System and method for facilitating user access to vehicles based on biometric information

A system for authorizing a user to access a vehicle, comprising:

• a remote server computing device, comprising:
• a network communication interface, a computer-readable storage medium, and one or more processors configured to interact with the network communication interface and the computer-readable storage medium, and software modules stored on the storage medium and executable by the processor, wherein the software modules include:
• a database module that when executed configures the one or more processors to access the storage medium, and wherein information stored in the storage medium includes:
• a plurality of user profiles, wherein each user profile is associated with a respective user and a respective mobile device,
• a plurality of vehicle profiles, wherein each vehicle profile is associated with a respective vehicle having a respective on-board computer, and
• permissions associated with respective user profiles in relation to respective vehicle profiles, wherein the permissions govern access by the respective users to the respective vehicles;
• a communication module that when executed configures the one or more processors to receive, over a network from the user's personal mobile device, an authorization request comprising:
• identification information associated with a user, a biometric authentication status and access information identifying the vehicle;
• an authorization module that when executed configures the one or more processors to, based on the received authorization request, authorize the user access to the vehicle by:
• determining that the received identification information corresponds to a user profile among the plurality of user profiles stored in the storage;
• determining that the identified vehicle corresponds to a vehicle profile among the plurality of vehicle profiles stored in the storage;
• determining based on the received biometric authentication status, that the user has been biometrically authenticated by the mobile device,
• identifying, by the computing device, one or more permissions, among the permissions, that is associated with the user profile and the vehicle profile, and
• verifying, by the computing device based on the one or more permissions, that the user is authorized to access the vehicle;
• and
• wherein the database module further configures the one or more processors to create, in the storage, an access record concerning the authorized access, and
• wherein the communication module further configures the one or more processors to transmit, over a communications network to a remote computing device associated with the vehicle, an authorization notification that facilitates the user access to the vehicle.