Short-Range Transceiver Verification for Spoof-Resistant Messaging

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic messaging systems lack secure verification of user identity and device association, making them vulnerable to spoofing and compromising sensitive information.

Innovation Solution

A verified messaging system using a user's short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, to authenticate a client device by sending a user identifier to a server for verification, ensuring the device corresponds to the user and enhancing security through a trusted service provider.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If electronic messaging is conducted remotely over networks, then convenience of communication is improved, but security and verification of user identity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconvenience of communicationVSAvoidverification of user identity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a trusted service provider as an intermediary that issues cryptographic credentials (public-private key pairs) to user devices. This mediator enables secure verification by allowing the server to authenticate users through digitally signed messages without requiring direct trust between communicating parties, thus resolving the contradiction between remote communication convenience and identity verification reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If SMS protocol is used for messaging, then ease of operation is improved, but vulnerability to spoofing increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of messagingVSAvoidspoofing vulnerability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical/SMS-based messaging system with a cryptographic verification system. Instead of relying on SMS protocol authentication, the system uses public-key cryptography where user devices sign messages with private keys and servers verify them with corresponding public keys. This substitution eliminates spoofing vulnerabilities while maintaining ease of operation through automated cryptographic processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Ease of operation

If confidential information is sent over SMS channel, then communication convenience is improved, but risk of information compromise increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication convenienceVSAvoidinformation compromise risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary anti-action by establishing cryptographic verification before confidential information is transmitted. The server verifies the user's identity through digitally signed messages before allowing communication, preventing unauthorized access and information compromise in advance. This preemptive security measure protects confidential information while maintaining communication convenience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

Data Source

PatentEP4197157B1Systems and methods for verified messaging via short-range transceiver
Publication Date: 2025.09.24 CAPITAL ONE SERVICES LLC
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AI summary

Systems and methods for verified messaging through the interaction involving a short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, a client device and a server are presented. Verified messaging may be provided in the context of using a client device to receive a user identifier from the user's short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, and sending a messaging request with the user identifier to a server, which may look up client device information and compare with data about the client device accompanying the request. Matching received client device information to stored client device data based on a user identifier obtained from a short-range transceiver provides an enhanced ability to verify that the client device corresponds to the user associated with the short-range transceiver.