Universal Reader Device for Multi-Vendor Ephemeral ID Translation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current user identification systems rely on siloed models that burden users with multiple applications, leading to memory issues, performance problems, and security concerns, while lacking universal compatibility across different manufacturers and environments.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing a universal personal transponder that broadcasts an ephemeral ID, detectable by various devices, which is verified by a dedicated server to enable seamless interactions with physical world devices without requiring users to download multiple apps or manage complex accounts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users install multiple manufacturer-specific applications to interact with different devices, then universal compatibility is achieved, but memory usage and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal reader device that can detect and process ID signals from multiple manufacturers through a single application. The reader device includes a database with mapping information that enables it to translate different manufacturer-specific ID signals into a universal format, allowing one application to perform the functions of multiple manufacturer-specific applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a dedicated server and mapping database as intermediaries between user devices and manufacturer-specific devices. The reader device communicates with the dedicated server, which contains mapping information that translates between different ID signal formats. This intermediary layer enables universal compatibility without requiring users to install multiple applications.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users install multiple manufacturer-specific applications to interact with different devices, then universal compatibility is achieved, but device performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The universal reader device consolidates the functionality of multiple manufacturer-specific applications into a single application. This single application can detect ID signals from any manufacturer, translate them using the mapping database, and facilitate interactions with various devices, thereby maintaining universal compatibility while improving device performance by reducing the number of applications running simultaneously.
3Reliability
If a siloed user ID model is used where each vendor has its own ID system, then vendor-specific control is maintained, but ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The dedicated server acts as an intermediary that maintains vendor-specific control while improving user convenience. The server stores mapping information for different vendor ID systems and performs the translation automatically. Users interact with a single universal application without needing to understand or manage multiple vendor-specific ID systems, making the system easier to operate while preserving vendor-specific control through the backend mapping infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the complexity of vendor-specific ID translation from the user device and relocates it to the dedicated server. The mapping database and translation logic are removed from individual user applications and centralized on the server, allowing users to operate the system without dealing with vendor-specific complexities while maintaining the ability to control vendor-specific behavior through the mapping infrastructure.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple applications are installed on smart devices to achieve universal compatibility, then device adaptability increases, but security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The universal reader device provides a single secure application that can interact with multiple vendor-specific devices. By consolidating multiple applications into one, the attack surface is reduced, and security management is simplified. The single application can be thoroughly vetted and secured, while still providing universal compatibility through the mapping database infrastructure.
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AI summary
A method includes outputting with a first reader, presence signals to first smart devices, receiving responsive ephemeral ID signals, determining a first authorized device in response to the ephemeral ID signals, providing an ephemeral ID signal of the first authorized device to a second reader, directing a first peripheral to perform a user-perceptible action in response to the first authorized device, outputting with a second reader device, presence signals to second smart devices, receiving responsive ephemeral ID, determining a second authorized device in response to the ephemeral ID signals from the second smart devices, receiving the ephemeral ID signal of the first authorized device, determining a third authorized device in response to the ephemeral ID signal of the first authorized device, and directing a second peripheral device to perform a user-perceptible action in response to the second authorized device or the third authorized device.