VEHICLE BASED ELECTRONIC AUTHENTICATION AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT

• US 20180178737A1
• Filed: 12/27/2016
• Published: 06/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Studnicka, Todd Murray
• Granted Patent: US 10,430,566 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/145 Payments according to the detected use or quantity
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4015 using location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

Systems and methods for an authentication system include determining that a first user device is located within a vehicle, where the first user device is associated with a first user. Vehicle authentication information is received from the vehicle. A vehicle account associated with the vehicle is authenticated using the vehicle authentication information. First transportation information associated with the vehicle is received from the vehicle. A user authentication configuration is determined based on the vehicle account and the first transportation information. A user account of the first user for the first user device is authenticated based on the first transportation information according to the user authentication configuration.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

determining that a first user device is located within a vehicle, wherein the first user device is associated with a first user;

receiving, from the vehicle, vehicle authentication information;

authenticating a vehicle account associated with the vehicle using the vehicle authentication information;

receiving, from the vehicle, first transportation information associated with the vehicle;

determining a user authentication configuration based on the vehicle account and the first transportation information; and

authenticating a user account of the first user for the first user device based on the first transportation information according to the user authentication configuration.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the authenticating the user account includes:

determining, based on route information included in the first transportation information, a first route the vehicle is traveling on; and

confirming that the first route is included in a travel routine of the first user based movement and location history of the first user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the authenticating the user account includes:

confirming, based on route information included in the first transportation information, that the vehicle is traveling on a planned route of the first user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the first user device, user authentication information including orientation information indicating an orientation direction of the first user device, and

wherein the authenticating the user account includes;

determining that the first user is sitting in a first seat included in the vehicle; and

determining that the orientation direction of the first user device corresponds to an orientation of the first seat.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the first user device, user authentication information including second transportation information associated with the vehicle via input from the first user; and

authenticating the user account of the first user based on the first transportation information and the second transportation information according to the user authentication configuration.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the first user is sitting in a first seat included in the vehicle;

selecting a first display included in the vehicle based on the first seat; and

providing the first transportation information to the first user through the first display.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the second transportation information is provided by at least a measurement device included in the vehicle selected from a group of measurement devices consisting of a speedometer, a tachometer, an odometer, a fuel gauge, a thermostat, a hygrometer, and an altitude meter.

8. A method, comprising:

determining, by a system provider device, that a first user device is located within a vehicle, wherein the first user device is associated with a first user;

receiving, by the system provider device, vehicle authentication information associated with the vehicle;

authenticating, by the system provider device, a vehicle account associated with the vehicle using the vehicle authentication information; and

authenticating a user account of the first user for a transaction request received from the first user device based on the vehicle account.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

communicating, from the vehicle to the first user device, the vehicle authentication information using a first communication device included in the vehicle,

wherein the first communication device uses a short-range wireless communication protocol; and

communicating, from the first user device to the system provider device, the vehicle authentication information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the short-range wireless communication protocol includes one of a Bluetooth communication protocol, a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication protocol, a near-field communication (NFC) communication protocol, a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication protocol, and a Wi-Fi communication protocol.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

communicating, from the vehicle to the first user device, first transportation information associated with the vehicle using the first communication device included in the vehicle;

receiving, by the system provider device from the first user device, the first transportation information; and

wherein the authenticating a user account of the first user includes;

determining a user authentication configuration based on the vehicle account and the first transportation information; and

authenticating the user account of the first user based on the first transportation information according to the user authentication configuration.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the authenticating the user account includes:

determining, based on route information included in the first transportation information, a first route the vehicle is traveling on; and

confirming that the first route is included in a travel routine of the first user based movement and location history of the first user.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the authenticating the user account includes:

confirming, based on route information included in the first transportation information, that the vehicle is traveling on a planned route of the first user.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, from the first user device, user authentication information including orientation information indicating an orientation direction of the first user device, and

wherein the authenticating the user account includes;

determining that the first user is sitting in a first seat included in the vehicle; and

determining that the orientation direction of the first user device corresponds to an orientation of the first seat.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

determining, by a system provider device, that a first user device is located within a vehicle, wherein the first user device is associated with a first user;

receiving, by the system provider device from the vehicle, vehicle authentication information;

receiving, from the vehicle, first transportation information associated with the vehicle;

determining a user authentication configuration based on the vehicle authentication information and the first transportation information; and

authenticating a user account of the first user for the first user device based on the first transportation information according to the user authentication configuration.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving second transportation information associated with the vehicle;

determining a user device restriction based on the second transportation information; and

sending, to the first user device, a first notification that causes a first user device action to be performed on the first user device to apply the user device restriction on the first user device.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving third transportation information associated with the vehicle;

determining that a change in the user device restriction based on the third transportation information; and

sending, to the first user device, a second notification that causes a second user device action to be performed on the first user device to apply the change in the user device restriction.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the user device restriction is determined based on a first in-vehicle user location included in the second transportation information, the first in-vehicle user location indicating that the first user is a driver of the vehicle.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the determining the user device restriction further comprises:

determining a distracted driving law associated with a first vehicle location included in the second transportation information, the distracted driving law regulating mobile device use while driving; and

determining the user device restriction based on the distracted driving law.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the distracted driving law does not apply to a second vehicle location included in the third transportation information; and

sending, to the first user device, the second notification that causes the second user device action to be performed on the first user device to remove the user device restriction.