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Methods and systems for ensuring that an individual is authorized to conduct an activity

  • US 10,095,853 B2
  • Filed: 02/20/2017
  • Issued: 10/09/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for ensuring an individual is authorized to conduct an activity comprising:

  • changing, by a first individual operating a first terminal device, a default authentication level to a different authentication level, the first individual being a ride sharing service customer and the different authentication level comporting with circumstances existing during an authentication transaction;

    capturing, by a second individual operating a second terminal device, data of a biometric modality of the second individual, the biometric modality data being in accordance with the different authentication level, wherein the first and second terminal devices communicate over a network;

    after successfully authenticating the second individual based on the biometric modality data, determining, by the first terminal device, whether the biometric modality data was captured from a live person; and

    determining, by the first terminal device, the second individual is authorized to conduct the activity when the biometric modality data was captured from a live person.

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