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Auric Tap – Foundational Innovation Disclosure Public Prior Art & IP Positioning Statement
Published by Dylan Bertrand


Auric Tap introduces a new class of human–technology interaction: app-less, frictionless, privacy-first NFC-to-web activation. The system enables any smartphone to trigger a secure, server-side action log by tapping a stationary NFC sticker—without installing apps, creating accounts, granting permissions, or accepting advertisements. This architecture establishes a new interaction paradigm designed for universal accessibility and zero-barrier adoption.

Core Technological Breakthrough
Auric Tap implements a browser-native action logging framework that requires no client-side software. The interaction begins and ends in the browser, enabling a persistent, device-agnostic, and platform-independent “tap event” that is recognized across iOS, Android, and future OS ecosystems. This eliminates the traditional dependence on mobile apps, SDKs, or proprietary middleware, making Auric Tap one of the first systems to offer (True hardware-triggered, software-light behavioral logging.)

Novel System Architecture
1. Stationary NFC node mapped to a unique, secure web endpoint.
2. Instant browser invocation upon tap, bypassing apps and permissions.
3. Server-level action recording, with optional encrypted session handling.
4. No accounts, no ads, no external analytics, ensuring pure user autonomy.
5. Adaptive accessibility outputs—visual, auditory, and haptic—generated directly through the browser after tap.
6. Dual-function utility for wellness tracking, routine confirmation, spatial awareness, and accessibility workflows, including support for blind, deaf, and deaf-blind users.
7. User-centric data minimization, providing functionality without identifying the user.

This combination of features creates a system-level innovation, not a simple NFC sticker. It defines a repeatable, patent-eligible method of device-initiated task logging and accessible feedback delivery without client applications.

Market Position & Differentiation
Auric Tap’s no-app model removes onboarding friction, enabling deployment at scale across homes, workplaces, hospitals, schools, and public environments. Its accessibility-first design allows users with visual, auditory, or combined impairments to receive meaningful feedback instantly, making Auric Tap one of the first technologies designed to be universally operable by default.

This positions Auric Tap as a foundational layer for future integrations in healthcare, wellness, IoT environments, and adaptive navigation systems—without relying on closed ecosystems or centralized data mining.

Purpose of This Disclosure
This publication establishes Official Prior Art for the Auric Tap architecture, workflow, and interaction model. By publicly disclosing this system, I establish authorship and invention rights over this unique no-app NFC logging method and its accessibility-oriented execution. This disclosure is intended to prevent third parties from patenting these elements, while preserving my ability to pursue patent protection for specific implementations, refinements, or derivative technologies.

Intellectual Property Strategy & Forward Scope
Future patent filings may cover:
- The specific tap-to-web interaction method
- Accessibility-focused output systems
- Server-side tap-event processing workflows
- Adaptive feedback models for deaf, blind, and deaf-blind users
- Privacy-first behavioral logging systems
- Novel endpoint architecture used to translate NFC activation into structured events

Auric Tap is conceived as a platform-level innovation capable of supporting enterprise-grade deployments and long-term integrations. This disclosure protects the core concept today while enabling expansion into patent-pending technologies tomorrow.

Coming 2026

Navigation & Identification Set

Navigate your home confidently. Identify the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, pantry, and get help information with a simple tap. Each tag provides audio feedback telling you exactly where you are or what you're touching. Essential for blind, visually impaired, or elderly users who need spatial orientation support at home.

Smart Home Control Set

Control your entire smart home with a tap. Turn lights on/off, adjust your thermostat, lock or unlock doors, arm or disarm your security system, and confirm actions. Perfect for hands-free home control, especially for visually impaired users or anyone who wants instant access to their smart home without apps or screens

Accessibility & Daily Living Set

Essential tools for independent living. Tap to confirm medication taken, make emergency calls instantly, activate your voice assistant, identify rooms and objects by location, and confirm completed tasks. Designed for blind and visually impaired users to maintain safety and independence in daily routines.

 Independence & Safety Set

Complete daily living support in one set. Control appliances like your coffee maker or TV, set cooking or appointment timers, call family members instantly, scan and read product labels aloud, and access emergency help. Everything needed for safe, independent living with assistive technology that truly empowers.

HOW IT WORKS

It's really simple:

  1. Stick the tag wherever you need it - your nightstand, bathroom mirror, kitchen counter, wherever makes sense for you.
  2. When you're ready, just tap your phone against it.
  3. That's it. Your habit is logged, your device is controlled, or you get the info you need. No fumbling with apps.

What's actually happening? Each sticker has a tiny NFC chip inside (the same tech that lets you tap your phone to pay for coffee). Your phone powers it when you get close - no batteries needed, ever. It responds in under a second, and everything stays secure between your phone and the tag.

Works with iPhone XS or newer, and pretty much any recent Android phone.

WHY AURICTAP IS DIFFERENT

Let's be honest - most "solutions" out there are kind of a pain.

Regular apps? You have to unlock your phone, find the app, tap through menus... it takes forever. With AuricTap, you're done in 3 seconds.

Voice assistants? Great until there's background noise, or you're in public and don't want to announce what you're doing. AuricTap is silent and private.

Other NFC tags? Sure, they exist - but they're basically DIY projects. You have to program them yourself, and they're not designed for people who actually need accessibility features. AuricTap comes ready to use, with tactile surfaces you can feel and audio feedback so you know it worked.

Smart home apps? If you've ever tried to help an elderly parent navigate five different apps just to turn on a light, you know the problem. AuricTap gives you actual physical buttons you can find by touch.

WHAT MAKES IT BETTER

Built for everyone, especially people who get left behind by "smart" tech:

We added raised surfaces so you can identify tags by touch. Every action gives you audio confirmation. The design has high contrast for people with low vision. And here's the thing - you don't even need to look at a screen. It works entirely by touch and sound.

Your privacy actually matters:

Your data stays on your phone. Period. We don't store anything in the cloud. Everything is encrypted. We're GDPR compliant because we believe privacy is a right, not a feature.

It works with what you already have:

iPhone or Android - doesn't matter. Already have smart home stuff? AuricTap plays nice with it. Use Siri, Alexa, or Google? They all work together. We're not trying to lock you into some proprietary system.

It's physical, and that's the point:

Apps get buried in folders and forgotten. AuricTap tags stay right where you put them - visible, accessible, always there. They're water-resistant, they last, you can move them around, and there's no monthly fee or subscription nonsense.

Actually easy to use:

No internet required for the basics. No manual to read. Your grandma could use it. Your kids could use it. You can use it half-asleep at 3am. That's the whole idea.

WHY WE MADE THIS

Here's the truth: most technology today is designed for people who are already comfortable with technology. If you're blind, elderly, or just tired of everything requiring a screen and six taps, you're kind of out of luck.

We thought that was backwards.

AuricTap brings tech back into the real world - something you can touch, something that just works, something that doesn't make you feel stupid or left out.

It's not about being "different." It's about making technology that's actually designed for humans.