WO2012137035A1 - Utilisation de réseaux gsm pour un système de vote/sondage mobile basé sur l'emplacement au niveau national - Google Patents

Utilisation de réseaux gsm pour un système de vote/sondage mobile basé sur l'emplacement au niveau national Download PDF

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WO2012137035A1
WO2012137035A1 PCT/IB2011/051432 IB2011051432W WO2012137035A1 WO 2012137035 A1 WO2012137035 A1 WO 2012137035A1 IB 2011051432 W IB2011051432 W IB 2011051432W WO 2012137035 A1 WO2012137035 A1 WO 2012137035A1
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Mohamed TALAAT
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  • This invention offers a national level location based mobile voting/polling solution using GSM networks.
  • the solution is integrated to the heart of all GSM networks in a country and makes use of GSM capabilities, protocols, and features to offer secured, fast, non-internet based and cost efficient voting/polling solution. It is suitable for democratic countries, entities, institutions and also can be used for different entertainment services.
  • MAP Mobile Application Protocol
  • the request will invoke the MAP service to send MAP menu to the user welcoming him/her and asking for identification (e.g. personal ID).
  • identification e.g. personal ID
  • the service will optionally ask for his/her PIN code (for the purpose of verification).
  • the service inquires his/her vote regarding any issue which could be political or non political one. The service will mark this participant in order not to make the same vote/poll again and save his/her selection and location to the solution database.
  • an electronic vote application is used to save the participant's selection and location without storing any other information about the identity of the participant so it will guarantee the privacy of the participant, and the privacy of the election itself.
  • the invention will allow broad range of participants to easily join any voting/ polling events without the need to go physically to a certain location to vote thus, it is time-, effort- and money-saving.
  • the invention will allow elder, disable people or even people living abroad to join any voting/ polling event.
  • the invention will get the participant location saved for further analysis by using Mobile Application Protocol (MAP).
  • MAP Mobile Application Protocol
  • the invention will guarantee transparency of the voting process by offering access to third party auditors for reviewing the process and results.
  • the invention is totally electronic which will close the door for any chance of falsification or frauds.
  • the invention will provide an easy way for participants to join any voting/ polling event at their homes without going to voting location which may be not safe in some countries.
  • the invention is totally electronic which will save cost of printing paper materials and others.
  • the invention is totally automated and flexibly follows certain logics without need of human resources that are normally hired in these situations to control the vote process, manage it, judge, and count votes.
  • Similar voting solutions are ⁇ based solutions and need internet access which can be considered barrier to people in rural areas and is not cost efficient. It may also need the participant to physically come to the voting location thus; it may not be suitable for elder, disabled, or living abroad people.
  • Similar solutions are not integrated to the heart of GSM network and may use only the offered ⁇ rrrnunication channels such as; SMS and GPRS to get participant opinions, although being integrated to the core of a GSM network can offer wide range of capabilities including non-GPS based location, using MAP (Mobile Application Protocol) to collect participants votes free of charge, using mobile account balance to charge for the service fees and/or subscriptions if needed, easily send mass of short messages, and more.
  • MAP Mobile Application Protocol
  • the invention uses different ⁇ , software and telecommunication technologies depending on the offered service. It uses a mobile phone to access the service, a telecom gateway that collects participants' USSD requests and saves them into central voting platform. This central platform is connected to telecom gateways at each GSM mobile operator in order to collect all participants' opinions.
  • MAP Mobile Application Protocol
  • HLR Home Location Register
  • I Charging System or Intelligent Networks
  • SMSC Short Message Service Center
  • the invention uses a mobile handled communication devices, telecom gateways integrated to each GSM network and these telecom gateways are integrated to a central voting platform that offer a central server for all voting/ polling services and is a repository for all voting/ polling information such as; votes, votes policy control, profile management access for external auditors and system administration, participants personal ID/identity and their PIN codes.
  • MAP Mobile Application Protocol
  • MAP Mobile Application Protocol
  • Figure 1 is a diagram for the LBMVP service solution architect
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram of the voting for governmental elections use case
  • Figure 3 is a diagram shows how candidates' names are viewed regarding figure 2
  • Figure 4 is a diagram of the social dubs polling use case
  • Figure 5 is a flow chart of a voting service with participant authentication
  • Figure 6 is software components of central voting/polling platform
  • Figure 7 is call flow of voting scenario inside a GSM network
  • This invention offers a national level location based mobile voting/polling solution using GSM networks as illustrated in Fig.l, It is integrated to the heart of GSM networks and makes use of GSM capabilities, protocols, and features to offer secured, fast, non-internet based and cost efficient voting/ polling solution.
  • the solution is suitable for democratic countries, entities, institutions and also can be used for different entertainment services.
  • the service will save the participant's identity and optionally asks for his/her PIN code for verification (502) , afterwards, the service will check the legibility of the participant to join the voting/polling event (503), the service will query the participant's opinion and get his/her location from GSM network (504), the service will use one of the pre-created electronic voting application to save the participant's selection and location (506), finally the service marks the participant's identity as an already participated person into the central voting platform (507) and thanks him/her for voting (508).
  • An electronic vote application is used to save the participant's selection and his/her location without saving any information about the identity of the participant so, it guarantees the privacy of the participant, and the privacy of the election itself.
  • the solution will only record that this participant is not allowed to vote again and will not store information about his/her selection in case privacy is needed.
  • the voting call scenario will start after dialing a USSD string as illustrated in Fig.7 which will invoke the HLR (701) to send a Mobile Application Protocol operation (Process UnstructuredSS-Request to LBMVP gateway which open a dialog session between the participant and the gateway.
  • the gateway will invoke the voting service and send back a reply with a USSD menu welcoming the participant and asking for the personal ID, then for PIN and verifying the participant with the central database platform (703). Then the service sends the voting menu to the participant and getting his selection to be saved to the central database platform (703).
  • the invention will allow broad range of participants to easily join any voting/ polling events without need to go physically to a certain location to vote thus, it is time-, effort- and money-saving.
  • the invention will allow elder, disable people or even people living abroad to join any voting/ polling event.
  • the invention will get the participant location saved for further analysis by using Mobile Application Protocol (MAP).
  • MAP Mobile Application Protocol
  • the invention will guarantee transparency of the voting process by offering access to third party auditors for reviewing the process and results.
  • the invention is totally electronic which will close the door for any chance of falsification or frauds.
  • the invention will provide an easy way for participants to join any voting/ polling event at their homes without going to voting location which may be not safe in some countries.
  • the invention is totally electronic which will save cost of printing paper materials and others.
  • the invention is totally automated and flexibly follows certain logics without need of human resources that are normally hired in these situations to control the vote process, manage it, judge, and count votes.
  • Similar voting solutions are ⁇ based solution and need internet access which can be considered barrier to people in rural areas and is not cost efficient. It may also need the participant to physically come to the voting location thus; it may not suitable for elder, disabled or living abroad people.
  • the invention uses different ⁇ , software and telecommunication technologies depending on the offered service. It uses a mobile phone to access the service, a telecom gateway that collects participants' USSD requests and saves them into central voting platform. This central platform connected to telecom gateways at each GSM mobile operator in order to collect all pneumoniapant ⁇ opinions.
  • the central voting platform is based on start of the art technology based on open source software components, it will provide service execution layer (604) that will run different voting/polling applications (603).
  • MAP Mobile Application Protocol
  • HLR Home Location Register
  • I Charging System or Intelligent Networks
  • SMSC Short Message Service Center
  • an elector wants to vote for the governmental elections as shown in figure 2; s/he will go to the nearest mobile shop and by showing the national ID number they will enter it into the system to give him/her the related PIN code (which will be used for later elections). Then, through his/her mobile phone (regardless its type), dials a specific USSD number (200). Then, the system asks the elector to enter his/her national ID number (201). After the elector enters the ID number (202), s/he is asked to enter his/her own PIN code (203). The user will be asked to change the PIN code and create his/her own PIN for the first time only. Thus, the user enters the new PIN code (204).
  • the invention guarantees high level of security and protection for the data entered by the voters.
  • users must enter their national ID number and a PIN code before voting; the user's national ID, mobile number and pin code are saved to avoid re-voting to the same subject.
  • the system gets blocked after a set number of incorrect PIN code entries.
  • the user finds that someone had voted instead of him/her by using his/her own number; consequently, s/he dials a particular service number to report the fraud, and then specialists will investigate the case and then cancel the fraudulent vote as a result.

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L'invention concerne une solution de vote/sondage mobile complète basée sur l'emplacement (LBMVP) au niveau national, qui couvre l'intégralité des réseaux GSM nationaux pour donner accès à tous les citoyens et est connectée en temps réel à une plate-forme de base de données centrale, qui collecte toutes les contributions de vote/sondage en ligne à partir de l'ensemble des réseaux GSM, et effectue de manière professionnelle une analyse du comptage des voix de manière sécurisée en tenant compte de la vie privée des électeurs, comme illustré dans la figure 1. La solution permet l'accès externe à tout tiers au processus électoral et à la vérification des résultats requise par les organes judiciaires (113), l'organisation civile (112), le gouvernement (111) ou tout auditeur externe (110). La solution s'appuie sur USSD qui est une application GSM Mobile Application Protocol (MAP) permettant de recueillir les voies des citoyens et d'obtenir l'emplacement des électeurs. L'application GSM Mobile Application Protocol (MAP) offre un canal de communication entre la solution et l'électeur par le biais des réseaux GSM. Il s'agit d'un canal de communication haute capacité, accessible depuis tous les types de téléphones mobiles, rentable et gratuit car il s'appuie sur des canaux de signalisation qui sont couramment utilisés par défaut même si le téléphone mobile est inactif. L'invention concerne un large éventail de services de vote/sondage utiles pour les élections présidentielles, les élections des assemblées populaires, l'aide à la prise de décisions des politiciens par leurs partisans, le vote/sondage interne des partis politiques, les élections de clubs, les élections des instituts gouvernementaux et non gouvernementaux, les shows médiatiques et émissions-débats, les événements publics et privés, les conférences, la prise de décision des entreprises, etc. Cet ensemble de services ajoute beaucoup de valeur aux citoyens, aux employés, aux dirigeants, aux partisans et aux subordonnés. Elle crée en outre une sorte de synergie et d'alliance entre les personnes, aide les décideurs en tout lieu à prendre des bonnes décisions de façon précise et opportune.
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