NVIDIA Corporation
AD HOC NETWORKS AND AUTHENTICATION SERVICES FOR VERIFYING CONTACTLESS DELIVERIES

Abstract:

Verified deliveries are commonplace for various exchanges of goods, packages, and/or other items, but often require close proximity or contact between the exchanging parties or devices associated therewith--e.g., for digital or physical signature. To remedy this, system and methods described herein may leverage an ad hoc network established between a device of a provider and a device of a consumer for exchanging codes or tokens--that may be validated by an authentication service--to provide a verification process during an exchange between the parties. As a result, a safe distance may be maintained between the parties throughout the transaction--thereby avoiding exchange of germs while also increasing safety and security of both parties--and the verification process may be more reliable and secure.