MOBILE PHONE AGE VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGE-RESTRICTED PROMOTIONS

• US 20070129056A1
• Filed: 12/05/2005
• Published: 06/07/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Beacon Communications KK (Publicis Groupe SA)
• Original Assignee: Beacon Communications KK (Publicis Groupe SA)
• Inventors: Phelan, Christopher, Wouw, Neil, Cheng, Russel, Wouw, Mark
• Application Number:
  US11/164,772
• Publication Number:
  US 20070129056A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/405
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data

Abstract

A computer enables speedier access to age-restricted promotions by receiving registration data and an image of a photo ID from an applicant'"'"'s mobile phone, thereby enabling an operator or the computer to verify that the applicant meets the age requirement. Once verified, the computer sends a URL to the mobile phone for accessing the promotion.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving registration data and an image of an ID from a mobile device of an applicant for an age-restricted promotion;

verifying that the applicant meets an age requirement; and

granting access to the promotion if the applicant meets the age requirement.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising authenticating the ID.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the granting access includes transmitting a time-sensitive URL to the applicant.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the URL includes a key corresponding to the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the key includes an email address of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device includes a mobile phone.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the image of the ID is generated by the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein an operator performs the verifying.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the verifying includes performing optical character recognition on the image of the ID and determining the age of the applicant based on the birth date from the optical character recognition data.

10. A system, comprising:

means for receiving registration data and an image of an ID from a mobile device of an applicant for an age-restricted promotion;

means for verifying that the applicant meets an age requirement; and

means for granting access to the promotion if the applicant meets the age requirement.

11. A system, comprising:

a registration engine capable of receiving registration data and from a mobile device of an applicant for an age-restricted promotion;

a photo engine capable of receiving an image of an ID from the mobile device;

an age engine capable of verifying that the applicant meets an age requirement; and

a promotion engine, communicatively coupled to the age engine, capable of granting access to the promotion if the applicant meets the age requirement.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising an authentication engine capable of authenticating the ID.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the granting access includes transmitting a time-sensitive URL to the applicant.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the URL includes a key corresponding to the mobile device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the key includes an email address of the mobile device.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the mobile device includes a mobile phone.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the image of the ID is generated by the mobile device.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the verifying includes performing optical character recognition on the image of the ID and determining the age of the applicant based on the birth date from the optical character recognition data.

19. A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions to cause a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

receiving registration data and an image of an ID from a mobile device of an applicant for an age-restricted promotion;

verifying that the applicant meets an age requirement; and

granting access to the promotion if the applicant meets the age requirement.