WO2011117227A1

WO2011117227A1 - Method and device for generating and analyzing an address identification

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Publication number: WO2011117227A1
Application number: PCT/EP2011/054323
Authority: WO
Inventors: Luc Arnaud Dotoun Degla
Original assignee: Luc Arnaud Dotoun Degla
Priority date: 2010-03-23
Filing date: 2011-03-22
Publication date: 2011-09-29
Also published as: DE102010012440A1

Abstract

The invention relates to methods and devices for generating and analyzing address identifications. The address identifications according to the invention consist of personal information and location information and additionally comprise a check number. Said identifications can be encrypted and saved in a database and additionally saved in a portable memory. The address identifications according to the invention can also be supplemented by a personal identification number by means of which the authorization of the user of said data can be checked. The address identifications according to the invention can be used in particular in local areas as well as countries and regions for which no population register having typical address information exists.

Description

Method and device for generating and evaluating a

address ID

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for generating an address nu ng and a further method and an associated device for reading and checking the address identifier.

By address identifier is here understood a sequence of characters, such as letters and / or numbers, containing both personal information and location information.

Personal information is all such information that is likely to identify a person. These include in particular surname, forenames, titles of nobility, academic titles, job titles, passport numbers, as well as information on biometric characteristics, such as passport photos, fingerprints and the like.

Location information is understood here to mean all such information that is suitable for marking a place. These include, in particular, geodesists, such as the coordinate system consisting of latitudes and longitudes, the UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) coordinate system or other data, ie the geographic information systems (G I S). Location information may also include common address information, such as postal code, city, street name and house number.

Geodesics in themselves are well known. Various applications for using geodesics have also been proposed. Thus, the published patent application DE 1 02 47 630 A1 introduces a method and a guide for providing information on an area for leisure activities, in which information from geodesics and / or satellite data is processed. This should make it possible to get a good picture of such an area. International Publication WO 02/091229 presents a method and a device for automatic provision of information with a search engine, wherein searched objects possessing a specifiable generic feature, such as industry, etc., and within a geographic area, such as latitude and longitude, predeterminable area lie, determined and corresponding object identification data, such as name, telephone number, etc., automatically transmitted to a display device, in particular mobile phone and / or be provided retrievable. There is provided to generate a first query to a GIS database to get to the searched area, which is determined by geodesics, address data, such as city, street, postal code, etc. to the addresses that are within the searched area , On the basis of the received address data, a second search request is then directed to a non-geocoded dataset, in particular a country-wide telephone or branch directory, in order to obtain all objects and the associated object identification data that satisfy the specifiable generic feature and one with the previously determined address data have matching address. As a result, nevertheless a location-dependent information can be generated from a non-geocoded dataset. The published patent application DE 10 2005 049 285 A1 introduces a method for locating electrotechnical components of a system. In this case, one or more layout plans of the installation generated by a CAD system are transferred to a geo-information system for localization, and the component information contained in the layout diagrams is divided into two by means of rules stored in the geo-information system - Or three-dimensional representation brought to the display.

In addition, there are reporting registers in many countries in which personal data, in particular a person's name, and location data, such as their address, usually consisting of place name, street name and house number, are stored and linked together. However, the system of such a registration register can only be used where corresponding addresses are also defined. Although this is the case in many countries and regions, there are areas where such addresses do not exist. It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a way that residents from areas where no addresses are defined can uniquely identify themselves.

This object is achieved by methods of the independent method claims and by devices of the associated device claims. Advantageous developments are specified in the subclaims. The present invention is based on the following findings. In many countries there are areas, such as the Republic of Benin, where addresses, such as place and / or street names, are missing. This is both a personal and an economic disadvantage for the people and companies living there. This also applies to persons and companies outside of these countries who wish to contact the inhabitants there, as in particular mail and parcels can not be delivered there. The residents there are suffering further disadvantages, as loans can not be granted because the banks can not accurately determine the residence of the borrower. Therefore, in a country like Benin, loans are often only given to state employees. Only someone who owns a utility bill issued in his name may open an account in Benin without major problems. However, such documents, such as electricity bills, are not a guarantee, as the customer can change his residence. Due to the missing addresses, no meaningful registration requirement can be introduced. Therefore, there is a particular mistrust in such countries as Benin, which is detrimental to the economy.

Even if an address in the above sense is not given, geodesics for the location of a house or the like can be detected worldwide, for example, by means of satellite navigation such as GPS and GALI LEO. This makes use of the present invention. By means of a suitable combination of location information with personal information, a system should also be created that reliably permits unambiguous identification of persons. For this purpose, a personal address identifier is determined by means of an algorithm from personal information and location information. This address identifier is more or less a personal identification number, but which may consist of letters, numbers and / or other characters. The address identifier preferably consists of two parts, namely a main number and a check number. In addition, you can add a code number to your PIN. The main number is the result of the actual linkage of personal information and location information. The check number and the PIN are used to check the correctness of the main number.

This data is stored in a memory and also stored on a memory card, such as magnetic card, which is handed over to the authorized person. It is also possible that the P I N is not stored on the memory card, but the person is notified separately. In particular, the PI N serves to enable the authorized person to identify himself as such, for example by inputting associated data via a keyboard.

In order for the system according to the invention to function reliably, each person who uses it must apply for a new address identifier and a new associated memory card when changing their place of residence.

In order to make such a system reliable and trustworthy, it makes sense that the generation of the address identifiers, the associated PI Ns, their storage and administration as well as the allocation of the associated memory cards is carried out by a trusty organization, ie towards third parties the authenticity of this data and the memory card insured. Suitable for this are private companies that are certified and work as a kind of trust company.

In order for a person to be able to participate in the system according to the invention and to receive an associated address identifier, he must report to the associated organization and prove his identity there, for example by means of an identity card or passport. An employee of the organization At the person's place of residence, the associated location information, in particular geodesics, is recorded.

The system according to the invention has particular advantages for the users in cooperation with business partners, such as banks, postal services, energy and water utilities and other service providers. The business partners have various options for checking the authenticity of the data or the memory card, in particular by:

- telephone demand at the organization (fiduciary)

- Demand on the internet at the organization

- Using a card reader with the possibility that the card user can enter his PIN and after checking a corresponding message. The financing of the system according to the invention can take place in that the users and / or the business partners involved pay the costs.

Further details and advantages of the invention will be explained below with reference to a preferred embodiment. 1 shows a block diagram of a device for generating and

Storage of an address identifier,

2 shows a block diagram of a device for testing the

Address tag.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a device a preferred embodiment for the generation and storage of address identifiers. An arithmetic unit 10 has suitable input means 12, via which on the one hand information P1,..., Pn for the determination of a person as well as information 01,..., On can be entered for the purpose of determining a location. The person information P1 contains here the surname of a person. The further personal information P2,..., Pn preferably contains one or more first names, possibly information on academic and / or noble titles, a passport number and distinctive biometric data, such as a passport photograph, fingerprints or the like. The location information O indicates the home address of the person designated by the person information P in the preferred embodiment. The location information 01, 02 contain geodesics here, such as the associated longitude and latitude of the home address. The further location information 03,... On may preferably contain information about the environment, for example a 360-degree photograph thereof, and - if present - the place name, its postal code, the street name and the house number of the home address. The information P, O entered via the input means 12 is processed in the arithmetic unit 10 by means of an algorithm. In this case, an identifier is generated which contains the input information in encrypted form. In addition, a check number is generated. This allows to check whether an error occurred during storage, readout and / or transmission of the identifier.

A simple example of such identifier generation is as follows. The information of a selected person is:

In this embodiment, the data contained in the "information content" column is converted in accordance with the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interch) into an internal AS CI I character, for example, an "A" is given the value "65", a " a "the value" 97 ", a" B "the value" 66 ", a" b "the value" 98 ", etc. The resulting values are added together The last ten digits of such an ASCII sum are (fictitious) "1234567890". An associated check digit is preferably formed by forming the checksum of the above-mentioned sum, resulting in the "9." Thus, the address identifier including the check digit for the example mentioned is "1234567890.9". For this address identifier also a 4-digit PIN is generated due to another algorithm. Their value could be in the above example "4567". The values generated by the arithmetic unit 10 in accordance with the example given are transmitted to a memory unit 15 via a first data line 14a and stored there in a table. In this case, the designation "CO DE 1" symbolically indicates the field where the address identifier with check digit is stored, and the associated secret number is stored in the field "PIN1". The address code is also transmitted via a second data line 14b to a card writing device 16, the at least one storage medium 18, such as a label holder, an integrated semiconductor module and / or the like, on a memory card 20 with information of the address identifier describes. It is also possible that the secret number is likewise transferred and stored on the memory card 20. However, this must then be encrypted using a separate algorithm.

Data of other persons can be processed in a similar way, whereby further address identifiers and associated secret numbers are formed. These can also be stored in the memory 15 in the fields CODE2, ..., CODEn or in the fields PIN2, ..., PINn. In addition, further storage media 18 may be described by means of the card writing device 16.

Fig. 2 shows symbolically the block diagram of a device for reading out and checking the address identifiers, as they were generated by means of a device according to Fig. 1. For this purpose, a multiplicity of card readers 22a,..., 22n are provided, which are present at business partners, such as banks, energy suppliers or the like. These devices 22 are each designed such that they can read at least one of the storage media 18 of the memory card 20. It is also possible for a user to enter his PIN. This can be done for example via suitable not shown here Tatstaturen. These data are transmitted by means of associated first transmitting-receiving means 24a,... 24n in a suitable manner in each case via data lines 26a,..., 26n and received by a second transceiver 28, which is present at a trust or other organization. which manages the address identifiers as well as the associated memory cards 20. The transmit e-receiving means 24, 28 are in a preferred Embodiment designed as a telephone modem. Accordingly, the data lines 26 are conventional telephone lines. Additionally or alternatively, it is also possible that transmission over a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) or LAN (Local Area Network) line, by radio, such as by means of a U MTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) or Bluetooth route, or the like takes place. Accordingly, at least some of the elements 24, 26, 28 are to be interpreted.

The data recorded by the transmitter-receiver 28 are passed to an evaluation unit 30. Since the address identifiers each contain a check digit, the evaluation unit 30 can check whether the currently received address recognition is plausible. Since the evaluation unit is also connected to the memory 15, it can retrieve there stored data CODE and PI N and thus check whether the received address identifier is also present. By comparing the entered PIN with the stored PIN can also be checked whether the currently read memory card 20 is used by an authorized user.

The result of the test by the evaluation unit 30 can be communicated to the transmitter-receiver 28 via a feedback line 32, which then sends a corresponding signal to the respective one of the transmitting-receiving means 24a, ..., 24n. There, the test result can be represented in a suitable manner, such as by optical and / or acoustic means. The devices and methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 are exemplary only and may be modified in many ways known to those skilled in the art or obvious. These include in particular:

- Geodesists can also be used according to the UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) coordinate system.

- Personal information may also be legal

Identify persons or other companies, companies and organizations. The generation of the check digit can be done by various methods, such as that used for generating the check digit of German patent applications.

- If as personal information those of animals and as location information that of the associated holders are used, the system according to the invention can also be used in livestock or pet ownership.

The essential aspects of the present invention can therefore be summarized as follows.

The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for generating and evaluating address identifiers. The address identifiers according to the invention are formed from personal information and from location information and additionally contain a check number. They can be encrypted and stored in a database and in addition to portable storage. The address identifiers according to the invention can also be supplemented by a secret number, by means of which the authorization of the user of this data can be checked.

The address identifiers according to the invention can be used, in particular, in local areas as well as countries and regions for which there is no registration register with customary address information.

Reference numeral list 10 arithmetic unit

12 input means

14a, b data lines

15 storage unit

16 card writing device

18 storage medium

20 memory card

22a, ... n card readers

24a, ... n transmit-receive means

26a, ... n data lines

28 transmitter-receiver

30 evaluation unit

Claims

claims

Method for generating an address identifier (CODE), personal information (P) for determining a person and location information (O) for determining a location,

characterized,

that the address identifier (CODE) consists of a main identifier and a test mark, whereby the plausibility of the main identifier can be determined on the basis of the test character.

Method according to claim 1,

characterized,

in that the personal information (P) and the location information (O) are encrypted according to a first encryption key.

Method according to claim 1 or 2,

characterized,

the location information (O) determines the place of residence or the registered office of a natural or legal person.

Method according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized,

the location information (O) contains geodesics.

Method according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized,

a secret number (PI N) is generated in addition to the address identifier (CODE) based on a second algorithm, which is uniquely linked to the address identifier.

Method according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized,

the address identifier (CODE) and the secret number (PIN) are stored in a memory (15).

Method according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized,

that the address identifier (CODE) and / or the secret number (PI N) are stored on a portable data carrier (18).

Method for reading and checking an address identifier (CODE) generated according to one of the preceding method claims and stored on a portable data carrier (18),

characterized,

that the address identifier (CODE) is read from the portable data carrier (18) and compared by means of an evaluation algorithm with such data stored in a memory (15) and a control signal is generated, the value of which depends on whether the data of the portable Data carrier (1 8) d de data (CO DE) of the memory (15) correspond.

Method according to claim 8,

characterized,

the value of a first secret number stored on the portable data carrier (18) or otherwise entered is compared with a second secret number (PIN) stored in the memory (15) and the control signal is a measure of whether the two secret numbers are correct content.

10. Device for generating an address identifier (CODE) with input means (12), via which personal information (P) for determining a person as well as location information (O) for determining a location of a computing unit (10) can be supplied,

characterized,

in that the arithmetic unit (10) can generate an address identifier (CODE) which consists of a main identifier and of a test character, wherein the plausibility of the main identifier can be determined on the basis of the test character.

11. Apparatus according to claim 8,

characterized,

in that the arithmetic unit (10) can work with a first encryption algorithm which jointly encrypts the personal information (P) and the location information (O).

12. Device according to one of the preceding device claims,

characterized,

that the arithmetic unit (10) in addition to the address identifier (CODE) based on a second algorithm can generate a PIN (PIN), which is uniquely associated with the address identifier (CODE).

13. Device according to one of the preceding device claims,

characterized,

in that the arithmetic unit (10) is connected to a memory (15) into which the address identifier (CODE) and the secret number (PIN) can be stored.

H.Vorrichtung according to one of the preceding device claims,

characterized,

in that the arithmetic unit (10) is connected to a writing device (16) via which the address identifier (CODE) and / or the secret number (PIN) can be stored on a portable data carrier (18).

15. An apparatus for reading and checking an address identifier (CODE), which was generated according to one of the method claims 1 to 7 and stored on a portable data carrier (18),

characterized,

in that at least one reading device (22) is present which can read out the address identifier (CODE) from the portable data carrier (18), that transmission means (24, 26, 28) are present which store the read-out address identifier (CODE) of an evaluation unit (30). which can use an evaluation algorithm to compare the read-out address code (CODE) with such data (CODE) which are stored in a memory (15) and can generate a control signal whose value depends on whether the data of the portable data carrier ( 18) correspond to the data (CODE) of the memory (15).

16. The device according to claim 15,

characterized,

the evaluation unit (30) can compare the value of a first secret number stored on the portable data carrier (18) or otherwise entered with a second secret number (PIN) stored in the memory (15) and the control signal is a measure of whether the two secret numbers correspond in content.