TECHNICAL FIELD
The present disclosure relates generally to digital verification of assets; and more specifically, to a system for performing digital verification of assets. Furthermore, the present disclosure also relates to methods for performing digital verification of assets.
BACKGROUND
There are a number of corporates and companies which issue assets such as laptops, desktops, mobile phones, or other electronic gadgets to their employees for professional work and productive use. The employees or the users of such assets are entrusted with the responsibility of safekeeping and proper physical maintenance of such assets. However, in some instances, the assets are not maintained properly by the users and there can be a mis-use of such assets by the user. Therefore, a regular verification of assets is required to be done by the issuer or owner of the assets to ensure proper maintenance and safekeeping of the assets. Furthermore, a regular verification of assets is required to be done by the issuer or owner of the asset for obtaining and maintaining ISO certification or any other security compliance. Furthermore, a regular verification of assets is required to be done by the issuer or owner of the asset for audit purposes.
In the existing solutions, the issuer or owner of the assets conducts a physical verification of the assets by inspecting the assets. Such a process is in-efficient and time consuming. Moreover, such a process cannot be implemented for remote users of the assets. The remote user is required to travel back to asset issuer on regular intervals for such verification which is highly in-efficient in terms of time and costs. Moreover, during the present time of pandemic, it is unsafe for the remote user to travel.
Therefore, there exists a need for a system and method to do reliable verification of the possession and location of an asset of the remote user.

SUMMARY
The present disclosure seeks to provide a system and method for performing digital verification of assets.
The object of the present disclosure is to provide a system and method for performing digital verification of assets that overcomes at least partially the problems encountered in the prior art.
In one aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure describes a system for performing digital verification of an asset, wherein the system comprises a server arrangement communicably coupled with the asset, a support device of at least one target user and a user interface for an owner of the asset, characterized in that the server arrangement is configured to:
- receive, a bibliographic information of the asset and the at least one target user from the owner of the asset, using the user interface;
- obtain, an information related to the asset by establishing communication with the asset;
- obtain, an information related to the support device of the at least one target user by establishing communication with the support device of the at least one target user;
- obtain, a live visual data related to the asset using the support device of the at least one target user;
- map, the obtained information related to the asset with the obtained information related to the support device and the received bibliographic information of the asset to generate a mapped information; and
- generate, a verification report of the asset based on the mapped information and the obtained visual data related to the asset.
The present disclosure is advantageous in terms of providing efficient, cost-effective and friction-les process for digital verification of remote.
Optionally, the bibliographic information of the asset comprises a physical address of the asset, a serial number of the asset and type of asset.
Optionally, the bibliographic information of the at least one target user comprises a name of the at least one target user, a physical address of the target user, contact details of the at least one target user and an identification of the support device of the at least one target user.
Optionally, the server arrangement is configured to convert the physical address of the asset and the physical address of the at least one target user into location coordinates.
Optionally, the information related to the asset comprises information pertaining to at least one of location coordinates of the asset, an IP address of the asset, web browser name and version of the asset, an operating system of the asset, a pointing device of the asset and mac address of the asset.
Optionally, the information related to the support device of the at least one target user comprises information pertaining to at least one of location coordinates of the support device, an IP address of the support device, web browser name and version of the support device, an operating system of the support device, a pointing device of the support device and mac address of the support device.
Optionally, the server arrangement is configured to present a portal on the support device of the at least one target user for uploading the live visual data related to the asset.
Optionally, the server arrangement is configured to map the obtained information by generating venn diagram plotted on a digital map, wherein each circle in the venn diagram represent the one particular information.
Optionally, the server arrangement is configured to label the asset as verified in the generated verification report if circles representing information related to the asset superimpose on circles representing information related to the support device and circles representing bibliographic information of the asset on the digital map.
Optionally, the server arrangement is configured to communicate the generated verification report to the owner of the asset using the user interface.
In another aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for performing digital verification of an asset, wherein the method comprises:
- receiving a bibliographic information of the asset and at least one target user from an owner of the asset using a user interface;
- obtaining an information related to the asset by establishing communication with the asset;
- obtaining an information related to a support device of the at least one target user by establishing communication with the support device of the at least one target user;
- obtaining a live visual data related to the asset using the support device of the at least one target user;
- mapping the obtained information related to the asset with the obtained information related to the support device and the received bibliographic information of the asset to generate a mapped information; and
- generating a verification report of the asset based on the mapped information and the obtained visual data related to the asset.
Embodiments of the present disclosure substantially eliminate or at least partially address the aforementioned problems in the prior art, and enables digital, remote, cost-effective and friction-less verification of assets.
Additional aspects, advantages, features and objects of the present disclosure would be made apparent from the drawings and the detailed description of the illustrative embodiments construed in conjunction with the appended claims that follow.
It will be appreciated that features of the present disclosure are susceptible to being combined in various combinations without departing from the scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The summary above, as well as the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments, is better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings. For the purpose of illustrating the present disclosure, exemplary constructions of the disclosure are shown in the drawings. However, the present disclosure is not limited to specific methods and instrumentalities disclosed herein. Moreover, those in the art will understand that the drawings are not to scale. Wherever possible, like elements have been indicated by identical numbers.
Embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the following diagrams wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a system for performing digital verification of an asset, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
FIG. 2 is a schematic illustrations of process flow, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of mapped information in the form of venn diagram on a digital map, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of steps of a method for performing digital verification of an asset, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
In the accompanying drawings, an underlined number is employed to represent an item over which the underlined number is positioned or an item to which the underlined number is adjacent. A non-underlined number relates to an item identified by a line linking the non-underlined number to the item. When a number is non-underlined and accompanied by an associated arrow, the non-underlined number is used to identify a general item at which the arrow is pointing.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
The following detailed description illustrates embodiments of the present disclosure and ways in which they can be implemented. Although some modes of carrying out the present disclosure have been disclosed, those skilled in the art would recognize that other embodiments for carrying out or practicing the present disclosure are also possible.
The terms “a” and “an” herein do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one of the referenced items. The terms “having”, “comprising”, “including”, and variations thereof signify the presence of a component.
The present invention relates to a system for performing digital verification of assets. The system may be specially constructed for the required purpose. Alternatively, the system may comprise a general-purpose computer as selectively activated or reconfigured by a computer program stored in the computer. The procedures presented herein are not inherently related to a particular computer or other apparatus. Various general-purpose machines may be used with programs written in accordance with the teachings herein, or it may prove more convenient to construct more specialized apparatus to perform the required method steps. The required structure for a variety of these machines will appear from the description given.
In one aspect, the present disclosure seeks to provide a system for performing digital verification of an asset, wherein the system comprises a server arrangement communicably coupled with the asset, a support device of at least one target user and a user interface for an owner of the asset, characterized in that the server arrangement is configured to:
- receive, a bibliographic information of the asset and the at least one target user from the owner of the asset, using the user interface;
- obtain, an information related to the asset by establishing communication with the asset;
- obtain, an information related to the support device of the at least one target user by establishing communication with the support device of the at least one target user;
- obtain, a live visual data related to the asset using the support device of the at least one target user;
- map, the obtained information related to the asset with the obtained information related to the support device and the received bibliographic information of the asset to generate a mapped information; and
- generate, a verification report of the asset based on the mapped information and the obtained visual data related to the asset.
In another aspect, the present disclosure seeks to provide a method for performing digital verification of an asset, wherein the method comprises:
- receiving a bibliographic information of the asset and at least one target user from an owner of the asset using a user interface;
- obtaining an information related to the asset by establishing communication with the asset;
- obtaining an information related to a support device of the at least one target user by establishing communication with the support device of the at least one target user;
- obtaining a live visual data related to the asset using the support device of the at least one target user;
- mapping the obtained information related to the asset with the obtained information related to the support device and the received bibliographic information of the asset to generate a mapped information; and
- generating a verification report of the asset based on the mapped information and the obtained visual data related to the asset.
The present disclosure provides the aforesaid system and the aforesaid method for performing digital verification of assets of the at least one target user. Beneficially, the system provides an efficient, cost-effective and friction-less solution for digital verification of assets associated with the at least one target user. Essentially, the system provides a platform to the owner of the asset to digitally verify the associated information and physical condition of the asset.
It will be appreciated that the aforesaid system for performing digital verification of the assets is not limited to a predefined number of the target users and the individuals. Moreover, the aforesaid system for performing digital verification of the assets could be employed to perform digital verification of a plurality of assets simultaneously.
Referring to Fig. 1, there is illustrated a block diagram of a system 100 for performing digital verification of an asset, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The system 100 comprises a server arrangement 104 communicably coupled with the asset 106, a support device 108 of the at least one target user and a user interface 102 for an owner of the asset. The server arrangement 104 is configured to receive a bibliographic information of the asset 106 and the at least one target user from the owner of the asset 106 using the user interface 102, obtain an information related to the asset 106 by establishing communication with the asset 106, obtain an information related to the support device 108 of the at least one target user by establishing communication with the support device 108 of the at least one target user, obtain a live visual data related to the asset 106 using the support device 108 of the at least one target user, map the obtained information related to the asset 106 with the obtained information related to the support device 108 and the received bibliographic information of the asset 106 to generate a mapped information, and generate a verification report 110 of the asset 106 based on the mapped information and the obtained visual data related to the asset 106.
Throughout the present disclosure, the term “server arrangement” refers to an arrangement of one or more servers that includes one or more processors that performs the aforementioned steps and generates digital verification report. Optionally, the server arrangement 104 includes any arrangement of physical or virtual computational entities capable of performing the various operations. Moreover, it will be appreciated that the server arrangement 104 can be implemented by way of a single hardware server. The server arrangement 104 can alternatively be implemented by way of a plurality of hardware servers operating in a parallel or distributed architecture. As an example, the server arrangement 104 may include components such as memory, a processor, a network adapter and the like, to store and process information pertaining to the asset and to communicate the processed information to other computing components.
Furthermore, the server arrangement 104 is communicably coupled with the asset 106, the support device 108 of the at least one target user and the user interface 102 for the owner of the asset via a communication network. It will be appreciated that the communication network can be an individual network, or a collection of individual networks that are interconnected with each other to function as a single large network. The communication network may be wired, wireless, or a combination thereof. Examples of the individual networks include, but are not limited to, Local Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs), Wireless LANs (WLANs), Wireless WANs (WWANs), Wireless MANs (WMANs), the Internet, radio networks, telecommunication networks, and Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) networks.
Throughout the present disclosure, the term “target user” refers to a person who is the present user of the asset 106 and the support device 108. The target user may or may not be related to the owner of the asset 106. The target user may include an employee, a subordinate, a team member, a renter and so on.
Optionally, the bibliographic information of the asset 106 comprises a physical address of the asset 106, a serial number of the asset 106 and type of asset 106.
Optionally, the bibliographic information of the at least one target user comprises a name of the at least one target user, a physical address of the target user, contact details of the at least one target user and an identification of the support device 108 of the at least one target user.
Optionally, the server arrangement 104 is configured to convert the physical address of the asset 106 and the physical address of the at least one target user into location coordinates. The location coordinates may include GPS location coordinates, GLONASS location coordinates, NAVIC location coordinates and so on.
Throughout the present disclosure, the term “asset” refers to an electronic device with computing power and network connectivity. Optionally, the asset may include a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a tablet computer, a smartphone and so on.
Optionally, the information related to the asset 106 comprises information pertaining to at least one of location coordinates of the asset 106, an IP address of the asset 106, web browser name and version of the asset 106, an operating system of the asset 106, a pointing device of the asset 106 and mac address of the asset 106.
Throughout the present disclosure, the term “support device” refers to an electronic device with computing power, network connectivity and image capturing capabilities. Optionally, the support device may include a laptop computer with webcam, a tablet computer, a smartphone and so on.
Optionally, the information related to the support device 108 of the at least one target user comprises information pertaining to at least one of location coordinates of the support device 108, an IP address of the support device 108, web browser name and version of the support device 108, an operating system of the support device 108, a pointing device of the support device 108 and mac address of the support device 108.
Optionally, the server arrangement 104 is configured to present a portal on the support device 108 of the at least one target user for uploading the live visual data related to the asset 106. The target user is instructed to point out the image capturing module of the support device 108 towards the asset 106 to capture live visual data related to the asset 106. Optionally, the live visual data related to the asset 106 may include photographs and videos of the asset 106 captured live using the support device 108. Beneficially, the support device 108 is restricted to access previously stored files to prevent the target user from uploading pre-captured or fabricated visual data.
Optionally, the server arrangement 104 is configured to map the obtained information by generating venn diagram plotted on a digital map, wherein each circle in the venn diagram represent the one particular information. Optionally, the digital map may be obtained from map services such as Google maps, Map my India and so on.
Optionally, the server arrangement 104 is configured to label the asset 106 as verified in the generated verification report 110 if circles representing information related to the asset 106 superimpose on circles representing information related to the support device 108 and circles representing bibliographic information of the asset 106 on the digital map.
Throughout the present disclosure, the term “user interface” refers to a means by which a user and a computer system interact. Optionally, the server arrangement 104 is configured to communicate the generated verification report 110 to the owner of the asset 106 using the user interface 102.
The system 100 of the present invention can be beneficially employed for ISO certification or any other security compliance. Furthermore, the system 100 of the present invention can be employed for regular audits of the company and its assets. Advantageously, the system 100 of the present invention performs three-layered validations of the information for the digital verification of the asset. The three-layered validations include an auto-validation, a user acknowledgement validation, and a visual acknowledgement validation. The auto-validation is performed by matching the type of asset information received from the owner, target user and asset itself. The user acknowledgement validation is performed by matching the serial number and other bibliographic information received from the owner and target user. The visual acknowledgement validation is performed by inspection of the received visual data related to the asset. The visual data related to the asset is used to assess the physical condition of the asset.
Referring to Fig. 2, there is illustrated process flow 200, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The process starts by presenting the user interface 102 to the owner of the asset 106. The owner inputs the bibliographic information related to the asset 106 and target user on the user interface 102. The server arrangement 104 receives the bibliographic information and establishes communication with the asset 106 by sending email link. The target user opens the received link using the asset 106. The server arrangement 104 prompts to enable location service of the asset 106 and terminates the process if location is not enabled. The target user then fills a form presented on the asset 106 wherein the form enquires bibliographic information related to the asset 106 and the target user. The server arrangement 104 then generates and send a link to connect with the support device 108 of the target user. The target user opens the received link on the support device 108. The server arrangement 104 prompts to enable location service of the support device 108 and terminates the process if location is not enabled. The server arrangement 104 prompts to enable camera access of the support device 108 and terminates the process if the camera is not enabled. The target user captures and uploads the pictures of the asset 106 using the camera of the support device 108. The server arrangement 104 then maps the received information and generates the verification report 110 based on the mapped information.
Referring to Fig. 3, there is illustrated mapped information in the form of venn diagram on a digital map 300, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The circles represent information such as location coordinates of the asset 106, location coordinates of the support device 108, address of target user, IP address of asset 106 and IP address of support device 108. The server arrangement 104 labels the asset 106 as verified if the circles of at least location coordinates of the asset 106, location coordinates of the support device 108, address of target user superimposes with each other as shown in Fig.
Referring to Fig. 4, there is illustrated a flow chart of a method 400 for performing digital verification of an asset, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. At step 402, the method 400 comprises receiving a bibliographic information of the asset and at least one target user from an owner of the asset using a user interface. At step 404, the method 400 comprises obtaining an information related to the asset by establishing communication with the asset. At step 406, the method 400 comprises obtaining an information related to a support device of the at least one target user by establishing communication with the support device of the at least one target user. At step 408, the method 400 comprises obtaining a live visual data related to the asset using the support device of the at least one target user. At step 410, the method 400 comprises mapping the obtained information related to the asset with the obtained information related to the support device and the received bibliographic information of the asset to generate a mapped information. At step 412, the method 400 comprises generating a verification report of the asset based on the mapped information and the obtained visual data related to the asset. FIG. 4 is merely an example, which should not unduly limit the scope of the claims herein. A person skilled in the art will recognize many variations, alternatives and modifications of embodiments of the present disclosure.
The foregoing descriptions of specific embodiments of the present disclosure have been presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the present disclosure to the precise forms disclosed, and obviously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the present disclosure and its practical application, and to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the present disclosure and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. It is understood that various omissions and substitutions of equivalents are contemplated as circumstances may suggest or render expedient, but such omissions and substitutions are intended to cover the application or implementation without departing from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure.

Claims:

We Claim:
1. A system for performing digital verification of an asset, wherein the system comprises a server arrangement communicably coupled with the asset, a support device of at least one target user and a user interface for an owner of the asset, characterized in that the server arrangement is configured to:
- receive, a bibliographic information of the asset and the at least one target user from the owner of the asset, using the user interface;
- obtain, an information related to the asset by establishing communication with the asset;
- obtain, an information related to the support device of the at least one target user by establishing communication with the support device of the at least one target user;
- obtain, a live visual data related to the asset using the support device of the at least one target user;
- map, the obtained information related to the asset with the obtained information related to the support device and the received bibliographic information of the asset to generate a mapped information; and
- generate, a verification report of the asset based on the mapped information and the obtained visual data related to the asset.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bibliographic information of the asset comprises a physical address of the asset, a serial number of the asset and a type of asset.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bibliographic information of the at least one target user comprises a name of the at least one target user, a physical address of the target user, contact details of the at least one target user and an identification of the support device of the at least one target user.
4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server arrangement is configured to convert the physical address of the asset and the physical address of the at least one target user into location coordinates.
5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information related to the asset comprises information pertaining to at least one of location coordinates of the asset, an IP address of the asset, web browser name and version of the asset, an operating system of the asset, a pointing device of the asset and mac address of the asset.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information related to the support device of the at least one target user comprises information pertaining to at least one of location coordinates of the support device, an IP address of the support device, web browser name and version of the support device, an operating system of the support device, a pointing device of the support device and mac address of the support device.
7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server arrangement is configured to present a portal on the support device of the at least one target user for uploading the live visual data related to the asset.
8. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server arrangement is configured to map the obtained information by generating venn diagram plotted on a digital map, wherein each circle in the venn diagram represent the one particular information.
9. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the server arrangement is configured to label the asset as verified in the generated verification report if circles representing information related to the asset superimpose on circles representing information related to the support device and circles representing bibliographic information of the asset on the digital map.
10. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server arrangement is configured to communicate the generated verification report to the owner of the asset using the user interface.
11. A method for performing digital verification of an asset, wherein the method comprises:
- receiving a bibliographic information of the asset and at least one target user from an owner of the asset using a user interface;
- obtaining an information related to the asset by establishing communication with the asset;
- obtaining an information related to a support device of the at least one target user by establishing communication with the support device of the at least one target user;
- obtaining a live visual data related to the asset using the support device of the at least one target user;
- mapping the obtained information related to the asset with the obtained information related to the support device and the received bibliographic information of the asset to generate a mapped information; and
- generating a verification report of the asset based on the mapped information and the obtained visual data related to the asset.