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BSM Patented NVP protocol now being infringed by numerous Digital Health Pass companies
In June 2017 BSM Inc filed a patent ( BSM 002) for the ‘Colour and symbol coded display on a digital badge for communicating permission to approach and activate further digital content interaction’ . This patent was granted on 22nd September 2020 and certified by the US government.
On the 5th May 2020 BSM Inc filed a ‘Continuation in part’ or CIP called BSM 002b
‘CERTIFICATION AND DISTANCING DISPLAY ON A USER-WORN DIGITAL BADGE DEVICE FOR INFECTION PREVENTION’. This patent has since been published and builds on the 002 patent.
This 002b patent takes the teachings of 002 and enhances then for infection protection and this was done due to the Covid 19 Pandemic.
It has now come to light that a number of players are using methods in their Digital Health Pass that were put forward in May 2020 by BSM and directly infringe our patent.
The relevant clauses.
Paragraph 0098
In other embodiments, the unlocked/decrypted health certificate may be in a stealth mode, whereby the certificate is not line-of-sight displayed on the interactive badge device display, but rather, the certificate may be verified by a close-range interaction between “gate-keeper” interactive badge device and user badge/mobile device. Alternatively, the “gate-keeper” may close-range interact with the user device (badge/mobile) via an independent scanner operably coupled to a remote server (system/registry). In yet other embodiments, a badge device may be scanned by a VE/POHC fixed-access terminal for health status verification, despite not displaying a color/symbol code due to being in a “stealth” state.
Claim 19
19. A method for signaling a health registry-issued certificate on a user-worn badge display, said method comprising the step of:
coupling a user mobile device or badge device to a health registry for real-time decryption of a health registry-issued health certificate over a network; and
outputting a color/symbol-coded display on the user badge device of a user health status based on the real-time decrypted health certificate.
