Geographical location authentication method
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for authenticating a mobile device for electronic voting over the internet comprisinga. storing a geographical location of a voter'"'"'s postal mail delivery address prior to an election, wherein the geographical location comprises longitude and latitude coordinates, in a database stored in a computer server to which an election authority has access;
- b. upon receiving from a mobile device at the computer server an internet vote by the voter in the election and the geographical location of the device, determining whether the geographical location of the mobile device is within a predetermined distance from the registered geographical location for the voter by cell tower triangulation geolocation andc. if the geographical location of the mobile device is not within the predetermined distance from the registered postal address for the voter, rejecting the internet vote.
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Abstract
A system and method for authenticating votes received from a voter'"'"'s mobile device. A computer is programmed with a set of computer-readable instructions and a includes database accessable by mobile device reading a durable computer readable medium stored in a computer hardware server, the database comprising a registered voter and a geographical location for the registered voter'"'"'s postal mail delivery address. The system and method receive a vote in an election over a wireless carrier network, determine the geographical location of a device which transmitted the vote over the wireless network comprising cell tower triangulation, and reject the vote if the geographical location of the device which transmitted the vote is not within a predetermined distance from the geographical location for the registered voter stored in the database.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for authenticating a mobile device for electronic voting over the internet comprising
a. storing a geographical location of a voter'"'"'s postal mail delivery address prior to an election, wherein the geographical location comprises longitude and latitude coordinates, in a database stored in a computer server to which an election authority has access; -
b. upon receiving from a mobile device at the computer server an internet vote by the voter in the election and the geographical location of the device, determining whether the geographical location of the mobile device is within a predetermined distance from the registered geographical location for the voter by cell tower triangulation geolocation and c. if the geographical location of the mobile device is not within the predetermined distance from the registered postal address for the voter, rejecting the internet vote. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21)
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11. A computer system for authenticating a mobile device for electronic voting over the internet comprising
a. a voter registration module accessed by a computer-implemented hardware server configured to store a geographical location of a voter'"'"'s postal mail delivery address prior to an election, wherein the geographical location comprises longitude and latitude coordinates, in a database; b. an authentication module configured to (1) receive from a mobile device a vote by the voter in the election;
(2) receive from a mobile device carrier cell tower triangulation data identifying the geographical location of the mobile device;
(3) determine whether the geographical location of the mobile device is within a predetermined distance from the registered geographical location for the voter; and
(4) if the geographical location of the mobile device is not within the predetermined distance from the registered postal address for the voter, to reject the internet vote.- View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer system for authenticating a mobile device for a transaction over the internet comprising
a. a hardware server configured to register and store in a database geographical location longitude and latitude coordinates of an individual'"'"'s postal mail delivery address; b. an authentication module configured to (1) receive from a mobile device a transaction; (2) receive, from a mobile device, carrier cell tower triangulation data identifying the current geographical location of the mobile device; (3) determine whether the current geographical location of the mobile device is within a predetermined distance from the registered geographical location of the individual'"'"'s postal mail delivery address; and (4) reject the transaction if the geographical location of the mobile device is not within the predetermined distance from the registered postal address for the individual.
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