Systems and methods for event admissions based on fingerprint recognition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016189063-A1
Application number	US-201414588316-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 31, 2014
Priority date	Dec 31, 2014
Publication date	Jun 30, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods for fingerprint recognition-based event admission are provided. A user may use a user device to purchase a ticket for an event and provide a fingerprint scanned on the user device to a fingerprint validation system. The fingerprint validation system may associate the purchased ticket with the user and store the fingerprint template associated with the user as a reference template. When the user arrives at an entrance of the event, the user may scan a fingerprint at a fingerprint scan device at the entrance. Fingerprint validation system may compare the received fingerprint template with stored fingerprint reference templates, validate that the user is associated with a purchased ticket, and grant access to the event.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system comprising:
a storage module configured to store reference fingerprint templates associated with respective users; a fingerprint association module configured to store a first fingerprint template of a user as one of the reference fingerprint templates, wherein the first fingerprint template is based on a first fingerprint scan on a user device; a ticket association module configured to associate the user with a purchased ticket to an event in response to the user purchasing the ticket; a comparison module configured to compare a second fingerprint template of the user with the reference fingerprint templates, wherein the second fingerprint template is based on a second fingerprint scan on a fingerprint scan device at an entrance for the event; a validation module configured to validate the user is associated with the purchased ticket based on the comparison; and an access module configured to grant access to the event based on the validation.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the fingerprint association module receives the first fingerprint template from the user device.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the fingerprint association module receives a fingerprint sample from the user device and generates the first fingerprint template by extracting features from the fingerprint sample.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the validation module is configured to validate the user by identifying the user using the second fingerprint template.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the comparison module is configured to compare the first fingerprint template with the reference fingerprint templates by determining a matching score, and wherein the validation module is configured to identify the user based on the matching score being above a predetermined threshold.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the fingerprint scan device is associated with an automated entrance gate at the entrance, and wherein the access module is configured to grant access to the event by transmitting an access granting signal to the fingerprint scan device or the automated entrance gate.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the ticket association module is configured to receive ticket purchase information for the purchased ticket from a service provider server.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the access module is configured to grant access to the event to a plurality of users based on the validation.

9 . A system comprising:
a fingerprint association module configured to store a first fingerprint template of a user as a reference fingerprint template associated with the user, wherein the first fingerprint template is based on a fingerprint scan on a user device; a ticket association module configured to associate the user with a purchased ticket to an event in response to the user purchasing the ticket; an association module configured to transmit a notification to the user device including a request for approval of another user using the purchased ticket to enter the event in response to receiving a user identifier for the user, wherein the user identifier is entered on a fingerprint scan device at an entrance for the event by the other user; and an access module configured to receive the requested approval from the user device and grant the other user access to the event based on the approval.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the notification further includes a user identifier for the other user entered on the fingerprint scan device.

11 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the request for approval includes a request to provide a fingerprint scan on the user device, the system further comprising:
a comparison module configured to compare a second fingerprint template of the user with the reference fingerprint template, wherein the second fingerprint template is based on the fingerprint scan on the user device; and a validation module configured to validate the user is associated with the purchased ticket based on the comparison, and wherein the access module is configured to grant access to the event based on the validation.

12 . A method comprising:
storing, by a processing system in a non-transitory memory system, a first fingerprint template of a user as a reference template associated with the user, wherein the first fingerprint template is based on a fingerprint scan on a user device; associating, by the processing system in the non-transitory memory system, the user with a purchased ticket to an event in response to the user purchasing the ticket; comparing, by the processing system accessing reference fingerprint templates in the non-transitory memory system, a second fingerprint template of the user with the reference fingerprint templates; validating, by the processing system, that the user is associated with the purchased ticket based on the comparing; and granting, by the processing system, access to the event based on the validating.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the second fingerprint template is based on another fingerprint scan on a fingerprint scan device at an entrance for the event.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising receiving, by the processing system through a network interface over a network, the first fingerprint template from the user device.

15 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
receiving, by the processing system through a network interface over a network, a fingerprint sample from the user device; and generating, by the processing system, the first fingerprint template by extracting features from the fingerprint sample.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the validating comprises identifying the user using the second fingerprint template based on the comparing.

17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the fingerprint scan device is associated with an automated entrance gate at the entrance, and wherein the granting comprises transmitting an access granting signal to the automated entrance gate.

18 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the user purchases the ticket using the user device from a service provider server, the method further comprising receiving, by the processing system through the network interface over the network, ticket purchase information for the purchased ticket from the service provider server.

19 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
receiving, by the processing system through a network interface over a network, a user identifier for the user entered by another user from a fingerprint scan device at an entrance for the event; and transmitting, by the processing system through the network interface over the network, a notification to the user device requesting the user to provide another fingerprint on the user device, and wherein the second fingerprint template is based on another fingerprint scan of the user on the user device.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the validating comprises determining, by the processing system searching an account database in the non-transitory memory system, a user account using the user identifier, and determining, by the processing system, that the user associated with the user account is associated with the purchased ticket for the event.

Assignees

• Stubhub Inc

Inventors

• Nie Yongzhi

Classifications

• G07C9/27

  with central registration · CPC title

• G07C9/257

  electronically (G07C9/26 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06Q20/322

  Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices] · CPC title

• G06Q10/02 Primary

  Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events · CPC title

• G06Q20/40145

  Biometric identity checks · CPC title