Un-decryptable Identifier for Mobile Device Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices often lose their unique identification when data is erased or misappropriated, leading to difficulties in tracking and securing the device.
Innovation Solution
A permanently affixed un-decryptable identifier is created on the mobile device, which includes a tracker and remote access capabilities, allowing the user to select an object like an application, picture, or widget that remains on the device even after data wipeout, and can be activated to locate the device if misplaced or stolen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If data is erased from the mobile device, then data privacy is improved, but device identification capability is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is segmented into two distinct parts: removable storage for user data that can be erased, and non-removable storage for the unique identifier that cannot be erased. This segmentation allows the identifier to remain while user data is deleted, resolving the contradiction between data privacy and device identification capability.
Solution Approach 2:
A non-removable storage component acts as an intermediary between the removable storage and the device identification system. This intermediary ensures that the unique identifier persists independently of user data, maintaining device identification capability even when all user data is erased.
2Reliability
If a traditional identifier is used on the mobile device, then device identification is possible, but the identifier can be deleted or erased along with other data
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is divided into removable and non-removable storage sections. The identifier is placed in the non-removable storage section, which physically separates it from the removable user data. This segmentation ensures the identifier cannot be deleted along with other data, maintaining both identification reliability and persistence stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The non-removable storage capacity is pre-configured and reserved specifically for the unique identifier before the device is delivered to the user. This preliminary action ensures the identifier has a permanent home that cannot be erased, maintaining stability and persistence throughout the device's lifecycle.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the identifier is made un-decryptable and permanently affixed, then data security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is segmented into removable and non-removable sections, with the identifier residing in the non-removable section. This segmentation provides data security by ensuring the identifier cannot be erased or modified, while the overall complexity remains manageable through a straightforward two-part storage architecture rather than complex encryption systems.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing a permanently affixed un-decryptable coded identifier onto a mobile device. The identifier may be one or more applications, pictures, widgets, tokens, or the like that may be transformed into an identifier to include the objects original functionality plus additional coding. The identifier, once selected by the user may be coded to include a tracker, beacon, and coded with remote access abilities. The identifier may then be permanently installed onto the user's mobile device. As such providing a trackable code associated with a mobile device, if the mobile device is misplaced. Furthermore, the identifier may be permanently stored within the mobile device preventing complete erasing of the identifier upon complete data deletion of the user device.