- Number
- 10853773
- Published
- 2020-12-01
- Filed
- 2015-07-13
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Feder; David, Millegan; Patrick W., Khalfan; Alif
- CPC
- G06Q20/102; G06Q20/3223; H04W12/06; G06Q20/401
- Verdict
- Set aside biometric authentication for payments, business/security
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
There is provided a method for use by a mobile device. The method includes launching a software application requiring an identity verification of each of a plurality of users for performing a requested action, the plurality of users including a first user and a second user, receiving a first biometric information of the first user and a second biometric information of the second user, sending the first biometric information of the first user and the second biometric information of the second user to a server, receiving notifications from the server as to whether the first and second biometric information corresponding to biometric information in first user and second user profiles, respectively, and performing the requested action, if the notifications indicate a match.
Background
BACKGROUND(1) As mobile devices become an increasingly central part of people's lives, many common daily interactions are now being handled digitally. These daily interactions may include multiple users using their individual mobile devices to connect with each other using a social networking application, play games using a gaming application, pay a bill using an electronic payment application, etc. All such applications require user authentication, which is a process for validating the identity of a user of a mobile device.SUMMARY(2) The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for conducting multi-user interactions on a device using biometric authentication, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.
Claims
1. A method of splitting a payment between a first user and a second user with a software application of a mobile device having a biometric application to obtain biometric information, the mobile device storing a first user profile of the first user but not a second user profile of the second user, the method comprising: receiving, by the software application, a payment processing request; in response to receiving the payment processing request, launching the biometric application by sending a biometric request from the software application to the biometric application; obtaining, by the biometric application, in response to the biometric request, first biometric information of the first user and second biometric information of the second user; verifying, by the software application, that the first biometric information of the first user matches a first user biometric information in the first user profile of the first user; sending, by the software application, the second biometric information of the second user to a server; receiving, by the software application, in response to the sending, a notification from the server, the notification including a match determination between the second biometric information of the second user and a second user biometric information in the second user profile of the second user; and processing the payment, by the software application, by splitting the payment between the first user and the second user, based on the verifying of the first biometric information of the first user by the mobile device and receiving the notification including the match determination from the server.
6. A mobile device comprising: a hardware processor; and a memory storing a first user profile of the first user but not a second user profile of the second user, the memory further storing a biometric application and a software application including processor executable instructions that when executed by the hardware processor cause the hardware processor to perform; receiving, via the software application, a payment processing request; in response to receiving the payment processing request, launching the biometric application by sending a biometric request from the software application to the biometric application; obtaining, via the biometric application, in response to the biometric request, first biometric information of the first user and second biometric information of the second user; verifying, via the software application, that the first biometric information of the first user matches a first user biometric information in the first user profile of the first user; sending, via the software application, the second biometric information of the second user to a server; receiving, via the software application, in response to the sending, a notification from the server, the notification including a match determination between the second biometric information of the second user and a second user biometric information in the second user profile of the second user; and processing the payment, via the software application, by splitting the payment between the first user and the second user, based on the verifying of the first biometric information of the first user by the mobile device and receiving the notification including the match determination from the server.