Secure identity binding (SIB)

A mobile device system, comprising:

• a non-transitory memory storing an identifier;
• and
• one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform the steps of:
• receiving, through a short range communication channel, the identifier from a tag associated with a device;
• communicating the identifier from the tag to the device in response to the receiving;
• responsive to the identifier from the tag matching the identifier stored in the non-transitory memory, receiving, from the device, a verification of the identifier from the tag;
• and
• responsive to the identifier from the tag being different from the identifier stored in the non-transitory memory, receiving, from the device, a notification that the device is being placed in a hold state.

A system comprising:

• a first device including:
• a communication application installed on the first device that accesses an identifier from a tag associated with a second device and stores a verification of the identifier from the tag associated with the second device, and
• a non-transitory memory comprising the identifier from the tag associated with the second device and the verification;
• and
• a communication interface, the communication interface configured to:
• receive, through a short range communication channel, the identifier from the tag associated with the second device;
• communicate the identifier from the tag to the second device in response to receiving the identifier from the tag;
• responsive to the identifier from the tag associated with the second device matching an identifier stored in a memory of the second device, receive, from the second device, the verification of the identifier from the tag associated with the second device;
• and
• responsive to the identifier from the tag associated with the second device being different from the identifier stored in the memory of the second device, receive, from the second device, a notification that the second device is being placed in a hold state.