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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2010
Qingfeng Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
David K. Fork, Los Altos, CA (US);
Luke Plurkowski, Antioch, CA (US);
Dave Weinerth, Oakland, CA (US);
Qingfeng Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
David K. Fork, Los Altos, CA (US);
Luke Plurkowski, Antioch, CA (US);
Dave Weinerth, Oakland, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for monitoring the security of participants in a rideshare environment is provided. A rideshare transaction is monitored between two or more rideshare participants. At least one of the rideshare participants is associated with a rideshare participant device. A predetermined route for the rideshare transaction is identified. A location of the rideshare participant device is monitored. A security check is triggered when the rideshare participant device location is inconsistent with the predetermined route.