Patents Assigned to Mastercard International Incorporated
  • Patent number: 11948133
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in facilitating fund transfers between source accounts and destination accounts. One exemplary method includes capturing a computer-readable indicia representative of: a destination account identifier specific to a destination account of a first party and a name of the first party associated with the destination account and, in response to the captured indicia, displaying the name of the first party as a confirmation that the first party is associated with the destination account. The method also includes identifying a source account identifier associated with a source account based on a selection of the source account or on the source account being a default account, and compiling and transmitting a transfer request for a fund transfer based on: the destination account identifier, the source account identifier associated with the identified source account, and a payment amount for the fund transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sandeep Malhotra, Ian David Alan Maddocks
  • Patent number: 11948189
    Abstract: A system for identifying complete account identifiers from partial account identifiers is provided. The system includes an account identification computing device including at least one processor and a memory device in communication with the at least one processor. The processor is configured to receive transaction data including unique merchant identifiers, build a merchant table using the transaction data, and receive a list including partial account identifiers. The processor is further configured to determine, for each unique merchant identifier, a number of candidate account identifiers and calculate at least one metric based on the number of candidate account identifiers. The processor is further configured to identify a source unique merchant identifier and match at least one candidate account identifier to a complete account identifier by matching one of the partial account identifiers to the at least one candidate account identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher John Merz, Joshua A. Allbright, Melanie Gersten, Simon Hunt, Felix Johannes Flory
  • Patent number: 11949670
    Abstract: A method for generating digital certificates for anonymous users in blockchain transactions includes: storing a blockchain comprised of a plurality of blocks, each block including a block header and transaction values, where each transaction value includes data related to a blockchain transaction including a sending address, recipient address, and transaction amount; receiving a certificate request from a computing device, the request including a user public key of a cryptographic key pair; identifying a subset of transaction values in the blockchain where the sending address or recipient address was generated using the user public key; determining a confidence level based on the data included in each transaction value included in the subset; generating a digital certificate based on the determined confidence level; and transmitting the generated digital certificate to the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ankur Arora, Manish Kumar, Shuvam Sengupta
  • Patent number: 11941622
    Abstract: A method for preventing unauthorized repeat purchases of a product includes: storing a plurality of purchase data values, each related to a completed financial transaction and including a purchase identifier; receiving an authorization request for a new financial transaction from an external system, the authorization request including a specific identifier; identifying a number of purchase data values where the included purchase identifier matches the specific identifier; and transmitting an authorization response to the external system, the authorization response including (i) an approval of the new financial transaction if the number of purchase data values is below a predetermined number, or (ii) a denial of the new financial transaction if the number of purchase data values is equal to or above the predetermined number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ankur Arora, Rakesh Patel, Anisha Garg
  • Patent number: 11943333
    Abstract: A method for confirming a blockchain transaction utilizing output from a transaction still waiting inclusion in a blockchain includes: storing, in a node of a blockchain network, a plurality of waiting blockchain transactions not included in a blockchain associated with the blockchain network; receiving a new blockchain transaction including a transaction amount, destination address, digital signature, and an unspent transaction output, where the unspent transaction output is a reference to one waiting blockchain transactions; validating the new blockchain transaction including confirmation of the one of the waiting blockchain transactions; generating a new block including a block header and a plurality of blockchain data entries including at least the new blockchain transaction and the one of the waiting blockchain transactions; and transmitting the generated new block to a plurality of additional nodes in the blockchain network for confirmation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chandan Garg, Jaipal Singh Kumawat
  • Patent number: 11941630
    Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying individuals prior to distribution of one or more benefits are disclosed. One example method includes receiving, at an interface peripheral of a payment card device, a biometric from an individual associated with the device and comparing the received biometric to a biometric reference stored in a memory of the device. The method also includes, in response to the received biometric matching the biometric reference, setting a biometric status in the memory of the device for an expiration interval and enabling the device for transactions to be funded by an account linked to the device, based on the biometric status being set. The method then includes, in response to expiration of the expiration interval, resetting the biometric status in the device and disabling the device for transactions to be funded by the account, based on the biometric status not being set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ron Hynes, Sean Kirch, Jennifer Dogin
  • Publication number: 20240095729
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for authenticating a user device via a device credential scoped to a common domain shared among a plurality of payment networks may be provided. The method may include receiving, by a server of a payment network, a first request redirected from a sub-domain assigned to the payment network to a domain name associated with the payment network, responsive to the first request, transmitting, to the user device, an authentication request comprising a challenge, a user identifier that identifies the user, and the common domain to which the device credential is scoped, receiving, from the user device, a response, accessing the device credential, the device credential having been stored by the payment network, validating the response based on the device credential, and causing, by the server, the user identifier and the device credential to be federated to the other ones of the plurality of payment networks based on the validating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Edward Neil LIVINGSTON, Rory MACDONALD, Robert OUELLETTE, Grace LIM, Fred M. PACHER
  • Patent number: 11935023
    Abstract: A payment-enabled mobile device is placed in communication with a POS (point of sale) terminal to facilitate a purchase transaction. A user selects a payment account in the payment-enabled mobile device. Payment credentials are transmitted from the payment-enabled mobile device to the POS terminal. The payment credentials include a PAN-length identifier that identifies an issuer of the selected payment account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jason J. Lacoss-Arnold, Chandrasekhar Rao Nadella, Jeffrey L. Altemueller, Ganesh L. Iyer
  • Patent number: 11935058
    Abstract: A cardholder authentication computing device for authenticating user computing devices during online payment transactions are provided. The cardholder authentication computing device leverages pre-authentication of a user by a private network to facilitate authentication of a user in the context of an online payment transaction between the user and a merchant. During the course of an online payment transaction, the cardholder authentication computing device may receive an authentication request messages containing pre-authentication data from a merchant computing device. The cardholder authentication computing device then authenticates the user based, in part, on the pre-authentication data. In certain embodiments, the cardholder authentication computing device may also determine whether one or more partner services apply to transactions between the user and the merchant based on the user's affiliation with the organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Manoneet Kohli
  • Patent number: 11935064
    Abstract: Authenticating a secure element payment card includes transmitting a cold reset signal to the payment card and receiving an answer-to-reset message therefrom. The answer-to-reset message includes governing rules for performing a transaction, including a rule indicating that a secure data element is to be used to authenticate the payment card. The process also includes receiving payment account details for a payment account associated with the payment card. A payment authorization request message is transmitted to an interchange network and a card authentication request message is then received from the interchange network. The card authentication request message includes an encrypted instruction, which is transmitted to the secure element payment card. The secure data element is received from the payment card and a card authentication request response message is then transmitted to the interchange network. A payment authorization request response message is then received from the interchange network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Jaipal Singh Kumawat, Gurpreet Atwal
  • Publication number: 20240086906
    Abstract: A method for facilitating permission-based cryptographic transactions across service providers includes: receiving an onboarding request including permission data and an identification value from a first computing system, the identification value being associated with a first blockchain wallet for a blockchain associated with a blockchain network; generating a permission token based on the permission data and an alias, the permission token including verified identity data points; transmitting the generated alias to the first computing system in response to the onboarding request; receiving a token request from a second computing system, the token request including the alias; and transmitting the generated permission token identification value to the second computing system in response to the token request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Ricardo SOTA, Saravana Perumal SHANMUGAM, Mohammed Sadiq AHMAD, Rajasekaran DHAMODHARAN
  • Patent number: 11928679
    Abstract: A method for conveying a data message using a public ledger includes: generating, by a generation module of a processing server, a data message, wherein the data message comprises one or more data values; electronically transmitting, by a transmitting device of the processing server, a data signal superimposed with the generated data message to a first computing system; receiving, by a receiving device of the processing server, a data signal superimposed with an encrypted message from the first computing system, wherein the encrypted message is generated via application of one or more encryption algorithms to the generated data message using at least one encryption key; appending, by the generation module of the processing server, an identification value to the encrypted message; and submitting, by the transmitting device of the processing server, the appended encrypted message to a public ledger associated with a second computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Brien Buckman, Benjamin Alexander Flast
  • Patent number: 11928665
    Abstract: Embodiments provide methods, and systems for facilitating a payment transaction utilizing a pre-defined radio frequency allocated by an agency to a merchant. A user may open an application provided and maintained by a payment network on a user device and input the pre-defined radio frequency associated with the merchant. The payment network server is configured to establish a secure radio frequency connection between the user device and a merchant server of the merchant. Post establishment, the user may proceed to make a payment transaction to the merchant by choosing a payment method and authenticating his/her identity. The payment transaction is authorized by an issuer of the payment account and is forwarded to the payment network server. The payment network server is configured to fetch acquirer information of the merchant account and process the payment. Post completion, a confirmation message is sent to the user device over the secure RF connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Saugandh Datta, Awinash Pandey, Ankur Mehta, Chandan Garg
  • Patent number: 11928729
    Abstract: A plurality of bank identification number (BIN) ranges are characterized according to credit risk. A list of the plurality of bank identification number (BIN) ranges characterized by credit risk is made available to a transit-specific payment network interface processor, which is coupled to a plurality of memory-constrained fare gates of a transit authority. The list is configured to be distributed to the memory-constrained fare gates of the transit authority. Advantageously, the list based on BIN ranges takes up less memory than a list based on individual account numbers or the like and can be maintained in memory at the memory-constrained fare gates for rapid decisioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jennifer Dogin, Richard A. Rozbicki
  • Patent number: 11924185
    Abstract: A method for privacy control in release of protected information includes: storing, in a memory of a first computing system, a plurality of data pairs, each of the plurality of data pairs including at least a decryption key and a registration identifier; receiving, by a receiver of the first computing system, a data request, the data request including at least a user identifier of a user associated with the data being requested in the data request; receiving, by the receiver of the first computing system, a registration identifier of the data being requested in the data request; identifying, by a processor of the first computing system, a data pair based on the registration identifier; and transmitting, by a transmitter of the first computing device, a decryption key of the identified data pair to a second computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Alonzo Benavides, Ian Major, Prem Chander Rajamohan, Thomas Hansen, Duygu Gün
  • Patent number: 11924347
    Abstract: There is provided an authentication system for validating identity credentials of a user attempting to access a resource provided by a remote resource provision system. The authentication system includes an input configured to receive, from the resource provision system, an authentication request comprising a cryptographic representation of digital identity data of the user and an associated token identifier, where the digital identity data comprises at least one image of an identity credential of the user. The system also includes a processor configured to: determine a pre-stored cryptographic identifier corresponding to the token identifier; and compare the received cryptographic representation with the pre-stored cryptographic identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Patrik Smets, David Anthony Roberts
  • Patent number: 11924646
    Abstract: The disclosure describes systems and techniques for assessing risk of an open Wi-Fi network, at a consumer's request, before the consumer performs a transaction. The system receives a Wi-Fi network risk assessment request associated with a Wi-Fi network connection of a mobile device. Upon receiving the request, the system retrieves connection-related data from the mobile device. The connection-related data is associated with the Wi-Fi network connection. The system performs a Wi-Fi risk assessment of the Wi-Fi network connection. The system transmits a result of the risk assessment to the mobile device for presentation on the mobile device. The system also transmits the result of the risk assessment to an issuer server. The issuer server is associated with a payment account of the consumer. Moreover, the system transmits a step-up authentication alert to the issuer server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Sachin Kumar Singh, Kaushal Naveen Shetty, Venkata Satya Sivajee Pinnamaneni
  • Patent number: 11922428
    Abstract: A method of performing a contactless transaction between a payment device and a terminal is described. The method comprises establishing a data connection between the payment device and the terminal and then establishing if the payment device and the terminal both support an enhanced security architecture. If they do not, they will then perform the contactless transaction according to a basic transaction flow using a first cryptographic system. If they do, they will perform the contactless transaction according to an enhanced transaction flow using a second cryptographic system. The first cryptographic system and the second cryptographic system comprise different asymmetric cryptographic systems. Suitable payment devices and terminals, and methods at the payment devices and terminals, are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Patrick Mestre, Patrik Smets, Eddy Van De Velde, Duncan Garrett
  • Publication number: 20240070668
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods and systems of generating a platform-agnostic identification of an entity through rules-based computational modeling of entity relationships. For example, the platform-agnostic identification of an entity may be used to identify an acquirer entity across different data platforms, such as payment networks, that each assign respective acquirer identifiers to the acquirer entity. The computational modeling may generate a mapping between a first acquirer identifier assigned by a first payment network to the acquirer entity and a second acquirer identifier assigned by a second payment network to the acquirer entity. The mapping may be based on an anchor value that is associated with both the first acquirer identifier and the second acquirer identifier. The mapping may be validated by multi-validation rules and/or issuer-validation rules that reduce false positive results that may occur through computational modeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ravi Santosh ARVAPALLY, Varun AJMERA
  • Publication number: 20240070647
    Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to methods and systems of that facilitate instant payment of invoices based on automatic, intelligent, predictions that a buyer will approve an invoice without express input by the buyer. For example, a system may determine a probability that an invoice will be approved for payment by a buyer with express approval from the buyer. Once an invoice is automatically approved for payment, the system may employ various automated systems to facilitate payment to suppliers without the need for suppliers to extract virtual card data or other payment information from email payment requests or other invoice payment requirements to receive payment. For example, the system may generate calls to automatically generate virtual card numbers on behalf of buyers and submit payment messages for payments to suppliers using the virtual card numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Anthony DEBELLIS, Shlomo Akiva MAYER, Aazum SHAIKH, Travis BROWN, Kelvin LEUNG, Robert PACIFICO