Method for passive authentication of an individual using an individual's geo-location via a communication network and blockchain associated recording of individual's authentication data

1. A method for authenticating an individual via a cellular communications network comprising the steps of:

a) providing the individual with a smartphone having a global positioning system (GPS) receiving unit associated with the communications network;

b) providing the individual with a passive biometric user identification technology coupled to the smartphone;

c) obtaining via the communications network the geo-location of the smartphone utilizing the GPS receiving unit;

d) identifying the individual with the passive biometric user identification technology by passively obtaining biometric characteristics that are unique to each human via the communications network;

e) verifying via the communications network the biometric user identification technology is within a preset proximity to the smartphone;

f) authenticating the individual via the communications network and creating authentication data associated with the authenticated individual for at least one of:

i) interaction of the individual with at least one Internet-Of-Things devices;

ii) interaction of the individual with financial services applications;

iii) access to at least one application of the smartphone to the individual;

iv) verification of individual presence in defined geographic areas for an individual;

v) verification of no user presence in defined restricted areas for an individual;

vi) verification of user of least one application use of the smartphone by the individual in a known geographic location; and

g) recording the authentication data of the individual which recording is associated with a blockchain.

2. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 1 , wherein the biometric user identification technology utilizes the individual's electrocardiogram as a biometric characteristic that is unique to each human.

3. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 1 , wherein the biometric user identification technology utilizes a wristband worn by the individual and wherein the wristband is coupled to the smartphone, and wherein the step of verifying via the communications network the biometric user identification technology is within a preset proximity to the smartphone to authenticate the individual's mobile geo-location anywhere within a geographic scope of the communications network of the smartphone.

4. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 1 , wherein the associated blockchain implements a token issuance schema that grants access to data-as-a-service.

5. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 1 , wherein the step of recording the individual's authentication data includes the steps of recording the individual's authentication data off of the associated blockchain and recording hashes of the recorded data on the associated blockchain.

6. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 5 , wherein the step of recording the individual's authentication data off of the associated blockchain is on the cloud.

7. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 6 , wherein the associated blockchain implements a token issuance schema that grants access to data-as-a-service.

8. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 1 wherein the method includes authenticating multiple individuals, wherein each individual is provided with an individual smartphone and at least some individuals use a smartphone worn on a wrist.

9. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 8 , wherein the method includes the step of incorporating defined restricted areas for each individual.

10. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 9 , wherein the defined restricted areas for each user is configured to be able to be varied by time.

11. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 10 , wherein the method includes the step of sending a warning message to a user when the user is approaching a boundary of the defined restricted area for that user.

12. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 1 , further including the step of integrating the authentication data of the individual user with location based social networks data as proof-of-presence of the individual user in the location based social network data.

13. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 1 , further including the step of marking images taken with the individual's smartphone with at least some authentication data of the individual associated with when and where the image was taken.

14. A method for authenticating an individual via a cellular communications network comprising the steps of:

a) providing the individual with a smartphone having a global positioning system (GPS) receiving unit associated with the communications network;

b) providing the individual with a passive biometric user identification technology coupled to the smartphone;

c) obtaining via the communications network the geo-location of the smartphone utilizing the GPS receiving unit;

d) identifying the individual with the passive biometric user identification technology by passively obtaining biometric characteristics that are unique to each human via the communications network;

e) verifying via the communications network the biometric user identification technology is within a preset proximity to the smartphone;

f) authenticating the individual via the communications network and creating authentication data associated with the authenticated individual for at least one of:

i) interaction of the individual with at least one Internet-Of-Things devices;

ii) interaction of the individual with financial services applications;

iii) access to at least one application of the smartphone to the individual;

iv) verification of individual presence in defined geographic areas for an individual;

v) verification of no user presence in defined restricted areas for an individual;

vi) verification of user of least one application use of the smartphone by the individual in a known geographic location;

g) recording the authentication data of the individual which recording is associated with a blockchain; and

h) cross-checking the authenticated individual's geo-location with location based check-in data from location based platforms to further validate as proof-of-presence the geo-location data of the individual's presence at a certain location.

15. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 14 , further including the step of identifying any anomalous results between the authenticated individual's geo-location and the location based check-in data from location based platforms.

16. A method for authenticating an individual's mobile geo-location via a cellular communications network, comprising the steps of:

a) providing the individual with a smartphone having a global positioning system (GPS) receiving unit associated with the communications network;

b) providing the individual with a biometric user identification technology coupled to the smartphone;

c) obtaining via the communications network the geo-location of the smartphone utilizing the GPS receiving unit;

d) identifying the individual with the biometric user identification technology by obtaining biometric characteristics that are unique to each human; and

e) verifying via the communications network the biometric user identification technology is within a preset proximity to the smartphone to authenticate the individual's mobile geo-location anywhere within a geographic scope of the communications network of the smartphone;

f) authenticating the individual via the communications network and creating authentication data associated with the authenticated individual for at least one of:

i) interaction of the individual with at least one Internet-Of-Things devices;

ii) interaction of the individual with financial services applications;

iii) access to at least one application of the smartphone to the individual;

iv) verification of user presence is defined geographic areas for an individual;

v) verification of no user presence in defined restricted areas for an individual;

vi) verification of user of least one application use of the smartphone by the user in a known geographic location; and

g) recording the authentication data of the individual which recording is associated with a blockchain.

17. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 16 , wherein the associated blockchain implements a token issuance schema that grants access to data-as-a-service.

18. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 16 , wherein the step of recording the individual's authentication data includes the steps of recording the individual's authentication data off of the associated blockchain and recording hashes of the recorded data on the associated blockchain.

19. The method for authenticating the individual via the cellular communications network of claim 18 , wherein the step of recording the individual's authentication data off of the associated blockchain is on the cloud.