Patents by Inventor Christian Aabye

Christian Aabye 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).

  • Patent number: 12253926
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing efficient integration tests on mobile device for contactless data transfers are described. Rather than performing contactless communications with a variety of test user devices (e.g., test smart cards), which may be time consuming and may present physical difficulty, a mobile device can simulate the result of these communications using a simulator application operating on the mobile device. A contactless communication application, also operating on the mobile device, can communicate with the simulator application in order to generate interaction payloads based on stored data records corresponding to the test user devices. These interaction payloads can then be transmitted by the mobile device to a processing computer. Later, the mobile device may receive a response from the processing computer or another computer system, indicating if the interaction payloads were successfully received and interpreted. This in turn may indicate if the integration test was successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Yuexi Chen, Marc Kekicheff, Christian Aabye, Alexandre Pierre
  • Publication number: 20250078075
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for authenticating a payment terminal during a payment transaction by a cardholder is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes receiving payment information associated with a cardholder account of the cardholder. The method further includes transmitting a payment authorization request to an issuer server, receiving a response form the issuer server to the payment authorization request. The response includes a verification request of a personal identification number (PIN) associated with the cardholder account, and a cardholder-recognizable token previously associated with the cardholder account. The method further includes presenting the cardholder-recognizable token to the cardholder with the verification request of the PIN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: John Markh, Christian Aabye
  • Patent number: 12244739
    Abstract: Systems and methods are for confidentially and securely provisioning data to an authenticated user device. A user device may register an authentication public key with an authentication server. The authentication public key may be signed by an attestation private key maintained by the user device. Once the user device is registered, a provisioning server may send an authentication request message including a challenge to the user device. The user device may sign the challenge using an authentication private key corresponding to the registered authentication public key, and may return the signed challenge to the provisioning server. In response, the provisioning server may provide provisioning data to the user device. The registration, authentication, and provisioning process may use public key cryptography while maintaining confidentiality of the user device, the provisioning server, and then authentication server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Eric Le Saint, Jing Jin, Christian Aabye
  • Patent number: 12245035
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by an access control server, an authentication request message comprising a credential or a token from an access device, after the access device receives the credential or the token from a portable device of a user. The method also includes responsive to receiving the authentication request message, transmitting, by the access control server, a challenge message to a user device associated with the user; generating, by the access control server, an authentication indicator. The method also includes transmitting, by the access control server, an authentication response message including the authentication indicator to the access device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Christian Aabye, Alexandre Pierre, Pawel Chrobok
  • Publication number: 20250045721
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for processing payment transactions that are conducted using a mobile payment device that includes a contactless element, such as an integrated circuit chip. The invention enables one or more of the operations of activation of a payment application, transfer of transaction data, updating of account records, setting or re-setting of a payment application counter or register, or transfer or processing of a script, command, or instruction, with these functions being performed with minimal impact on a consumer. This is accomplished by introducing a pre-tap and/or two-tap operation prior to, or as part of, the transaction flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Christian Aabye, Hao Ngo, David William Wilson
  • Patent number: 12219347
    Abstract: A method includes forming a communication channel between a user device and an access device. The communication channel is then secured using a user device key pair in the user device and an access device ephemeral key pair in the access device. The access device then generates a session key using at least a private cryptographic key in the access device ephemeral key pair, and a public key in the user device key pair. The access device then uses the session key to secure an ultra-wideband communication channel between the user device and the access device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Brian Sullivan, Aparna Girish, Mark Rigby, Christian Aabye, Mustafa Top, Yuexi Chen, Dinah Sloan, Hao Ngo
  • Patent number: 12198124
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods, apparatuses, computer readable media and systems for securely processing remote transactions. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of processing a remote transaction initiated by a mobile device comprising a server computer receiving a payment request including encrypted payment information. The encrypted payment information being generated by a mobile payment application of the mobile device and being encrypted using a third party key. The method further comprises decrypting the encrypted payment information using the third party key, determining a transaction processor public key associated with the payment information, and re-encrypting the payment information using the transaction processor public key. The method further comprises sending a payment response including the re-encrypted payment information to a transaction processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: John Sheets, Kim Wagner, Christian Aabye, Frederick Liu, Igor Karpenko, Glenn Powell, Kiushan Pirzadeh
  • Publication number: 20250005573
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to access transactions. A gate access device may interact with a payment card such as a credit card. The gate access device may generate and transmit a first authorization request message to a payment processing network computer. The first authorization request message does not include an amount for the transaction, but only contains identification information. A first authorization response message is transmitted back to the gate access device. At a later point in time, a second authorization request message containing the transaction amount is transmitted from the gate access device to the issuer, and a response is received from the issuer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Christian Aabye, Eric Schindewolf
  • Publication number: 20240419567
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing efficient integration tests on mobile device for contactless data transfers are described. Rather than performing contactless communications with a variety of test user devices (e.g., test smart cards), which may be time consuming and may present physical difficulty, a mobile device can simulate the result of these communications using a simulator application operating on the mobile device. A contactless communication application, also operating on the mobile device, can communicate with the simulator application in order to generate interaction payloads based on stored data records corresponding to the test user devices. These interaction payloads can then be transmitted by the mobile device to a processing computer. Later, the mobile device may receive a response from the processing computer or another computer system, indicating if the interaction payloads were successfully received and interpreted. This in turn may indicate if the integration test was successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Yuexi Chen, Marc Kekicheff, Christian Aabye, Alexandre Pierre
  • Publication number: 20240403863
    Abstract: In a system for verifying transactions, when a user with a portable communication device nears a resource provider location, the portable communication device provides an indication to a transaction processing system of its proximity to the location. The portable communication device then provides a universally unique identifier (UUID) of a base station of the resource provider to the transaction processing system, which generates a hash using the UUID and a primary account number (PAN) of a portable transaction device that is associated with the portable communication device. When the user conducts a transaction with the portable transaction device at the provider, the provider generates a separate hash from the UUID and the PAN and sends the hash to the transaction processing system. A match between the hashes is taken into account as a positive indicator that the transaction is not fraudulent and the resource provider is complying with the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: John F. Sheets, Kim Wagner, Christian Aabye, Jing Jin
  • Patent number: 12112315
    Abstract: In a system for verifying transactions, when a user with a portable communication device nears a resource provider location, the portable communication device provides an indication to a transaction processing system of its proximity to the location. The portable communication device then provides a universally unique identifier (UUID) of a base station of the resource provider to the transaction processing system, which generates a hash using the UUID and a primary account number (PAN) of a portable transaction device that is associated with the portable communication device. When the user conducts a transaction with the portable transaction device at the provider, the provider generates a separate hash from the UUID and the PAN and sends the hash to the transaction processing system, A match between the hashes is taken into account as a positive indicator that the transaction is not fraudulent and the resource provider is complying with the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: John F. Sheets, Kim Wagner, Christian Aabye, Jing Jin
  • Patent number: 12112325
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to access transactions. A gate access device may interact with a payment card such as a credit card. The gate access device may generate and transmit a first authorization request message to a payment processing network computer. The first authorization request message does not include an amount for the transaction, but only contains identification information. A first authorization response message is transmitted back to the gate access device. At a later point in time, a second authorization request message containing the transaction amount is transmitted from the gate access device to the issuer, and a response is received from the issuer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Christian Aabye, Eric Schindewolf
  • Publication number: 20240320652
    Abstract: A reader device may include a midrange wireless transceiver, a controller coupled to the midrange wireless transceiver, and a memory coupled to the controller. The memory may store executable code, which when executed by the controller, causes the reader device to implement various operations including maintaining a transaction service attributes database in the memory. The operations may also include broadcasting a beacon including a transaction service indicator at a periodic interval using the midrange wireless transceiver, receiving a connection request from a communication device, and establishing a wireless connection with the communication device. The operations may further include performing an application selection process with the communication device, performing application data processing with the communication device, and performing authorization request processing for the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Jing Jin, Thomas Bellenger, Christian Aabye, Bryan Carroll
  • Patent number: 12086777
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for processing payment transactions that are conducted using a mobile payment device that includes a contactless element, such as an integrated circuit chip. The invention enables one or more of the operations of activation of a payment application, transfer of transaction data, updating of account records, setting or re-setting of a payment application counter or register, or transfer or processing of a script, command, or instruction, with these functions being performed with minimal impact on a consumer. This is accomplished by introducing a pre-tap and/or two-tap operation prior to, or as part of, the transaction flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Christian Aabye, Hao Ngo, David William Wilson
  • Patent number: 12033132
    Abstract: A reader device may include a midrange wireless transceiver, a controller coupled to the midrange wireless transceiver, and a memory coupled to the controller. The memory may store executable code, which when executed by the controller, causes the reader device to implement various operations including maintaining a transaction service attributes database in the memory. The operations may also include broadcasting a beacon including a transaction service indicator at a periodic interval using the midrange wireless transceiver, receiving a connection request from a communication device, and establishing a wireless connection with the communication device. The operations may further include performing an application selection process with the communication device, performing application data processing with the communication device, and performing authorization request processing for the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Visa International Association Service
    Inventors: Jing Jin, Thomas Bellenger, Christian Aabye, Bryan Carroll
  • Publication number: 20240223538
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for securely communicating sensitive such as an identifier. A user device may receive a first message comprising a terminal type indicator. For certain values of the terminal type indicator, the user device may be configured to transmit a request message comprising a first identifier and an encrypted identifier. For other values of the terminal type indicator, the user device may be configured to generating an obfuscated identifier based at least in part on a first portion of a second identifier and a second portion of the encrypted identifier. The user device may then transmit a request message that includes the obfuscated identifier and the encrypted identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Andreas Aabye, Christian Aabye
  • Publication number: 20240214186
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting, by an access device to a communication device, a resource provider certificate and an access device certificate. Then, establishing a secure channel between the access device and the communication device using data from the resource provider certificate and the access device certificate. Then, transmitting to or receiving data from the communication device using the secure channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Brian Sullivan, Dinah Sloan, Christian Aabye, Hao Ngo, Yuexi Chen, Fahimeh Rezaei
  • Publication number: 20240143788
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a network processing computer, software information from a development computer. The network processing computer can determine one or more logical modules of a plurality of logical modules based on the software information. The network processing computer can provide the one or more logical modules to a testing computer. The testing computer evaluates one or more software modules corresponding to the software information using the one or more logical modules. The network processing computer receives a security evaluation report from the testing computer based on the evaluation of the one or more software modules using the one or more logical modules. The network processing computer creates a security evaluation summary based on the security evaluation report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Yuexi Chen, Christian Aabye, Janet Cookson, Ian Javkin, Geraldine Mitchley, Chackan Lai, Marc Kekicheff, Pawel Chrobok
  • Patent number: 11973742
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for securely communicating sensitive such as an identifier. A user device may receive a first message comprising a terminal type indicator. For certain values of the terminal type indicator, the user device may be configured to transmit a request message comprising a first identifier and an encrypted identifier. For other values of the terminal type indicator, the user device may be configured to generating an obfuscated identifier based at least in part on a first portion of a second identifier and a second portion of the encrypted identifier. The user device may then transmit a request message that includes the obfuscated identifier and the encrypted identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Andreas Aabye, Christian Aabye
  • Patent number: 11956349
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting, by an access device to a communication device, a resource provider certificate and an access device certificate. Then, establishing a secure channel between the access device and the communication device using data from the resource provider certificate and the access device certificate. Then, transmitting to or receiving data from the communication device using the secure channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Brian Sullivan, Dinah Sloan, Christian Aabye, Hao Ngo, Yuexi Chen, Fahimeh Rezaei