Virtual ID Geolocation Verification for Benefit Eligibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Businesses face challenges in verifying the identity of individuals, such as service members, veterans, and first responders, to ensure only eligible recipients receive benefits, as existing methods lack efficient and secure verification processes.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for generating an electronic identity verification object that verifies user attributes and geolocation, creating a virtual identification page when the individual is within a predetermined distance of a benefit-providing establishment, using a combination of user attributes, geolocation, and biometric authentication to ensure secure and accurate verification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional identity verification methods are used, then simplicity and ease of operation are maintained, but security and verification accuracy deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple verification methods (biometric authentication, geolocation verification, and identity validation) into a single integrated electronic verification system. This merging of previously separate verification processes creates a comprehensive security solution that maintains reliability while managing complexity through unified system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic verification object serves multiple functions simultaneously: it stores biometric data, validates geolocation, confirms identity status, and provides authentication credentials. This multi-functionality allows a single system to perform what would traditionally require multiple separate verification processes, improving reliability without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Reliability
If multiple verification parameters are used, then verification accuracy and security are improved, but processing time and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-validating user attributes and storing verified identity information in the electronic verification object before the actual verification event. Biometric data and geolocation parameters are prepared and stored in advance, allowing rapid retrieval and comparison during the verification process, thus reducing real-time processing time while maintaining high accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical verification processes (manual ID checking, physical presence confirmation) with electronic and automated systems. Biometric sensors, GPS localization, and automated database querying substitute for manual verification steps, significantly reducing verification time while improving accuracy through objective electronic measurement rather than subjective human judgment.
3Measurement precision
If geolocation verification is implemented, then benefit distribution accuracy is improved, but system complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary layer (the electronic verification object and backend validation service) that handles the complex geolocation verification process. Instead of requiring the user device to directly manage complex location validation logic, the intermediary component receives location data, validates it against establishment coordinates, and returns a simplified verification result, thereby improving measurement precision while managing system complexity through layered architecture.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are systems and techniques for generating an electronic identity verification object for verifying the identity of a user. In one example, the systems and techniques can receive a current position of an electronic device associated with a user and a search request for filtering a plurality of locations. A list of available locations can be generated using the current position and the search request to determine a filtered subset of the plurality of locations. A selected location, from the list of available locations, can be received. An identity of the user can be verified to include or more user attributes. In response to verifying the identity of the user, a distance between the current position and the selected location can be determined. If the distance is below a threshold, an electronic identity verification object uniquely associated with a verified user attribute and the selected location can be generated.