Fraud-proof location identification system

摘要

Systems and methods for facilitating check-ins that are resistant to common fraud scenarios while also being relatively inexpensive. One or more embodiments include displaying unique tokens in quick succession on a display positioned at the check-in location (e.g., a store, restaurant, or other business or location). Customers have a short period of time (e.g., a few seconds, five minutes, etc.) to scan a particular check-in token before a new token is displayed on the display. Each token may encode a pre-determined number or identification code that cannot be guessed by the user and that can be verified by the system to validate the check-in. By periodically changing the check-in token displayed to users and limiting each token to a single use within a short timeframe, users are prevented from checking in remotely.

主权项

1. A system for providing fraud-proof location identification, the system comprising:
a server computing device including one or more processors configured to execute location identification instructions, and the server computing device being configured to provide an interface for communicating with a plurality of user computing devices over a network, when executed by the one or more processors the location identification instructions being operative to: generate a plurality of ordered tokens associated with a check-in location; generate a plurality of token codes that each correspond to one of the plurality of ordered tokens; generate a plurality of machine-readable images that each encodes one of plurality of token codes; receive, from one of the plurality of user computing devices over the network, one of the plurality of token codes or one of the plurality of machine-readable images that encodes one of the plurality of token codes; identify one of the plurality of tokens as corresponding to the received token code or received machine-readable image; and determine whether the user is physically present at the check-in location based upon an order of the identified token in the plurality of ordered tokens.