Systems and methods for securing access to storage and retrieval systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10635801-B2
Application number	US-201816167121-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2018
Priority date	Oct 30, 2017
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to secure access. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for securing access using decentralized biometric authentication data through a blockchain network including: a user interface product operable on a user device and configured to: receive a first one or more biometric data; receive near real-time location data associated with the first one or more biometric data; receive a token comprising a second one or more biometric data; determine whether the first one or more biometric data matches within a threshold with the second one or more biometric data; determine whether the first one or more biometric data and the second one or more biometric data are associated with the user device; determine whether the near real-time location data is within a threshold distance from a storage and retrieval system (SRS); and provide data associated with unlocking the SRS.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for securing access to storage and retrieval systems using decentralized biometric authentication data through a blockchain network comprising:
a user device coupled to a blockchain network and comprising one or more biometric sensors, at least one location sensor, a transceiver, and a control circuit operatively coupled to the user interface product, the user device configured to receive a first one or more biometric data from a user at one time and a second one or more biometric data of the user at another time via the one or more biometric sensors;
a user interface product operable on the user device and cooperatively coupled with the control circuit, wherein the user interface product is adapted to enhance decentralized biometric authentication through the blockchain network by being configured to:
receive, at a first time, from the one or more biometric sensors the first one or more biometric data of the user associated with the user device;
receive, at the first time, from the at least one location sensor near real-time location data associated with the first one or more biometric data;
receive, via the transceiver, from at least one computer server coupled to the blockchain network a token comprising the second one or more biometric data of the user;
determine cooperatively with the control circuit, at the first time, whether the first one or more biometric data matches within a threshold with the second one or more biometric data;
determine cooperatively with the control circuit, at the first time, whether the first one or more biometric data and the second one or more biometric data were both provided by the user via the same user device;
determine cooperatively with the control circuit of the user device, at the first time, whether the near real-time location data received from the at least one location sensor of the user device is within a threshold distance from a storage and retrieval system (SRS) associated with the user; and
provide, at the first time via the transceiver, unlock data to unlock the SRS based on the determination that:
the first one or more biometric data matches within the threshold with the second one or more biometric data;
the near real-time location data is within the threshold distance from the SRS; and
the first one or more biometric data and the second one or more biometric data were both provided by the user using the same user device; and

the SRS operatively coupled to the user device, the SRS comprising an opening to a storage area adapted to receive one or more items for delivery, a cover mechanism to prevent access to the opening, and a receiver configured to receive the unlock data to unlock the SRS via a release of the cover mechanism.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the unlock data to unlock the SRS is provided to the SRS through the blockchain network thereby validating authenticity of the unlock data received by the SRS.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the unlock data to unlock the SRS is provided to the SRS through a wireless network.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the wireless network comprises a Bluetooth wireless network.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first one or more biometric data and the second one or more biometric data comprise at least one of the user's particular stride posture, gait, subconscious movements, and mannerism.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface product is further configured to:
trigger, at the first time, the receipt of the first one or more biometric data when the user initiates use of the user interface product; and
trigger, at the first time, the receipt of the near real-time location data.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface product is further configured to:
determine cooperatively with the control circuit one or more patterns of the user's daily route routine based on historical location data received over time from the at least one location sensor;
determine cooperatively with the control circuit a route taken by the user prior to the first time at same day based on captured location data received, prior to the first time at the same day, from the at least one location sensor; and
determine cooperatively with the control circuit whether the route taken matches with the one or more patterns of the user's daily route routine, wherein the provided data associated with unlocking the SRS is further based on the determination that the route taken matches with the one or more patterns of the user's daily route routine.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface product is further configured to:
determine cooperatively with the control circuit whether a vehicle paired with the user device during the first time is within a threshold distance from the SRS, wherein the provided unlock data to unlock the SRS is further based on the determination that the vehicle paired with the user device is within the threshold distance from the SRS.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface product is further configured to trigger, at the first time, the receipt of the first one or more biometric data in response to the determination that the near real-time location data received from the at least one location sensor is within the threshold distance from the SRS.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the token further comprises a first identification data associated with the user device, wherein the user interface product is further configured to:
determine, at the first time, a second identification data associated with the user device;
determine cooperatively with the control circuit, at the first time, whether the first identification data matches with the second identification data; and
provide, at the first time via the transceiver, second data indicating that the first identification data matches with the second identification data to the SRS, and wherein the release of the cover mechanism of the SRS is in response to the receipt of the unlock data to unlock the SRS and the second data.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the data associated with unlocking the SRS and the second data are provided to the SRS through Bluetooth wireless network.

12. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for enhancing decentralized biometric authentication through a blockchain network comprising:
computer code for receiving from one or more biometric sensors of a user device a first one or more biometric data of a user associated with the user device, the user device includes the computer readable storage medium;
computer code for receiving from at least one location sensor of the user device near real-time location data associated with the first one or more biometric data;
computer code for receiving from at least one computer server coupled to a blockchain network a token comprising a second one or more biometric data of the user, where the second one or more biometric data of the user was received from the one or more biometric sensors of the user device at another time distinct from a time the first one or more biometric data of the user was received from the one or more biometric sensors of the user device;
computer code for determining whether the first one or more biometric data matches with the second one or more biometric data;
computer code for determining whether the first one or more biometric data and the second one or more biometric data were both provided by the user using the same user device;
computer code for determining whether the near real-time location data received from the at least one location sensor of the user device is within

Assignees

• Walmart Apollo Llc

Inventors

• Tovey David G
• O'Brien John J
• Wilkinson Bruce W
• Mchale Brian G
• Cantrell Robert L
• High Donald R

Classifications

• H04L9/3297

  involving time stamps, e.g. generation of time stamps · CPC title

• H04L63/0876

  based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint · CPC title

• H04L63/0853

  using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234) · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title