Vehicle based electronic authentication and device management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10430566-B2
Application number	US-201615391546-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2016
Priority date	Dec 27, 2016
Publication date	Oct 1, 2019
Grant date	Oct 1, 2019

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a non-transitory memory storing instructions; and
one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read the 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;
receiving, from the first user device, user authentication information including orientation information indicating an orientation direction of the first user device; and
authenticating a user account of the first user for the first user device based on the first transportation information and the user authentication information.

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 on a 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 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;
wherein authenticating the user account of the first user is further based on based on the second transportation information according to the user authentication information.

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 5 , 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 user device is located within a vehicle, wherein the user device is corresponding to a user;
receiving, by the system provider device, vehicle authentication information corresponding to the vehicle;
authenticating, by the system provider device, a vehicle account corresponding to the vehicle using the vehicle authentication information;
receiving, from the user device, user authentication information including orientation information indicating an orientation direction of the user device; and
authenticating a user account of the user for a transaction request received from the user device based on the vehicle account and the user authentication information.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
communicating, from the vehicle to the user device, the vehicle authentication information using a communication device included in the vehicle, wherein the communication device uses a short-range wireless communication protocol; and
communicating, from the 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, or a Wi-Fi communication protocol.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
communicating, from the vehicle to the user device, transportation information corresponding to the vehicle using the communication device included in the vehicle; and
receiving, by the system provider device from the user device, the transportation information;
wherein the authenticating the user account of the user includes:
determining a user authentication configuration based on the vehicle account and the transportation information; and
authenticating the user account of the user based on the 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 route the vehicle is traveling on; and
confirming that the route is included in a travel routine of the user based on a movement and a location history of the user.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the authenticating the user account includes:
confirming, based on route information included in the transportation information, that the vehicle is traveling on a planned route of the user.

14. The method of claim 8 ,
wherein the authenticating the user account includes:
determining that the user is sitting in a seat included in the vehicle; and
determining that the orientation direction of the user device corresponds to an orientation of the seat.

15. A method, comprising:
determining, by a system provider device, that a user device is located within a vehicle, wherein the user device is associated with a 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;
determining a trust level associated with the vehicle account based on a vehicle type of the vehicle, registered user information associated with the vehicle, or a past transaction associated with the vehicle;
receiving, by the system provider device from the user device, first transportation information associated with the vehicle;
determining, by the system provider device, a user authentication configuration based on the vehicle account and the first transportation information; and
authenticating, by the system provider device, a user account of the user for a transaction request received from the user device based on the trust level and the user authentication configuration.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the vehicle authentication information is received from the vehicle via the user device.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first transportation information associated with the vehicle was received by the user device from the vehicle using a communication device included in the vehicle.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the authenticating the user account includes:
determining, based on route information included in the first transportation information, a route the vehicle is traveling on; and
confirming that the route is

Assignees

• Paypal Inc

Inventors

• Studnicka Todd Murray

Classifications

• G06F21/35

  communicating wirelessly · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04W4/023

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• G06F21/34

  involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards · CPC title

• G06F2221/2111

  Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS · CPC title