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 |
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.
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