Method and system for ride shares involving hierarchical driver referrals

A method for facilitating rideshares to passengers by drivers via a ridesharing server, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the ridesharing server, registration information via a mobile application running on a mobile device of a potential driver that is signing up with the ridesharing server for providing rideshare trips, the registration information including a first biometric scan of the driver;
• in response to determining that the driver selects to offer a rideshare trip, receiving a second biometric scan from the driver;
• comparing the first biometric scan and the second biometric scan for a match;
• and
• in response to detecting the match, providing pickup information to the mobile application running on the mobile device of the driver, wherein the pickup information includes a name of a passenger and a pickup location of the passenger.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• receive an indication that a driver elects to provide a rideshare trip requested by a passenger;
• retrieve pre-stored registration information for the driver that includes a first biometric scan of the driver;
• transmit a request to provide a second biometric scan of the driver in response to receiving the indication to provide the rideshare trip;
• compare the first biometric scan and the second biometric scan upon receiving the second biometric scan to determine if there is a match;
• and
• transmit pickup information in response to a determination that that there is a match, wherein the pickup information includes a name of the passenger and a pickup location of the passenger.