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System and method for facilitating user access to vehicles based on biometric information

  • US 10,131,322 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2017
  • Issued: 11/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for authorizing a user to access a vehicle, the method comprising:

  • accessing, by a remote server computing device, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and wherein information stored in the storage medium includes;

    a plurality of user profiles, wherein each user profile is associated with a respective user and a respective mobile device,a plurality of vehicle profiles, wherein each vehicle profile is associated with a respective vehicle having a respective on-board computer, andpermissions associated with respective user profiles in relation to respective vehicle profiles, wherein the permissions govern access by the respective users to the respective vehicles;

    receiving, by the computing device over a network from one or more of the user'"'"'s personal mobile device and the vehicle'"'"'s onboard computer, an authorization request comprising;

    identification information associated with the user, access information identifying the vehicle and a current biometric identifier generated by one or more of the mobile device and the on-board computer based on biometric information captured from the user;

    authorizing, by the computing device based on the received authorization request, the user access to the vehicle, wherein the authorizing step comprises;

    determining, by the computing device, that the received identification information corresponds to a user profile among the plurality of user profiles stored in the storage,determining, by the computing device, that the identified vehicle corresponds to a vehicle profile among the plurality of vehicle profiles stored in the storage, andbiometrically authenticating the user by comparing the received biometric identifier to a previously generated biometric identifier stored in association with the user profile;

    identifying, by the computing device based on the identification information and the access information, one or more permissions, among the permissions, that is associated with the user and the vehicle, andverifying, by the computing device based on the one or more permissions, that the user is authorized to access the vehicle;

    transmitting, based on the authorization, by the computing device over a communications network to a remote computing device associated with the vehicle, an authorization notification that facilitates the user access to the vehicle.

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