Secured Location Beacon Addresses for Blockchain Presence Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems are limited in proving identity of location, transacting parties, and asset custody in a distributed manner while ensuring privacy and security, particularly in supply chain management and transaction provenance, due to lack of secure and tamper-proof mechanisms for location tracking and data sharing across multiple entities.
Innovation Solution
The use of location beacon devices and blockchain technology to create secured representations of blockchain addresses, which are transmitted as time-based one-time advertisements, allowing for secure proof of presence and custody through an interactive proving protocol on a blockchain network, ensuring secure and tamper-proof verification of location and asset ownership.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If location tracking and data sharing are implemented across multiple entities, then verification capability is improved, but security and privacy protection deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates secured representations (cryptographic hashes) of location and blockchain addresses that can be shared and verified across multiple entities without exposing the actual sensitive data. These copied representations enable verification while protecting privacy, as the original sensitive information never needs to be transmitted or stored in plaintext.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces secured representations as an intermediary mechanism between location tracking and verification. Instead of directly sharing sensitive location data, the system uses cryptographic hash functions to create intermediate representations that preserve verification capability while eliminating security and privacy risks associated with direct data sharing.
2Reliability
If secure and tamper-proof mechanisms are implemented for location tracking, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical or procedural security mechanisms with cryptographic hash functions. Instead of implementing complex tamper-proof hardware or multi-layer security protocols, the system uses mathematical hashing to achieve tamper-proof verification, significantly reducing device complexity while maintaining high reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms location data and blockchain addresses into secured representations through parameter transformation (cryptographic hashing). This parameter change converts sensitive raw data into verified but non-sensitive hash values, achieving tamper-proof verification without requiring complex security infrastructure.
3Reliability
If secured representations are transmitted as time-based one-time advertisements, then security is improved, but loss of time increases due to verification processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary cryptographic hashing of location and blockchain address data before transmission. By pre-computing secured representations, the system eliminates the need for complex real-time verification processes, reducing verification time while maintaining security. The hash values are self-verifying, requiring minimal processing time at the receiving end.
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AI summary
Implementations of the disclosure are directed to using a distributed ledger network and a location beacon device that transmits a secured representations of a location distributed ledger addresses to prove the presence of a user at a particular location and time. In implementations, a method includes: receiving, at a first time, a first beacon, the first beacon including a first secured representation of a distributed ledger address associated with a location; transmitting the first secured representation of the blockchain address to a server system operating as a node on a distributed ledger network; receiving a request from the server system to obtain, at a second time after the first time, a second secured representation of a distributed ledger address; in response to the request, obtaining a second secured representation of a blockchain address associated with a location; and transmitting to the server system, the second secured representation of the blockchain address associated with the location.