already has necessary capabilities. This universal approach works across different device types and operating systems, simplifying the process and improving consumer experience through familiar interfaces.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple commands are used for personalization, then complete personalization can be achieved, but data transfer time and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple personalization commands are merged into a single data package that is transferred in one operation. The consumer device sends the entire personalization payload at once, and the secure smart object processes all commands sequentially internally, reducing total transfer time while maintaining complete personalization.
Solution Approach 2:
The data package is prepared in advance with all necessary personalization commands pre-configured and optimized. This preliminary preparation ensures that the actual transfer and execution are rapid, achieving complete personalization without time loss from multiple separate operations.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems provide for personalizing a secure smart object. The secure smart object, such as a wearable, which includes a chip, and a personalization application on the chip, receives a data package in a transmission from a device, such as a smart phone. Once the data package is received, and the transmission of the data page is complete, as confirmed or otherwise verified by a personalization application on the chip having executed a security check, the personalization application on the chip of the secure smart object, processes the data package to create one or more personalized application instances on the chip of the secure smart object.