US 11,895,492 B2Granted

Proximity based user identification and authentication system and method

AssigneeGreet Solutions LLC

InventorsGiovanni Jimenez, Russell Andrew Wenger

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Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to a system, comprising a mobile device configured to register with a service provider via an application program, obtain network credentials of communication networks operated by the service provider at various locations, connect to a communication network via the network credentials when approaching a selected location of the service provider, and transmit, to a first computing device via the communication network, a first identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device. The system also comprises the first computing device positioned at service provider's locations and configured to receive and transmit the first identifier to a second computing device. The system also comprises the second computing device configured to receive the first identifier, compare the unique identifier to a plurality of unique identifiers, and provide a service customized to a user of the mobile device based at least upon the comparison result.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a first computing device, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, and
a processor coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and configured to execute instructions for performing, through a website associated with the system, a registration process of a user away from various locations operated by at least one service provider by at least obtaining information relating to the user and a mobile computing device of the user, and transmitting the information relating to the user and the mobile computing device of the user to a server computing device;
and
a second computing device positioned at a selected location of the at least one service provider, wherein the mobile computing device is configured to connect with the second computing device via a signal provided at the selected location of the at least one service provider when the user carrying the mobile computing device is within a range of the selected location, wherein the second computing device is configured to obtain and transmit identifying information of the mobile computing device to the server computing device,
wherein the server computing device is configured to receive the identifying information of the mobile computing device from the second computing device, compare the identifying information to the information relating to the user and the mobile computing device of the user received from the registration process, and communicate with the user via the mobile computing device based at least upon a comparison result of the identifying information to the information relating to the user and the mobile computing device of the user received from the registration process.

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A method, comprising:

performing, by a first computing device through a website associated with the system, a registration process of a user away from various locations operated by at least one service provider by at least obtaining information relating to the user and a mobile computing device of the user, and transmitting the information relating to the user and the mobile computing device of the user to a server computing device;
positioning a second computing device at a selected location of the at least one service provider;
connecting the mobile computing device with the second computing device via a signal provided at the selected location of the at least one service provider when the user carrying the mobile computing device is within a range of the selected location;
obtaining and transmitting, by the second computing device, identifying information of the mobile computing device to the server computing device;
receiving, by the server computing device, the identifying information of the mobile computing device from the second computing device;
comparing, by the server computing device, the identifying information to the information relating to the user and the mobile computing device of the user received from the registration process;
and
communicating, by the server computing device, with the user via the mobile computing device based at least upon a comparison result of the identifying information to the information relating to the user and the mobile computing device of the user received from the registration process.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/156,881Filed 25 Jan 2021 · continuation
Priority: 6 Mar 2019
Published: US 2021/0176642 A110 Jun 2021
Granted: 6 Feb 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04L 63/0853
For authentication of entities: using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal
H04W 12/068
Authentication: using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
H04L 63/0876
For authentication of entities: based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or…
H04W 12/033
Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption: of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic

Family

Application62/814,323Us provisional application · filed 6 Mar 2019
Application62/915,975Us provisional application · filed 16 Oct 2019
Application16/811,396Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Mar 2020
US 2021/0176642 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Jun 2021
US 10,904,748 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2020/0288308 A1Published application
US 11,895,492 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.