US 11,716,616 B2
Systems and methods for location enabled search and secure authentication
Ismail Ege Akpinar, London (GB); and Mehmet Bilgay Akhan, Hampshire (GB)
Assigned to Pointr Limited, London (GB)
Filed by Pointr Limited, London (GB)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/786,285.
Application 16/786,285 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/679,604, filed on Nov. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,297,497.
Application 16/679,604 is a continuation of application No. 16/671,725, filed on Nov. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,240,663.
Application 16/671,725 is a continuation of application No. 16/451,266, filed on Jun. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,511,971, issued on Dec. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/843,662, filed on May 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0359216 A1, Nov. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); H04W 4/024 (2018.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3614 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 63/0807 (2013.01); H04W 4/024 (2018.02); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/90 (2018.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for authenticating a ride in a ride hailing situation, the method comprising:
determining whether a first computing device of a passenger and a second computing device of a driver of a vehicle are within a threshold distance from one another;
responsive to determining that the first computing device of the passenger and the second computing device of the driver are within the threshold distance from one another, matching one or more tokens exchanged between the first computing device of the passenger and the second computing device of the driver;
responsive to matching the one or more tokens exchanged between the first computing device of the passenger and the second computing device of the driver, performing biometric verification of the driver, the passenger, or both;
receiving biometric information from the second computing device;
determining whether the biometric information matches stored biometric information; and
responsive to matching the biometric information with the stored biometric information and to matching the one or more tokens exchanged between the first computing device of the passenger and the second computing device of the driver, directing, by the first computing device of the passenger, the passenger to point a camera of the first computing device toward a location of the second computing device of a driver of the vehicle.