SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING RIDE-SHARE REQUESTS

• US 20200134763A1
• Filed: 10/25/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Ghannam, Mahmoud Yousef, Churchwell, II, Howard E., Zouani, Soundousse
• Granted Patent: US 10,825,121 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/17 using hand-held instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques

Abstract

This disclosure describes a method and device for processing ride-sharing requests. The method and device process ride requests received from a first mobile device and generate a first hash corresponding to the ride request. The disclosure also describes a method and device for processing ride sharing responses. The method and device receives a ride request from a rider account, transmits a ride response to the rider account, compares a first location to a current location, determines that a difference between the first location and the current location is less than a threshold value, conducts a visual analysis of one or more persons proximate to the current location, requests that the rider audibly identify themselves, and determines, based at least in part on the audible identification and visual identification, that the rider is associated with the rider account.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

processing, by one or more computers coupled to at least one memory, a ride request received from a first mobile device; and

generating, by the one or more computers, a first hash corresponding to the ride request.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, by the one or more computers, the first hash in a ledger, wherein the ledger is stored in the at least one memory.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, by the one or more computers, the ride request to a second mobile device.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

processing, by the one or more computers, a ride response from the second mobile device, responsive to the ride request; and

generating, by the one or more computers, a second hash corresponding to the ride response.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

storing, by the one or more computers, the second hash in a ledger, wherein the ledger is stored in the at least one memory.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

transmitting, by the one or more computers, the ride response to the first mobile device.

7. A device, comprising:

at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions; and

at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to;

process a ride request received from a first mobile device; and

generate a first hash corresponding to the ride request.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

transmit the ride request to a second mobile device.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

process a ride response from the second mobile device, responsive to the ride request;

generate a second hash corresponding to the ride response; and

store the second hash in a ledger.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

transmit the ride response to the first mobile device.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

transmit a first part of a ride request key to the second mobile device.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

transmit a second part of the ride request key to the second mobile device.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

transmit a first part of a ride response key to the first mobile device.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

transmit a second part of the ride response key to the first mobile device.

15. A method comprising:

receiving, by one or more computers, a ride request from a rider account;

transmitting, by the one or more computes, a ride response to the rider account;

comparing, by the one or more computers, a first location to a current location, as the one or more computers approach the first location;

determining, by the one or more computers, that a difference between the first location and the current location is less than a threshold value;

conducting a visual analysis of one or more persons proximate to the current location;

requesting that a rider, of the one or more persons, audibly identify themselves; and

determining, based at least in part on the audible identification and visual identification, that the rider is associated with the rider account.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

receiving, by the one or more computers, a first part of a ride request key; and

receiving, by the one or more computers, a second part of the ride request key.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

transmitting, by the one or more computers, a first part of a ride response key; and

receiving, by the one or more computers, a second part of the ride response key.

18. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

transmitting, by the one or more computers, a second ride request hash; and

transmitting, by the one or more computers, a second ride response hash.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein conducting the visual analysis of one or more persons proximate to the current location comprises:

comparing the one or more persons to an image of the rider store in the one or more computers.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein audible identification is based at least in part on comparing an audible signal of the rider to an audible signal received from the rider account, that is associated with the rider.