Patent ID: 9571965
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of verifying a check-in by a user using a mobile communication device to check-in at a venue, the method comprising: receiving at an entity (antispoofer) configured to communicate with the user and the venue a user check-in request to check-in at the venue from the mobile communication device, the user check-in request comprising a user password, a user-ID data, and a venue-ID data; determining if the mobile communication device is physically located at or near the venue; responsive to the user check-in request, providing the mobile communication device a uniform resource locator (URL) for access to a venue check-in instruction set that is accessible to the communication device only via a wireless access point (WAP) located at or near the venue; receiving at the venue a transmission from the communication device comprising an encrypted user password; receiving, at the entity, a venue check-in request generated by executing the check-in instruction set to acknowledge the user check-in request, the venue check-in request comprising a communication device-provided encrypted user password and venue-provided venue-ID data; verifying the check-in only if the user-password comprised in the user check-in request and the decrypted user-password in the venue check-in request are the same; and if verified, notifying the user and the venue that the check-in is verified.