Trusted Number Verification for Secure Mobile Recharging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile recharging methods lack security measures to prevent mistaken recharges, potentially leading to unauthorized transactions and damage to users' accounts.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that verify the trustworthiness of a phone number before recharging, using recharge history records or contact information to determine if the number is trusted, and alerting the user if it is not, allowing for user confirmation before proceeding with the recharge.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If recharging is allowed without verification, then recharging operation is simple and fast, but security risk increases due to potential mistaken recharges
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary verification of the phone number's trustworthiness before executing the recharging operation. By checking whether the number exists in the trusted number database and validating the relationship between the phone number and account holder in advance, the system prevents mistaken recharges before they occur, resolving the contradiction between security and operational simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a trusted number database and verification mechanism as an intermediary between the user's recharging request and the actual recharging operation. This intermediary layer validates the phone number and confirms the user's authority to recharge that number, thereby enhancing security without significantly complicating the user interface or操作流程.
2Reliability
If phone number verification is performed, then mistaken recharges are prevented, but recharging time increases due to verification steps
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs verification checks in advance by querying the trusted number database before the recharging transaction is executed. By pre-validating the phone number and user relationship, the system ensures accurate recharging while minimizing actual transaction time, as the verification occurs as a background check rather than a sequential step.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for increasing security in recharging and belongs to the field of communication. The method comprises: receiving (S11) a request sent by a first terminal to recharge a first phone number; obtaining (S 12) information on the first phone number and determining whether the first phone number is a trusted phone number based on the obtained information; recharging (S13) the first phone number if it is determined that the first phone number is a trusted phone number, and alerting the first terminal that the first phone number is not a trusted phone number if it is determined that the first phone number is not a trusted phone number, wherein the first phone number is not a phone number corresponding to the first terminal. The apparatus comprises: a receiving module (121), an obtaining module (122) and a control module (123). The present disclosure significantly increases security in recharging, avoids occurrence of mistaken recharge, and prevents damage to user's property.