US 11,915,333 B1
Mobile check-in and user verification for access to secured areas such as lounges
Venkatasubramanian Ganesan, Irving, TX (US); Krishna Reddy Jeereddy, Flower Mound, TX (US); Alyson Jones, Fort Worth, TX (US); Paul Pacheco, Euless, TX (US); Phillip Easter, Colorado Springs, CO (US); Basil Higgins, Fort Worth, TX (US); and John Praveen Caleb Francis, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Assigned to AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed by AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/054,360.
Application 18/054,360 is a continuation of application No. 16/843,593, filed on Apr. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,501,399.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/830,931, filed on Apr. 8, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/26 (2012.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G07C 9/32 (2020.01); G07C 9/38 (2020.01)
CPC G06Q 50/265 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G07C 9/32 (2020.01); G07C 9/38 (2020.01); G06Q 2240/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of verifying that a user is authorized to access a secured area via an entry point, wherein the method comprises:
receiving at a first computer and from a remote user device that is associated with the user, information relating to a check-in request;
wherein the information relating to the check-in request comprises an event time for an event;
generating a time stamp for the receipt of the information relating to the check-in request;
verifying, using the information relating to the check-in request and the first computer, that the user is authorized to enter the secured area;
wherein verifying that the user is authorized to enter the secured area comprises:
verifying that the event is associated with the secured area; and
verifying that the time stamp is within a window of time relative to the event time; and
sending, in response to the verification that the user is authorized to enter the secured area and from the first computer, confirmation of remote check-in of the user to at least one of: the remote user device or a second computer positioned near the entry point.