Patents by Inventor Aaron Y. Ng

Aaron Y. Ng has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240273507
    Abstract: A payment service system may receive a request to complete a first purchase of at least one ticket for an event, wherein the at least one ticket is offered for sale by an event organizer to a customer. The payment service system may send the at least one ticket to the application on a first mobile device of the customer, receive a request via the application to transfer ownership of the at least one ticket to a new customer, and receive an indication, from a corresponding application on a second mobile device of the new customer, to acquire the ownership of the at least one ticket. Based on the indication, the payment service system may process an electronic payment for the transfer of the ownership and transfer the at least one ticket from the application on the first mobile device to the corresponding application on the second mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron Y. Ng, Ayokunle Omojola, Jesse Wilson
  • Patent number: 11989718
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a payment service system may receive a request to split a bill between two or more peer users. The request may include information identifying at least the two or more peer users and an amount of the bill to be split. The two or more peer users may be identified based on determining a presence of two or more mobile devices that are respectively associated with the two or more peer users. The payment service system may send a payment request to each mobile device associated with the two or more peer users. The payment service system may receive a response, which may indicate the respective user's approval of a specified amount for payment of a portion of the bill associated with the user. The payment service system may cause a funds transfer based on specified amounts approved by the two or more peer users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Y. Ng, Ayokunle Omojola, Jesse Wilson
  • Publication number: 20230237462
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a payment service system may receive a request to split a bill between two or more peer users. The request may include information identifying at least the two or more peer users and an amount of the bill to be split. The two or more peer users may be identified based on determining a presence of two or more mobile devices that are respectively associated with the two or more peer users. The payment service system may send a payment request to each mobile device associated with the two or more peer users. The payment service system may receive a response, which may indicate the respective user's approval of a specified amount for payment of a portion of the bill associated with the user. The payment service system may cause a funds transfer based on specified amounts approved by the two or more peer users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Aaron Y. Ng, Ayokunle Omojola, Jesse Wilson
  • Patent number: 11636462
    Abstract: In one embodiment, techniques include systems and methods for facilitating context-aware peer-to-peer transfers of items utilizing at least one of short-range wireless technologies embodied by user devices or device-accessible contact lists. After receiving a request to transfer an item, a server can cause a device of a first peer user to detect devices of second peer users in the proximity of the device of the first peer user using short-range wireless technology. Based at least in part on the detected nearby devices or a contact list of the first peer user stored by the device of the first peer user, a second peer user to receive the item is determined. Upon receiving confirmation of authorization to transfer the item, requested and provided via an electronic message between the respective devices and the server, the item is disassociated from the first peer user and associated with the second peer user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Y. Ng, Ayokunle Omojola, Jesse Wilson
  • Publication number: 20220051222
    Abstract: In one embodiment, techniques include systems and methods for facilitating context-aware peer-to-peer transfers of items utilizing at least one of short-range wireless technologies embodied by user devices or device-accessible contact lists. After receiving a request to transfer an item, a server can cause a device of a first peer user to detect devices of second peer users in the proximity of the device of the first peer user using short-range wireless technology. Based at least in part on the detected nearby devices or a contact list of the first peer user stored by the device of the first peer user, a second peer user to receive the item is determined. Upon receiving confirmation of authorization to transfer the item, requested and provided via an electronic message between the respective devices and the server, the item is disassociated from the first peer user and associated with the second peer user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Aaron Y. Ng, Ayokunle Omojola, Jesse Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200342426
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, a registration request from a first user including information relating to an account of the first user and a unique payment proxy to be associated with the first user. The method includes storing the unique payment proxy in association with the account of the first user. The method includes receiving, from a mobile device of a second user, a request to transfer funds to the first user. The method includes identifying the account of the first user by retrieving the information relating to the account of the first user from the database using the unique payment proxy included in the request. The method includes providing instructions to display a user interface on the mobile device of the second user to facilitate the transfer. The user interface is personalized for the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Grassadonia, Jesse Wilson, Aaron Y. Ng
  • Patent number: 9990621
    Abstract: Split bill payment technology enabled by an application programming interface (API) is disclosed. In some embodiments, API integration between a merchant application or system and a payment application or payment service system enables the merchant application or system to send requests for split bill payments to the payment service system. In response, the payment service system can collect from each bill payer identified in a request, the bill payer's share of a bill and transfer the collected amounts to the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Y. Ng, Ayokunle Omojola, Jesse Wilson
  • Publication number: 20160125371
    Abstract: Described is a technology for executing financial transactions, e.g., payment transfers, by enabling a sender to trigger a money transfer by specifying a payment proxy having a particular syntax, the syntax including a monetary indicator preceding one or more alphanumeric characters. The payment proxy having the syntax indicates an intent of the sender to transfer money to a recipient associated with that payment proxy. The payment proxy can be used to transfer money within the context of a landing page. For example, a landing page in the form of a webpage can be generated to enable a recipient (e.g., “Alex”) to receive money. The webpage can have a canonical URL that includes a payment proxy of the recipient (e.g., www. . . . com/$alex). The canonical URL can direct any sender (e.g., “Bob”), who wishes to send money to the recipient, to the webpage to initiate a money transfer to the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Grassadonia, Jesse Wilson, Aaron Y. Ng