Methods, systems, and products for identity verification

• US 9,853,984 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2016
• Issued: 12/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Aaron, Jeffrey A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Korsak, Oleg
• Assistant Examiner(s): KANAAN, SIMON P
• Application Number:
  US15/009,882
• Publication Number:
  US 20160149929A1
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products verify an identity claimed by a person. A signature, representing the presence of a device, is acquired. The signature is compared to a reference signature. Should the signature favorably compare to the reference signature, then the identity is verified.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, a request to verify an identity claimed by a person associated with a mobile device;

sending, by the server, an interrogation instruction to the mobile device, the interrogation instruction instructing the mobile device to transmit an interrogation signal to a radio frequency tag;

receiving, by the server, a tag identifier sent from the mobile device, the tag identifier sent from the radio frequency tag to the mobile device in response to a transmission of the interrogation signal;

retrieving, by the server, information historically associated with the identity;

determining, by the server, that the tag identifier sent from the radio frequency tag satisfies the information historically associated with the identity; and

verifying, by the server, the identity claimed by the person associated with the mobile device in response to the tag identifier satisfying the information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing a financial transaction in response to the verifying of the identity.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising declining to verify the identity in response to the tag identifier failing to satisfy the information historically associated with the identity.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving global positioning system information associated with the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising comparing the global positioning system information to a verification requirement associated with the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving multiple tag identifiers sent from the mobile device, the multiple tag identifiers sent from multiple radio frequency tags to the mobile device in response to the transmission of the interrogation signal.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising comparing the multiple tag identifiers to the information historically associated with the identity.

8. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a request to verify an identity associated with a mobile device;

sending an interrogation instruction to the mobile device, the interrogation instruction instructing the mobile device to transmit an interrogation signal to a radio frequency tag;

receiving a tag identifier sent from the mobile device, the tag identifier uniquely identifying the radio frequency tag in response to a transmission of the interrogation signal;

retrieving a historical tag identifier that is historically associated with the identity associated with the mobile device;

determining that the tag identifier sent from the mobile device satisfies the historical tag identifier historically associated with the identity; and

verifying the identify associated with the mobile device in response to the tag identifier satisfying the historical tag identifier.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise processing a financial transaction in response to the verifying of the identity.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise declining to verify the identity in response to the tag identifier failing to satisfy the historical tag identifier.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise receiving global positioning system information associated with the mobile device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise comparing the global positioning system information to a verification requirement associated with the mobile device.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise receiving multiple tag identifiers sent from the mobile device, the multiple tag identifiers sent from multiple radio-frequency tags to the mobile device in response to the transmission of the interrogation signal.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise comparing the multiple tag identifiers to a verification requirement associated with the mobile device.

15. A memory device storing executable instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a request sent via the Internet to verify an identity claimed by a person carrying a mobile device;

sending an interrogation instruction via a cellular network to the mobile device, the interrogation instruction instructing the mobile device to wirelessly transmit an electromagnetic interrogation signal to radio frequency tags;

receiving tag identifiers sent via the cellular network from the mobile device, the tag identifiers sent from the radio frequency tags to the mobile device in response to a transmission of the electromagnetic interrogation signal;

retrieving historical tag identifiers that are historically associated with the identity claimed by the person;

retrieving a strictness of comparison associated with the identify;

determining that the tag identifiers satisfy the historical tag identifiers according to the strictness of comparison associated with the identity; and

verifying the identify claimed by the person carrying the mobile device in response to the tag identifiers satisfying the historical tag identifiers according to the strictness of comparison.

16. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise processing a financial transaction in response to the verifying of the identity.

17. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise declining to verify the identity in response to at least one of the tag identifiers failing to satisfy the historical tag identifiers.

18. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise receiving global positioning system information associated with the mobile device.

19. The memory device of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise comparing the global positioning system information to a verification requirement.

20. The memory device of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise determining a membership set of the tag identifiers associated with the global positioning system information.