Identity verification and data management system

• US 9,286,631 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2014
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BeerDropper, LLC
• Original Assignee: BeerDropper, LLC
• Inventors: Krell, Jeremy N., Goodman, Gregory
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thien M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown, Claude J
• Application Number:
  US14/451,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20150186962A1
• Time in Patent Office: 588 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 5/00 Methods or arrangements for verifying the correctness of markings on a record carrier; Column detection devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/14 using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light G06K7/10831 - G06K7/1097 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0607 Regulated
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0609 Buyer or seller confidence or verification
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0045 with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00334 with an apparatus processing barcodes or the like arrangements for sensing record carriers G06K7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof

Abstract

A system for management of age verification using an internet enabled mobile device. The system provides ID verification using identification information comparison. The system further optionally provides display of completed and pending orders, routing to delivery destination, and prioritizing of deliveries.

Claims

1. An identity verification system comprising:

an internet-enabled mobile device having a camera, the camera configured to capture a digital image of a first source of identity information, including a computer readable barcode associated with a potential customer of a restricted product or service, the barcode comprising identification information associated with the potential customer;

a decoding module in electronic communication with the internet enabled mobile device, the decoding module configured to decode identity information encoded in the barcode captured in the digital image;

a comparison module in electronic communication with the internet enabled mobile device, the comparison module configured to;

compare identity information of the potential customer appearing on a first source of identity information issued by a first authority to identity information encoded in the barcode appearing on the first source of identity information in a first comparison based on the first source;

determine that the identity information appearing on a first source of identity information is consistent with the encoded information;

compare, in a second comparison, the identity information of the potential customer with a second source of identity information accessible through a communication network having information unavailable from the first authority;

validate the identity information of the potential customer with the second source of information, wherein the second source includes at least some different identity information associated with the potential customer than the identity information of the first source of information to validate the identity of the potential customer with the information unavailable from the first authority; and

wherein the internet enabled mobile device is configured to provide a first feedback to a user in the event satisfying criteria for purchasing the restricted product or service, and a second feedback to a user in the event of a failure to satisfy the criteria.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the restricted product includes at least age restricted products.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the comparison module is configured to validate identity of the potential purchaser and approve or deny an alcohol purchase responsive to validation of the identity of the purchaser.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein system is configured to manage the purchase of the restricted product or service executed at a point of sale or at identity verification, the point of sale including one or more of a bar, a restaurant, a retail location, or a delivery location.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a storage component for tracking information on orders.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the information on pending and completed orders includes any one or more of inventory information, delivery information, identity information, time of order, delivery preference, amount of order, purchase location, or delivery location.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the comparison module is further configured to validate identity information using tracked information.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the decoding module or comparison module is physically integrated with the internet enabled mobile device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the camera is configured to capture and store a quantity of alpha-numeric identification information from a state issue ID;

the system further comprising a second decoding module in electronic communication with the internet enabled mobile device, the second decoding module configured to decode the alpha-numeric identification information into a format readable by a computer; and

a second comparison module in electronic communication with the internet enabled mobile device, the second comparison module capable of automatically comparing the decoded quantity of alpha-numeric identification information with the barcode information.

10. A method of verifying identity for restricted product or service purchase utilizing an internet enabled mobile device, the method comprising:

capturing, from a first source of identity information issued by a first authority, an image of a barcode associated with a potential customer using a digital camera of the internet enabled mobile device;

storing the image using a memory of the internet enabled mobile device;

decoding the image using a decoding module, the decoding module in electronic communication with the internet enabled mobile device, the decoding of the image comprising identifying at least some identity information stored in the barcode;

comparing, using a comparison module, in a first comparison the at least some identity information stored in the barcode with identity information of the potential customer based on information from the first source issued by the first authority;

determining, by the comparison module, that the compared identity information from the first source is consistent;

comparing, using the comparison module, in another comparison the identity information of the potential customer with a second source comprising a second external source of identity information accessible through a communication network having information unavailable from the first authority;

validating the identity information with the second source based on the second comparison, wherein the second source includes at least some different identity information associated with the potential customer unavailable from the first authority; and

providing a first feedback by the internet enabled mobile device to indicate when the identity information of the first comparison and the second comparison is valid.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the restricted product includes at least age restricted products.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising validating, by the comparison module, the identity of the potential purchaser and approve or deny an alcohol purchase responsive to validation of the identity of the purchaser.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising managing the purchase of the restricted product or service executed at a point of sale or at identity verification, the point of sale including one or more of a bar, a restaurant, a retail location, or a delivery location.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising tracking information on orders.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein tracking the information on pending and completed orders includes tracking any one or more of inventory information, identity information, delivery information, time of order, delivery preference, amount of order, purchase location, or delivery location.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the act of validating identity information includes an act of validating identity information using the tracked information.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the internet enabled mobile device communicates identity information to an internal decoding module or comparison module to validate the identity of the potential customer.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

capturing and storing, by the camera, a quantity of alpha-numeric identification information from a state issue ID;

decoding, by a second decoding module, the alpha-numeric identification information into a format readable by a computer;

comparing automatically, by a second comparison module, the decoded quantity of alpha-numeric identification information with the barcode information with identity information from the first or the second source.

19. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of decoding the image using a decoding module is performed by the decoding module located at a remote server, the remote server being in electronic communication with the internet enabled mobile device.

20. The method of claim 10, further comprising one or more of the steps of:

receiving an order for an alcoholic beverage;

receiving a delivery address for the order;

receiving the second quantity of identification information provided by the potential customer;

or

delivering an order for an alcoholic beverage.