Mobile Device Attendance Verification

A method of attendance verification comprising:

• determining, by a mobile electronic device, that the mobile electronic device is located in an attendance region associated with an event;
• acquiring, by the mobile electronic device in response to determining that the mobile electronic device is located in the attendance region associated with the event, a fingerprint of a user of the mobile electronic device by way of a fingerprint scanner, the a mobile electronic device comprising:
• a memory;
• an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) of the mobile electronic device stored in the memory of the mobile electronic device;
• characteristics of a fingerprint of a person associated with the mobile electronic device stored in the memory of the mobile electronic device;
• attendance region data defining geographic extents of the attendance region associated with the event stored in the memory of the mobile electronic device;
• and
• the fingerprint scanner;
• determining, by the mobile electronic device, a time and date of the acquisition of the fingerprint of the user by way of the fingerprint scanner;
• determining, by the mobile electronic device, a location of the mobile electronic device at the time of the acquisition of the fingerprint of the user by way of the fingerprint scanner;
• comparing, by the mobile electronic device, characteristics of the fingerprint of the user acquired to the characteristics of the fingerprint of the person associated with the mobile electronic device stored in the memory of the mobile electronic device to determine whether the user is the person associated with the mobile electronic device;
• in response to the mobile electronic device determining that the user is the person associated with the mobile electronic device, sending, by the mobile electronic device to an attendance server, attendance data comprising:
• the IMEI of the mobile electronic device;
• the time and date of the acquisition of the fingerprint of the user by way of the fingerprint scanner;
• and
• the location of the mobile electronic device at the time of the acquisition of the fingerprint of the user by way of the fingerprint scanner,
• the attendance server comprising:
• a device mapping comprising a mapping of international mobile equipment identities (IMEIs) to respective personal identifiers;
• and
• an attendance record comprising a listing of attendance events documenting attendance of persons at events;
• and
• in response to the attendance server receiving the attendance data:
• determining, by the attendance server, a personal identifier of the person associated with the mobile electronic device based on a mapping of the IMEI of the mobile electronic device to a personal identifier of the person associated with the mobile electronic device in the device mapping;
• and
• generating, by the attendance server, in the attendance record, an attendance event associating the person associated with the mobile electronic device with at an event associated with the time and date of the acquisition of the fingerprint of the user by way of the fingerprint scanner and the location of the mobile electronic device at the time of the acquisition of the fingerprint of the user by way of the fingerprint scanner, to document attendance of the person associated with the mobile electronic device at the event.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising program instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to cause the following operations:

• determining, by a mobile electronic device, that the mobile electronic device is located in an attendance region associated with an event;
• acquiring, by the mobile electronic device in response to determining that the mobile electronic device is located in the attendance region associated with the event, a fingerprint of a user of the mobile electronic device by way of a fingerprint scanner, the a mobile electronic device comprising:
• a memory;
• an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) of the mobile electronic device stored in the memory of the mobile electronic device;
• characteristics of a fingerprint of a person associated with the mobile electronic device stored in the memory of the mobile electronic device;
• attendance region data defining geographic extents of the attendance region associated with the event stored in the memory of the mobile electronic device;
• and
• the fingerprint scanner;
• determining, by the mobile electronic device, a time and date of the acquisition of the fingerprint of the user by way of the fingerprint scanner;
• determining, by the mobile electronic device, a location of the mobile electronic device at the time of the acquisition of the fingerprint of the user by way of the fingerprint scanner;
• comparing, by the mobile electronic device, characteristics of the fingerprint of the user acquired to the characteristics of the fingerprint of the person associated with the mobile electronic device stored in the memory of the mobile electronic device to determine whether the user is the person associated with the mobile electronic device;
• in response to the mobile electronic device determining that the user is the person associated with the mobile electronic device, sending, by the mobile electronic device to an attendance server, attendance data comprising:
• the IMEI of the mobile electronic device;
• the time and date of the acquisition of the fingerprint of the user by way of the fingerprint scanner;
• and
• the location of the mobile electronic device at the time of the acquisition of the fingerprint of the user by way of the fingerprint scanner,
• the attendance server comprising:
• a device mapping comprising a mapping of international mobile equipment identities (IMEIs) to respective personal identifiers;
• and
• an attendance record comprising a listing of attendance events documenting attendance of persons at events;
• and
• in response to the attendance server receiving the attendance data:
• determining, by the attendance server, a personal identifier of the person associated with the mobile electronic device based on a mapping of the IMEI of the mobile electronic device to a personal identifier of the person associated with the mobile electronic device in the device mapping;
• and
• generating, by the attendance server, in the attendance record, an attendance event associating the person associated with the mobile electronic device with at an event associated with the time and date of the acquisition of the fingerprint of the user by way of the fingerprint scanner and the location of the mobile electronic device at the time of the acquisition of the fingerprint of the user by way of the fingerprint scanner, to document attendance of the person associated with the mobile electronic device at the event.