Patents Assigned to Flexa Network Inc.
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Patent number: 11431683Abstract: A method includes storing, by a secure data conveyance device, a certified data object for a user computing device. The method further includes receiving a request from the user computing device that at least a portion of the certified data object be conveyed to a target computing entity. When authenticated, the method further includes data translating the at least a portion from a first data representation into a universal data representation, sending the universal data representation to a trusted data securing device, and data translating the universal data representation into a specific data representation. The method further includes sending the specific data representation to the secure data conveyance device, where the secure data conveyance device adds an expiration time frame and forwards it to user computing device. The method further includes conveying, by the user computing device, the specific data representation with the expiration time frame to target computing entity.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Tyler Robert Spalding
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Publication number: 20220253626Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a network computing device, interaction information from one or more of: a destination computing device and at least one source computing device of two or more source computing devices. The interaction information is regarding an interaction between the destination computing device and the two or more source computing devices. The method further includes generating a destination portion and two or more source portions of a code representative of the interaction information. The destination portion of the code and the two or more source portions are not individually readable. The method further includes sending the destination portion of the code to the destination computing device, sending the two or more source portions of the code to the corresponding two or more source computing devices, and when an indication that the produced code has been captured is obtained, finalizing the interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Tyler Robert Spalding
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Publication number: 20220245625Abstract: A method includes initiating, by a merchant computing entity, a digital asset-based payment from a user computing device and sending merchant real-time payment information to a digital asset payment computing entity. The method further includes generating, by the digital asset payment computing entity, a scannable charge code and sending the scannable charge code to the merchant computing entity. The method further includes providing, by the merchant computing entity, the scannable charge code to the user computing device. When the scannable charge code is scanned by the user computing device, the method further includes sending, by the user computing device, user computing device real-time payment information to the digital asset payment computing entity, locking, by the digital asset payment computing entity, an amount of network digital assets, and providing, by the digital asset payment computing entity, a confirmation to the merchant computing entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Tyler Robert Spalding
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Publication number: 20220245623Abstract: A user computing device of a digital asset payment network includes a display, one or more scanning devices, memory, and a digital asset management unit coupled to the display and the memory. The digital asset management unit includes: a digital wallet, and a scanning interface, where one or more of the digital wallet and the scanning interface are operable to connect to a user digital asset payment interface. The user digital asset payment interface is associated with a digital asset payment computing entity of the digital asset payment network, where the digital asset payment computing entity facilitates a real-time digital asset-based payment from the user computing device paying with a digital asset to a merchant computing entity accepting a desired digital asset.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Tyler Robert Spalding
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Publication number: 20220245624Abstract: A method includes initiating, by a user computing device, a digital asset-based payment to a merchant computing entity and sending, by the user computing device, user computing device real-time payment information to a digital asset payment computing entity. The method further includes locking, by the digital asset payment computing entity, an amount of network digital assets, generating a user authorization scannable code, and sending the user authorization scannable code to the user computing device. The method further includes providing, by the user computing device, the user authorization scannable code to the merchant computing entity. When the merchant computing entity scans the user authorization scannable code, the method further includes sending, by the merchant computing entity, merchant computing entity real-time payment information to the digital asset payment computing entity, and providing, by the digital asset payment computing entity, a confirmation to the merchant computing entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Tyler Robert Spalding
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Publication number: 20220222462Abstract: A method includes obtaining, by a first computing device of a multi-part code system, a first portion of a multi-part code from a second computing device. The multi-part code is representative of an interaction between the first and second computing devices. The method further includes obtaining a plurality of multi-part code portion options. A multi-part code portion option of the plurality of multi-part code portion options includes an amount of interaction information. Each of the plurality of multi-part code portion options is generated to align with the first portion of the multi-part code. The method further includes performing an alignment function to align a desired amount of multi-part code portion options with the first portion to produce a multi-part code having a desired amount of interaction information and sending the multi-part code having the desired amount of interaction information to a network computing device to complete the interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Tyler Robert Spalding
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Publication number: 20220198554Abstract: A system digital asset-backed data interaction system includes a data interaction computing entity operable to facilitate a data interaction between a first computing entity and a second computing entity. The data interaction includes the first computing entity providing data to the second computing entity and the facilitating the data interaction includes executing a real-time data interaction process and a nonreal-time data interaction process. The system digital asset-backed data interaction system further includes a data interaction backing computing entity associated with the data interaction computing entity. The data interaction backing computing entity includes a plurality of data interaction backing accounts storing system digital assets to back one or more data interactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Tyler Robert Spalding
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Publication number: 20220116366Abstract: A method includes obtaining, by a user computing device, a one-time use code from a merchant computing entity to initiate a data conveyance. The method further includes sending, by the user computing device, the one-time use code and a request to initiate the data conveyance. The method further includes translating, by the secure data conveyance device, the amount of the cryptocurrency to a substantially equivalent amount of the desired currency. The method further includes generating, by the trusted SVA device, an SVA representative of the substantially equivalent amount of the desired currency. The method further includes sending, by the secure data conveyance device, the one-time use code, the SVA, a merchant computing entity identifier (ID) associated with the merchant computing entity, and an expiration time frame to use the SVA to the user computing device. The method further includes verifying, by the merchant computing entity, the one-time use code.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Tyler Robert Spalding
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Publication number: 20220076331Abstract: A method includes initiating, by a first computing device, an interaction with a second computing device. The first computing device includes a first digital asset unit and the second computing device includes a second digital asset unit. The first digital asset unit stores assignable tokens. The method further includes determining to assign conditional access rights to an amount of the assignable tokens to the second digital asset unit where the conditional access rights are in accordance with a set of conditions. The assignment of conditional access rights is a self-enforcing smart contract embedded in an assignable token distributed ledger technology. The method further includes locking the amount of the assignable tokens stored in the first digital asset unit and providing the conditional access rights to the amount of the assignable tokens to second digital asset unit. The second digital asset unit does not store the amount of the assignable tokens.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Robert Leshner, Tyler Robert Spalding
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Publication number: 20220076219Abstract: A method includes initiating, by a first computing device, an interaction with a second computing device. The first computing device includes a first digital asset unit and the second computing device includes a second digital asset unit. The first digital asset unit stores assignable tokens. The method further includes determining to assign conditional access rights to an amount of the assignable tokens to the second digital asset unit where the conditional access rights are in accordance with a set of conditions. The assignment of conditional access rights is a self-enforcing smart contract embedded in an assignable token distributed ledger technology. The method further includes locking the amount of the assignable tokens stored in the first digital asset unit and providing the conditional access rights to the amount of the assignable tokens to second digital asset unit. The second digital asset unit does not store the amount of the assignable tokens.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Robert Leshner, Tyler Robert Spalding
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Publication number: 20220076334Abstract: A method includes determining, by a digital asset custodial device, to assign conditional access rights to an amount of assignable tokens stored in a digital asset custodial device account of the digital asset custodial device to a network computing device of a cryptocurrency payment system to back certain interactions of the cryptocurrency payment system. The conditional access rights are in accordance with a set of conditions. The assignment of the conditional access rights is a self-enforcing smart contract embedded in an assignable token distributed ledger. The method further includes locking, by the digital asset custodial device and in accordance with the self-enforcing smart contract, the amount of the assignable tokens stored in the digital asset custodial device account and providing the conditional access rights to the amount of the assignable tokens to the network computing device. The network computing device does not store the amount of the assignable tokens.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Robert Leshner, Tyler Robert Spalding
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Publication number: 20220051233Abstract: A cryptocurrency acceptance network computing device includes a processing module operable to obtain a request to facilitate a cryptocurrency-based payment between a payor computing device and a payee computing device. The payor computing device uses a first cryptocurrency recognized by a first cryptocurrency exchange computing device, and the payee computing device accepts a desired currency recognized by a second cryptocurrency exchange computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Tyler Robert Spalding, Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore
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Publication number: 20220043992Abstract: A method includes obtaining, by a first computing device of a multi-part code system, a first portion of a code from a network computing device. The network computing device generated the first portion of the code and a second portion of the code from the code. The method further includes displaying the first portion of the code on a code display area of an interactive display of the first computing device and instructing a user of the first computing device to position the first computing device near the second portion of the code such that the first and second portions of the code align. When the first portion of the code is aligned with the second portion of the code, the method further includes producing the code and sending a finalize interaction notification to the network computing device. The finalize interaction notification includes information from the produced code.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Tyler Robert Spalding
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Patent number: 11238444Abstract: A method includes initiating, by a payor computing device, a financial transaction to send payment of a particular amount to a payee computing device using a first cryptocurrency. The payee computing device accepts a desired currency. The method further includes placing a hold on an amount of collateral cryptocurrency based on a request to process the financial transaction. The method further includes sending, by the payor computing device, a first amount of the first cryptocurrency equal to the particular amount to the cryptocurrency acceptance network computing device, converting, by a cryptocurrency exchange device, the first amount of the first cryptocurrency to an amount of the desired currency equal to the particular amount, and sending the amount of the desired currency to a payee banking computing device. The method further includes seeking a desired number of confirmations of the first amount of the first cryptocurrency from a consensus network.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Zachary Kilgore, Tyler Robert Spalding, Trevor Filter
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Publication number: 20220020024Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a cryptocurrency-based payment backing account device of a cryptocurrency payment system, a lock instruction from a network computing device to lock an amount of system cryptocurrency based on real-time payment information regarding a cryptocurrency-based payment from a source computing device to a destination computing device. The method further includes determining, by the cryptocurrency-based payment backing account device, a cryptocurrency-based payment backing account associated with the real-time payment information and locking the amount of system cryptocurrency. The method further includes when the release instruction from the network computing device is received, releasing the amount of the system cryptocurrency and when the consume instruction from the network computing device is received, transferring the amount of the system cryptocurrency to an account associated with the network computing device to cover the cryptocurrency-based payment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Tyler Robert Spalding, Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, David S. McGregor, Christopher M. Pick
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Patent number: 11194981Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a network computing device of a multi-part code system, interaction information from one or more of a first and a second computing device regarding an interaction between the first and second computing devices. The method further includes generating a first and second portion of a code that are unusable individually. Alignment of the first and second portions of the code optically produces the code representative of the interaction information. A network application of the one or more of the first and second computing devices is operable to capture the optically produced code. The method further includes sending the first and second portions of the code to one or more of the first and second computing devices. When the optically produced code has been captured, the method further includes finalizing, by an interaction finalization module of the network computing device, the interaction.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Tyler Robert Spalding
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Publication number: 20210358041Abstract: A method includes determining, by a stake account manager, to distribute rewards to one or more stake accounts of a stake pool, obtaining privately stored stake account information of the one or more stake accounts and a rewards balance of the stake pool, calculating a reward amount of the rewards balance owed to each stake account of the one or more stake accounts based on the privately stored stake account information, and performing a batched and secure calculation technique on the calculated reward amounts to produce a batched and secure rewards distribution summary. The batched and secure rewards distribution summary ensures that each reward amount is calculated correctly and that the privately stored stake account information remains private. The method further includes publishing the batched and secure rewards distribution summary to the blockchain. The publishing the batched and secure rewards distribution summary deposits reward amounts to the each stake account.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Tyler Robert Spalding, Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore
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Publication number: 20210358040Abstract: A method includes providing, by a merchant computing device, a code representative of real-time cryptocurrency backed payment information to a user computing device to initiate a real-time cryptocurrency backed payment with the user computing device. The user computing device provides a first cryptocurrency to use in the real-time cryptocurrency backed payment, and the merchant computing device accepts a desired fiat currency. The method further includes verifying, by the user computing device, the code. The verification initiates the real-time cryptocurrency backed payment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Flexa Network, Inc.Inventors: Zachary Kilgore, Tyler Robert Spalding, Trevor Filter
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Publication number: 20210350373Abstract: A method for execution by a network computing device of a cryptocurrency payment system includes receiving real-time payment information regarding a cryptocurrency-based payment from a source computing device to a destination computing device. In response to receiving the real-time payment information, the method further includes: initiating a real-time cryptocurrency-based payment process to pay the destination computing device in a selected currency, where payment of the selected currency to the destination computing device occurs within a first time frame; and initiating a nonreal-time cryptocurrency-based payment reconciliation process to reconcile the cryptocurrency-based payment with a cryptocurrency-based payment backing account, where the reconciliation of the cryptocurrency-based payment with the cryptocurrency-based payment backing account occurs within a second time frame, and where the second time frame is longer than the first time frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2020Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Tyler Robert Spalding, Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, David S. McGregor, Christopher M. Pick
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Publication number: 20210350096Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a network computing device of a multi-part code system, interaction information from one or more of a first and a second computing device regarding an interaction between the first and second computing devices. The method further includes generating a first and second portion of a code that are unusable individually. Alignment of the first and second portions of the code optically produces the code representative of the interaction information. A network application of the one or more of the first and second computing devices is operable to capture the optically produced code. The method further includes sending the first and second portions of the code to one or more of the first and second computing devices. When the optically produced code has been captured, the method further includes finalizing, by an interaction finalization module of the network computing device, the interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2020Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: Flexa Network Inc.Inventors: Trevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Tyler Robert Spalding