SECURE SHORT-DISTANCE-BASED COMMUNICATION AND VALIDATION SYSTEM FOR ZONE-BASED VALIDATION
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Abstract
A secure short-distance-based communication and validation system validates users in a validation area. The system may include multiple zones in the validation area and beacons in each zone. A run-time mobile device identifier and keys that may be location-specific, device-specific and time-specific are generated and utilized for secure communication between mobile devices and a zone computer in a zone. The validation area may be in a vehicle, and validation may include deducting a fare.
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44 Claims
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25. A communication and validation computer associated with a zone of a plurality of zones in a validation area, the communication and validation computer comprising:
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a processor; and a short-distance communication interface to send and receive communications within the associated zone, wherein the processor is to validate a user of a mobile device for the associated zone, and to validate the user, the processor is to; broadcast, via the short-distance communication interface, a beacon identifying signal within the associated zone; receive, via the short-distance communication interface, a mobile signal from the mobile device, the mobile signal including a mobile device identifier based on the beacon identifying signal broadcasted in the associated zone; determine whether the mobile device is in the associated zone based on the broadcasted beacon identifying signal and the mobile device identifier; determine whether the mobile device is in a settled state in the validation area based on a determination that the mobile device is stationary within the validation area for a predetermined period of time; and in response to determining that the mobile device is within the associated zone and is in the settled state, execute a validation process to determine whether the user is validated for the associated zone. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A mobile device comprising:
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a short-distance communication interface to receive a signal from a beacon in a validation area, the signal including a beacon identification (ID) that identifies a zone of a plurality of zones in the validation area in which the mobile device is located; a motion sensor to measure motion of the mobile device; and a processor to; determine a location of the mobile device; determine whether the mobile device is in the zone of the validation area based on the determined location; determine whether the mobile device is in a settled state based on measurements from the motion sensor, wherein the mobile device is determined to be in the settled state if the mobile device is determined to be stationary for a predetermined period of time in the validation area when the validation area is mobile; in response to a determination that the mobile device is in the zone and the mobile device is in the settled state, calculate a device identifier for the mobile device; and communicate, using the device identifier, with a zone computer associated with the zone via the short-distance communication interface for a validation process. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A mobile device validation method comprising:
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receiving, by a mobile device, a signal from a beacon disposed in a zone of a validation area that is mobile; determining, by a processor within the mobile device, whether the mobile device is in the zone based on the received signal; determining, by the processor, whether the mobile device is in a settled state based on measurements indicating whether the mobile device is stationary for a predetermined period of time; and in response to determining the mobile device is in the settled state in the validation area, the processor validating a user associated with the mobile device for the zone by exchanging messages with a computer associated with the validation area. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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