Geographical location authentication method
US8700003B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 1, 2010 |
| Grant date | Apr 15, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/72457
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for authenticating votes or transactions received from a mobile device comprising a computer programmed with a set of computer-readable instructions and a database accessed by mobile device reading a durable computer readable medium stored in a computer server or mobile communications device module, the database comprising a registered geographical location and corresponding postal mail delivery address, means to receive a vote in an election or a transaction over a wireless carrier network, means to determine geographical location of a device which transmitted the transaction over the wireless network comprising cell tower triangulation or Assisted-GPS and means to reject vote or transaction if geographical location of the device which transmitted the vote or transaction is not within a predetermined distance range from the geographical location for the registered postal mail delivery address latitude or longitude coordinates embodied and executable in a physical medium.
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