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US 9,853,984 B2Granted
Methods, systems, and products for identity verification
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorJeffrey A. Aaron
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products verify an identity claimed by a person. A signature, representing the presence of a device, is acquired. The signature is compared to a reference signature. Should the signature favorably compare to the reference signature, then the identity is verified.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a server, a request to verify an identity claimed by a person associated with a mobile device;
- sending, by the server, an interrogation instruction to the mobile device, the interrogation instruction instructing the mobile device to transmit an interrogation signal to a radio frequency tag;
- receiving, by the server, a tag identifier sent from the mobile device, the tag identifier sent from the radio frequency tag to the mobile device in response to a transmission of the interrogation signal;
- retrieving, by the server, information historically associated with the identity;
- determining, by the server, that the tag identifier sent from the radio frequency tag satisfies the information historically associated with the identity;
- and
- verifying, by the server, the identity claimed by the person associated with the mobile device in response to the tag identifier satisfying the information.
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A system, comprising:
- a hardware processor;
- and
- a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a request to verify an identity associated with a mobile device;
- sending an interrogation instruction to the mobile device, the interrogation instruction instructing the mobile device to transmit an interrogation signal to a radio frequency tag;
- receiving a tag identifier sent from the mobile device, the tag identifier uniquely identifying the radio frequency tag in response to a transmission of the interrogation signal;
- retrieving a historical tag identifier that is historically associated with the identity associated with the mobile device;
- determining that the tag identifier sent from the mobile device satisfies the historical tag identifier historically associated with the identity;
- and
- verifying the identify associated with the mobile device in response to the tag identifier satisfying the historical tag identifier.
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A memory device storing executable instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a request sent via the Internet to verify an identity claimed by a person carrying a mobile device;
- sending an interrogation instruction via a cellular network to the mobile device, the interrogation instruction instructing the mobile device to wirelessly transmit an electromagnetic interrogation signal to radio frequency tags;
- receiving tag identifiers sent via the cellular network from the mobile device, the tag identifiers sent from the radio frequency tags to the mobile device in response to a transmission of the electromagnetic interrogation signal;
- retrieving historical tag identifiers that are historically associated with the identity claimed by the person;
- retrieving a strictness of comparison associated with the identify;
- determining that the tag identifiers satisfy the historical tag identifiers according to the strictness of comparison associated with the identity;
- and
- verifying the identify claimed by the person carrying the mobile device in response to the tag identifiers satisfying the historical tag identifiers according to the strictness of comparison.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.