Patent ID: 8929920
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising, with a computing device: receiving one or more electrical signals representing a candidate device check-in profile for a first mobile device, said candidate device check-in profile being for use in a check-in validation scheme of a location based service provider, wherein at least a portion of said candidate device check-in profile is received via a second mobile device that is identified as being checked-in at a venue location with said location based service provider wherein said candidate device check-in profile comprises a first sensed attribute based, at least in part, on one or more of a first light or a first sound sensed via one or more sensors of said first mobile device and a second sensed attribute based, at least in part, on one or more of a second light or a second sound sensed via one or more sensors of said second mobile device; determining whether said candidate device check-in profile is valid based, at least in part, on a comparison of said first sensed attribute and said second sensed attribute; and in response to a determination that said candidate device check-in profile is valid, identifying said first mobile device as being checked-in with said location based service provider at said venue location.