Vaping Policy Beacon Authentication for Trusted Signal Enforcement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic vapor provision systems, such as e-cigarettes, face challenges in implementing effective wireless data communication for policy enforcement, particularly in ensuring the authenticity and legitimacy of vaping policies transmitted to devices, which can be compromised by unauthorized signals.
Innovation Solution
A wireless vaping policy beacon system that includes a beacon authentication server to verify the authenticity of vaping policy signals using GPS coordinates, trusted certificates, or supplementary identification data, ensuring that only legitimate signals from registered locations are recognized and enforced by connected e-cigarettes and mobile devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If wireless communication is used for data exchange between e-cigarette and external systems, then user flexibility and movement freedom are improved, but the risk of unauthorized policy transmissions and signal authentication issues increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces mobile communication devices and beacon authentication servers as intermediary components between the e-cigarette and external systems. These intermediaries handle the complex authentication processes using GPS coordinates, trusted certificates, and supplementary identification data, thereby maintaining wireless convenience while ensuring reliable signal verification through multiple layers of security validation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If wireless vaping policy beacons are deployed for policy enforcement, then policy implementation capability is improved, but the complexity of authentication and verification processes increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the authentication process into distinct functional modules: GPS coordinate verification, trusted certificate validation, supplementary identification checking, and policy enforcement execution. This segmentation allows each authentication component to be independently managed and processed, reducing the perceived complexity while maintaining comprehensive security validation for policy implementation.
3Measurement precision
If GPS coordinates and supplementary identification data are used for beacon authentication, then the accuracy of location-based policy enforcement is improved, but the loss of time for authentication increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-registering GPS coordinates, trusted certificates, and supplementary identification data for authorized locations before actual policy enforcement. This pre-registration creates a database of validated locations and credentials, enabling rapid authentication during actual policy enforcement without requiring time-consuming real-time verification of each parameter.
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AI summary
A mobile communication device includes a wireless receiver adapted to receive a beacon signal from a wireless beacon, the beacon signal including a unique identifier and a common identifier indicating that the beacon is used for the transmission of vaping policies; a processor adapted to detect within the beacon signal the common identifier; a transmitter adapted to transmit the unique identifier to a remote server; and a receiver adapted to receive from the remote server indicator data indicative of the authenticity of the beacon signal.