SOFT CENSE

Improving Lives..!
Summary:
Category name Explanation
Digital Government Ever thought of managing your Government
Identity cards with ease..? This Idea aims at
digitizing the straining work of carrying identity
documents by modifying the system/process of
issuing them to the people applicable and eligible.
Read more on the solution described.
Compelling need for the innovation
Problem Statement:
What are the problems you are facing with Government IDs:
Have multiple copies of the same ID?
Wrong details printed on them?
IDs are worn out or destroyed?
Fear of losing them or forgetting them at home or at any other
place?
Verifying ID with the Government officials?
Has somebody duplicated your ID and using?
Are these your problems too..? Read further to know what can
be done to avoid them. Managing Government Identity cards has
become a stressful work for everyone.
Compelling need for the innovation
Whats happening now?
In todays world we do get Government ID cards, but -
Its a printed hard copy with authentication seal and details.
Increased Governments operating cost (like data entry, manual
printing, manual posting, etc).
No centralized system to monitor issuing multiple copies of the same
ID.
No Fraud detection system.
No unified solution to keep all of them safe and secure.
No quick system to issue a change in details provided.
Compelling need for the innovation
What this idea is all about?
This Solution is formulated to enable Government to monitor
the process of ID provisioning end-to-end, through something called
Soft-Cense. Soft-Cense is a highly secured Smartphone application
which acts as interface for all the Identity cards produced and issued
by Government.
It provides:
Single place to save and manage all Identity cards.
Easier ID verification by the Government officials
Governments can issue ID cards quickly and securely.
Inbuilt security in the app for safety.
Originality of the app specified with set of features implemented in it.
Solution
Smartphone sales is surging in todays world and smartphone
apps are diversifying in their usage terms. Soft-Cense is one of the
revolutionary way various Governments can operate in present time.
Soft-Cense is implemented using few latest inventions and
technologies that the world has seen and are listed below :
Finger-Print Recognition (Touch ID)
NFC - Near Field Communication
App Self Destruction Code
It can be implemented either in IOS (iphone 5S) or Android
(Samsung Galaxy S5). Though these are the only high end models
offering Finger-print security, future will be very much different with
more number of models coming in with these features.
Solution
This application involves following features:
1. Usage of finger print recognition to open the app.
2. Mobile number verification by the app during startup for added
security
3. List of Identities displayed which the user has in his/her name.
4. IDs displayed in the way they look as a hard copy in todays
world.
5. NFC gets enabled once the user opens any particular ID which
needs to be verified by any Government officials.
6. Backend secure id transaction between two NFC enabled phones
when they are tapped to transfer the data.

Further details explained in the next slide -
Solution
Pre-requisites: As usual everybody applies for an ID card (eg: Voters
Identification Card) online. Government verifies the details about the
user to issue the ID card.
Actual Implementation:
Once Government verifies the details of the user, it adds the
details of the user into its Database. Now instead of going for manual
printing of the IDs, Government this time just pushes the details to the
specified user. User then opens the app, which after verification
connects to the Government cloud server and gets the details in a
specified format. Now after receiving his/her first ID card, the app gets
a secure backend transaction id that is used for verification by the
Government Officials by using NFC.
Solution
Notification:
New I-Card
received
New I-Card
loaded. Kindly
verify the
details
Smartphone
with Finger-print
scanner
and NFC
Government
Cloud Server
Government server
sending the i-card
details to the specified
user.
No I-Cards
Registered at
the moment.
Come back
Later to see
if you have
one.
After
successful
registration
for an
i-card
Back
Back
Finger Print Recognition
Solution
My I-Cards
Voter ID
Back
Back
Click the
Voter ID to
open the I-Card
and
Activate NFC
Flip to see
the back
cover of the
I-Card
Issue Change in Details
Solution Small scenario depicted
Users Mobile
having
Soft-Cense
Police
Officers
Mobile having
Soft-Censor
NFC shares the
details to the
Officers app
securely
Please tap your mobile
for verification
Gimme the
verification details
Verification with
Government DB
Solution
Security:
Its of utmost importance that the security of the app be 100%
non-breach able. Following are the Security features imbibed into this
app:
Finger-Print recognition to open the app.
Unique mobile number identification technique to verify the
users phone.
Government to push the details of the I-Card through a secure
channel established between app and cloud server.
Self destruction feature of the app in case if the phone is lost.
Soft-Cense will interact with Soft-Censor only, in NFC mode
using a Backend identification technique of the devices.
Value proposition
Smartphones are going to be the future of everything and apps -
its
core. Governments should get revamped with usability in latest tech for
its
benefit.

For Users / Citizens:
Easy and Convenient to use anywhere.
Can get data updated within the app.
Hassle and care free management.
Easy Verification of details during Enquiry.
Mobile can carry everywhere (no risk of forgetting).
Value proposition
For Government:
Reduced operating costs.
Easy maintenance of user data (updating/deletion)
Reduced Fraud management (fake identities)
Avoid Duplication of user data (One person gets one ID)
Reduction in Government officials work in terms of tracking
details.
Identities can be re-issued any number of times.
Satisfied and happy citizens.

A Step towards Smarter Digital Government is started.
Implementation
Timeline:
Developing a fully fledged secure app takes 6 months with good UI.
Developing a new Government dedicated server using existing DB
to push the details takes 8 months, which can be done in parallel
with the mobile app development.

Budget Required:
Requires Government support to back up financially and technically
by giving data to handle. My proposition would be 5 cr rupees for the
minimal working system to be developed for lesser population.


Implementation
Challenges:
High level of Security needs to devised.
Huge user Database.
Maintenance of the Government Cloud Server.
High cost of devices with advanced security in market.
Solutions:
Imbibe various non-breach able security features.
Can be deployed batch wise initially.
Secure servers with huge data centers can be deployed.
Can be deployed in Developed Countries currently.
Implementation
Supporting Links:
https://www.google.com/patents/US8700003?dq=nfc+verification+of+government+identity+cards&hl=en&sa=X&ei
=wkqTU575NIyLuASm3YBg&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg
https://www.google.com/patents/US20140127995?dq=NFC&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PXuTU9y3BcmyuASPxYHwAg&ved
=0CDoQ6AEwAg
https://www.google.com/patents/US6744910?dq=Finger+print+scanner&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YnuTU4mrEYygugSY64
KgBQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ
https://www.google.com/patents/US7954697?dq=self+destruct+code&hl=en&sa=X&ei=h3uTU8KVL8eSuAS644Lw
Aw&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ
https://www.google.com/patents/US8215546?dq=nfc+verification+of+government+identity+cards&hl=en&sa=X&ei
=wkqTU575NIyLuASm3YBg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_ID

The Competitive Advantage
Mobiles are and will be the future.
Mobiles can be used anywhere and everywhere.
Secure and easy ID verification during travelling abroad.
Governments step to change into a Smarter Government.

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