# US 2018/0322504 A1 · Article use control method, device and system, article and server > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0322504 A1 - Document ID: US20180322504A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/719,132 - Filed: 2017-09-28 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-05-05 - Assignees: Beijing Mobike Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Beijing Mobike Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Weiwei HU; Hongdu JIN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180322504A1 ## CPC - G07B 15/00: Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points (handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00) - B60Q 5/005: {automatically actuated} - B60Q 9/00: Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 {, e.g. haptic signalling} - B60R 25/02: operating on the steering mechanism - B60R 25/06: operating on the vehicle transmission - B60R 25/09: by restraining wheel rotation, e.g. wheel clamps - B60R 25/10: actuating a signalling device - B62H 5/04: acting on the handlebars or equivalent - B62H 5/08: preventing the drive (by acting on powered drive B62M) - B62H 5/14: preventing wheel rotation {(B62H5/003 takes precedence)} - B62H 5/20: indicating unauthorised use, e.g. acting on signalling devices {(alarm locks in general E05B45/00, e.g. alarm cable or chain lock E05B45/005)} - G06Q 20/40145: {Biometric identity checks} - G07C 9/257: {electronically (G07C9/26 takes precedence)} - G07C 9/27: with central registration - B60R 2025/1013: {Alarm systems characterised by the type of warning signal, e.g. visual, audible} - G06Q 20/327: {Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices} - G06Q 30/0645: Rental transactions; Leasing transactions - G07C 9/26: using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass - G07C 9/29: the pass containing active electronic elements, e.g. smartcards - G07F 17/0057: {for the hiring or rent of vehicles, e.g. cars, bicycles or wheelchairs (car rental G07B15/00)} - G07B: TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B62H: CYCLE STANDS; SUPPORTS OR HOLDERS FOR PARKING OR STORING CYCLES; APPLIANCES PREVENTING OR INDICATING UNAUTHORIZED USE OR THEFT OF CYCLES; LOCKS INTEGRAL WITH CYCLES; DEVICES FOR LEARNING TO RIDE CYCLES - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract Disclosed are an article use control method, device and system and an article. The article use control method includes: providing an article in an available state, the article having a unique article identifier; when detecting an event that the article is used by a user, starting up a timer to count down to wait for an article use authentication result based on the article identifier and a user identifier of the user who uses the article, the user identifier uniquely identifying the user; and when the article use authentication result is not acquired or the authentication is failed before the countdown ends, changing the article from the available state to a disabled state. According to the present invention, a user can use an article before performing an authentication operation. Moreover, during the use of the article by the user, article use authentication is completed in a user-unperceivable manner. The user experience is improved. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An article use control method, comprising: providing an article in an available state, the article having a unique article identifier; when detecting an event that the article is used by a user, starting up a timer to count down to wait for an article use authentication result based on the article identifier and a user identifier of the user who uses the article, the user identifier uniquely identifying the user; and when the article use authentication result is not acquired or the authentication is failed before the countdown ends, changing the article from the available state to a disabled state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The article use control method of claim 1, further comprising: each time the article use authentication result is not acquired or the authentication is failed before the countdown ends, restarting up the timer to count down until the number of times the timer is started up reaches a predetermined threshold and the article use authentication result is still not acquired or the authentication is still failed before the last countdown ends, changing the article from the available state to the disabled state. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The article use control method of claim 1, wherein the event representing that the article is used by the user includes at least one of the following situations: the article vibrates, the pressure loaded on a part of the article changes, the temperature of the article changes and the article emits an in-use signal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The article use control method of claim 1, further comprising: determining the user identifier corresponding to the user who uses the article corresponding to the article identifier; generating an article use authentication request including the article identifier and the user identifier; and sending the article use authentication request to a server to trigger the server to authenticate whether the user has a right to use the article according to the user identifier and the article identifier included in the article use authentication request and returning a corresponding article use authentication result. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The article use control method of claim 4, wherein the step of determining the user identifier corresponding to the user who uses the article corresponding to the article identifier comprises: acquiring the article identifier shown on the article by a user equipment used by the user; and determining a user identifier of the user equipment which acquires the article identifier as the user identifier corresponding to the user who uses the article corresponding to the article identifier; or, providing the article identifier by the article by means of short range communication; acquiring the article identifier by a user equipment used by the user by means of short range communication; and determining a user identifier of the user equipment which acquires the article identifier as the user identifier corresponding to the user who uses the article corresponding to the article identifier; or, providing the user identifier by a user equipment used by the user by means of short range communication; acquiring the user identifier by the article by means of short range communication; and determining the user identifier acquired by the article as the user identifier corresponding to the user who uses the article corresponding to the article identifier. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The article use control method of claim 1, further comprising: acquiring a biometric feature of the user who uses the article, forming an article use authentication request with the encoded biometric feature of the user and the article identifier of the article and sending same to the server; and identifying by the server the user identifier according to the received encoded biometric feature of the user, authenticating by the server whether the user corresponding to the user identifier has a right to use the article and returning by the server a corresponding article use authentication result. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The article use control method of claims 1, wherein the article use authentication result includes authentication success and authentication failure, the authentication failure including a case that the user is a non-registered user, the account corresponding to the user has insufficient balance, the account corresponding to the user is overdue, or the account corresponding to the user does not pay a deposit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The article use control method of claim 1, further comprising: when an event representing that the use of the article is finished occurs, ending the use for the user and performing charging. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The article use control method of claim 8, wherein the event representing that the use of the article is finished includes: a message that the use of the article is finished is issued, the article has stopped vibration for a predetermined period of time, the pressure loaded on a part of the article has disappeared for a predetermined period of time, or a part of the article has stopped rotating for a predetermined period of time, the article enters a predetermined region or an article use authentication request is received from another user. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The article use control method of claim 1, further comprising: when a predetermined event occurs, setting the article in the disabled state to the available state. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The article use control method of claim 10, wherein the predetermined event includes a case that: the article has stopped vibration for a predetermined period of time, the pressure loaded on a part of the article has disappeared for a predetermined period of time, or a part of the article has stopped rotating for a predetermined period of time. ### Claim 12 An article use control device provided on the article side, comprising: a communication device for implementing communication; a memory for storing instructions; a processor for being controlled by the instructions stored in the memory to operate to implement an article use control method, wherein, the method comprises: providing an article in an available state, the article having a unique article identifier; when detecting an event that the article is used by a user, starting up a timer to count down to wait for an article use authentication result based on the article identifier and a user identifier of the user; wherein the article use authentication result is obtained by performing article use authentication based on the article identifier and the user identifier of the user who uses the article corresponding to the article identifier, the user identifier uniquely identifying the user; and when the article use authentication result is not acquired or the authentication is failed before the countdown ends, setting the article to change from the available state to a disabled state. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The article use control device according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises: each time the article use authentication result is not acquired or the authentication is failed before the countdown ends, restarting up the timer to count down until the number of times the timer is started up reaches a predetermined threshold and the article use authentication result is still not acquired or the authentication is still failed before the last countdown ends, setting the article from the available state to the disabled state. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The article use control device according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises: providing the article identifier by means of short range communication or showing the article identifier on the article so that the user equipment acquires the article identifier, and determining a user identifier of the user equipment which acquires the article identifier as the user identifier corresponding to the user who uses the article corresponding to the article identifier, so as to trigger the article use authentication request including the article identifier and the user identifier. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The article use control device according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises: acquiring the user identifier provided by the user equipment by means of short range communication; determining the user identifier acquired by the article as the user identifier corresponding to the user who uses the article corresponding to the article identifier; generating an article use authentication request including the article identifier and the user identifier; and sending the article use authentication request to a server to trigger the server to authenticate whether the user has a right to use the article according to the user identifier and the article identifier included in the article use authentication request. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The article use control device according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises: acquiring a biometric feature input by the user who uses the article; encoding the biometric feature of the user; and sending an article use authentication request formed with the encoded biometric feature of the user and the article identifier to a server so that the server identifies the user identifier according to the received encoded biometric feature of the user and authenticates whether the user corresponding to the user identifier has a right to use the article. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The article use control device according to claim 12, wherein the event representing that the article is used by the user includes at least one of the following situations: the article vibrates, the pressure loaded on a part of the article changes, the temperature of the article changes and the article emits an in-use signal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The article use control device according to claim 12, wherein the article is a vehicle, and the step of setting the article from the available state to the disabled state includes: issuing a signal to control a lock component of the vehicle to contact a wheel of the vehicle so that the vehicle is disabled by means of friction; or issuing a signal to control a front shaft, a middle shaft or a rear shaft of the vehicle to lock; or issuing a signal to control the vehicle to issue an alarm sound or an interference sound, light up an alarm light or prompt an alarm text; or issuing a signal to control a pawl of a rear wheel of the vehicle to be disengaged from a ratchet wheel; or issuing a signal to control a handlebar of the vehicle to be not rotatable. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The article use control device according to claim 12, wherein the step of setting the article from the available state to the disabled state includes: issuing a control to control the article as an electric product to power down; or issuing a signal to control the article to issue an alarm sound or an interference sound, light up an alarm light or prompt an alarm text. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) An article use control system, comprising: an article, the article comprises the article use control device of claim 12; a user equipment, including: a communication device for implementing communication; a memory for storing instructions; and a processor for being controlled by the instructions stored in the memory to operate the following steps: acquiring and determining an article identifier corresponding to an article used by a user to trigger the acquisition of an article use authentication result, wherein the article identifier uniquely identifies the article, the article use authentication result is obtained by performing article use authentication based on the article identifier and the user identifier of the user who uses the article corresponding to the article identifier, and the user identifier uniquely identifies the user; and a server, including: a memory for storing instructions; and a processor for being controlled by the instructions stored in the memory to operate the following steps: receiving an article use authentication request from a user or an article, the article use authentication request including an article identifier and a user identifier corresponding to the user who uses the article corresponding to the article identifier, wherein the article identifier uniquely identifies the article, and the user identifier uniquely identifies the user; and authenticating whether the user has a right to use the article according to the user identifier and the article identifier and returning a corresponding article use authentication result to the user and/or article.