Vehicle based electronic authentication and device management

• US 10,430,566 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2016
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Studnicka, Todd Murray
• Primary Examiner(s): Turchen, James R
• Application Number:
  US15/391,546
• Publication Number:
  US 20180178737A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,008 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/145 Payments according to the detected use or quantity
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4015 using location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

Systems and methods for an authentication system include determining that a first user device is located within a vehicle, where the first user device is associated with a first user. Vehicle authentication information is received from the vehicle. A vehicle account associated with the vehicle is authenticated using the vehicle authentication information. First transportation information associated with the vehicle is received from the vehicle. A user authentication configuration is determined based on the vehicle account and the first transportation information. A user account of the first user for the first user device is authenticated based on the first transportation information according to the user authentication configuration.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a non-transitory memory storing instructions; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read the instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

determining that a first user device is located within a vehicle, wherein the first user device is associated with a first user;

receiving, from the vehicle, vehicle authentication information;

authenticating a vehicle account associated with the vehicle using the vehicle authentication information;

receiving, from the vehicle, first transportation information associated with the vehicle;

receiving, from the first user device, user authentication information including orientation information indicating an orientation direction of the first user device; and

authenticating a user account of the first user for the first user device based on the first transportation information and the user authentication information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the authenticating the user account includes:

determining, based on route information included in the first transportation information, a first route the vehicle is traveling on; and

confirming that the first route is included in a travel routine of the first user based on a movement and location history of the first user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the authenticating the user account includes:

confirming, based on route information included in the first transportation information, that the vehicle is traveling on a planned route of the first user.

4. The system of claim 1,

wherein the authenticating the user account includes:

determining that the first user is sitting in a first seat included in the vehicle; and

determining that the orientation direction of the first user device corresponds to an orientation of the first seat.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the first user device, user authentication information including second transportation information associated with the vehicle;

wherein authenticating the user account of the first user is further based on based on the second transportation information according to the user authentication information.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the first user is sitting in a first seat included in the vehicle;

selecting a first display included in the vehicle based on the first seat; and

providing the first transportation information to the first user through the first display.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the second transportation information is provided by at least a measurement device included in the vehicle selected from a group of measurement devices consisting of a speedometer, a tachometer, an odometer, a fuel gauge, a thermostat, a hygrometer, and an altitude meter.

8. A method, comprising:

determining, by a system provider device, that a user device is located within a vehicle, wherein the user device is corresponding to a user;

receiving, by the system provider device, vehicle authentication information corresponding to the vehicle;

authenticating, by the system provider device, a vehicle account corresponding to the vehicle using the vehicle authentication information;

receiving, from the user device, user authentication information including orientation information indicating an orientation direction of the user device; and

authenticating a user account of the user for a transaction request received from the user device based on the vehicle account and the user authentication information.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

communicating, from the vehicle to the user device, the vehicle authentication information using a communication device included in the vehicle, wherein the communication device uses a short-range wireless communication protocol; and

communicating, from the user device to the system provider device, the vehicle authentication information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the short-range wireless communication protocol includes one of a Bluetooth communication protocol, a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication protocol, a near-field communication (NFC) communication protocol, a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication protocol, or a Wi-Fi communication protocol.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

communicating, from the vehicle to the user device, transportation information corresponding to the vehicle using the communication device included in the vehicle; and

receiving, by the system provider device from the user device, the transportation information;

wherein the authenticating the user account of the user includes;

determining a user authentication configuration based on the vehicle account and the transportation information; and

authenticating the user account of the user based on the transportation information according to the user authentication configuration.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the authenticating the user account includes:

determining, based on route information included in the first transportation information, a route the vehicle is traveling on; and

confirming that the route is included in a travel routine of the user based on a movement and a location history of the user.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the authenticating the user account includes:

confirming, based on route information included in the transportation information, that the vehicle is traveling on a planned route of the user.

14. The method of claim 8,

wherein the authenticating the user account includes:

determining that the user is sitting in a seat included in the vehicle; and

determining that the orientation direction of the user device corresponds to an orientation of the seat.

15. A method, comprising:

determining, by a system provider device, that a user device is located within a vehicle, wherein the user device is associated with a user;

receiving, by the system provider device, vehicle authentication information associated with the vehicle;

authenticating, by the system provider device, a vehicle account associated with the vehicle using the vehicle authentication information;

determining a trust level associated with the vehicle account based on a vehicle type of the vehicle, registered user information associated with the vehicle, or a past transaction associated with the vehicle;

receiving, by the system provider device from the user device, first transportation information associated with the vehicle;

determining, by the system provider device, a user authentication configuration based on the vehicle account and the first transportation information; and

authenticating, by the system provider device, a user account of the user for a transaction request received from the user device based on the trust level and the user authentication configuration.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the vehicle authentication information is received from the vehicle via the user device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the first transportation information associated with the vehicle was received by the user device from the vehicle using a communication device included in the vehicle.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the authenticating the user account includes:

determining, based on route information included in the first transportation information, a route the vehicle is traveling on; and

confirming that the route is included in a travel routine of the user based on a movement and location history of the user.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving second transportation information associated with the vehicle;

determining a user device restriction based on the second transportation information; and

sending, to the user device, a notification that causes a user device action to be performed on the user device to apply the user device restriction on the user device.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving, from the user device, user authentication information including orientation information indicating an orientation direction of the user device,

wherein the authenticating the user account includes;

determining that the user is sitting in a seat included in the vehicle; and

determining that the orientation direction of the user device corresponds to an orientation of the seat.