Patent ID: 8224571

Claim:
A method for monitoring participant security in a rideshare environment, comprising: making available a rideshare participant device to at least two rideshare participants during a rideshare; triggering a security check while the rideshare is in progress; and performing an action based on the security check, comprising: gathering security information regarding the rideshare participant device and analyzing the security information for any inconsistencies, comprising: conducting a check for device location; determining the device location based on the at least two rideshare participant devices; and comparing the device location to a predetermined route; contacting a security response provider when the device location is outside predetermined boundaries from the predetermined route; communicating a message to the rideshare participant and requesting a reply message; and triggering an alarm upon at least one of when the reply message indicates that a security problem exists and when no reply message is received within a predefined response time.