Patent ID: 9230377
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G06F,G07C,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a mobile device, a radio signal including geographic location information; storing, at the mobile device, the geographic location information and a timestamp associated with a time of receipt of the radio signal; receiving, at the mobile device and from a security reader, a request for authentication information for granting access through a physical security checkpoint, wherein a geographic location of the physical security checkpoint is different from a geographic location indicated by the geographic location information; responsive to the request for the authentication information, providing the security reader with the geographic location information and the timestamp associated with the time of receipt of the radio signal; modifying access rights of a user of the mobile device at the physical security checkpoint upon determination that the geographic location information and the timestamp associated with the time of receipt of the radio signal satisfy a predetermined criterion; determining a current time prior to providing the security reader with the geographic location information and the timestamp; and determining a time difference between the current time and a time of the timestamp, wherein: the geographic location information is provided to the security reader in response to the time difference being below a threshold time difference, and the threshold time difference is determined based on a distance or a travel time between the geographic location indicated by the geographic location information and the geographic location of the physical security checkpoint.