Patents by Inventor Klaus-Peter HOFMAN

Klaus-Peter HOFMAN 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: 10832237
    Abstract: A method for token-based communication between extraneous applications and an electronic wallet includes: (1a) selecting items for storage in the core wallet by one or more extraneous application(s); (1b) sending information on the selected items to the core wallet by the extraneous application(s); (1c) displaying the selected items on the terminal by the core wallet; (1d) waiting for activation of at least one of the displayed items based on interaction of the user with the core wallet; (1e) retrieving, for each activated item, a token associated with the item in the extraneous application from which the item originates by the core wallet; and (1f) storing the tokens retrieved in step (1e) in a wallet applet installed on a secure element that is configured for wireless radio communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Zhiyun Ren, Joerg Heuer, Klaus-Peter Hofman
  • Patent number: 9898734
    Abstract: A method for terminal device-based communications between a third-party application and an electronic wallet includes: the third-party application setting up a connection to an Internet service; the third-party application receiving a request and setting up a communication channel between the third party application and the electronic wallet within the terminal device via the On-Device API; verifying, by the electronic wallet, an access right of the request of the third party application; the third-party application forwarding the request to the electronic wallet if the access right is approved; the electronic wallet generating a corresponding response; forwarding the response via the On-Device API to the third party application, wherein the third party application forwards the response to the Internet service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Zhiyun Ren, Joerg Heuer, Klaus-Peter Hofman
  • Publication number: 20150348015
    Abstract: A method for terminal device-based communications between a third-party application and an electronic wallet includes: the third-party application setting up a connection to an Internet service; the third-party application receiving a request and setting up a communication channel between the third party application and the electronic wallet within the terminal device via the On-Device API; verifying, by the electronic wallet, an access right of the request of the third party application; the third-party application forwarding the request to the electronic wallet if the access right is approved; the electronic wallet generating a corresponding response; forwarding the response via the On-Device API to the third party application, wherein the third party application forwards the response to the Internet service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Zhiyun REN, Joerg HEUER, Klaus-Peter HOFMAN
  • Publication number: 20150332255
    Abstract: A method for token-based communication between extraneous applications and an electronic wallet includes: (1a) selecting items for storage in the core wallet by one or more extraneous application(s); (1b) sending information on the selected items to the core wallet by the extraneous application(s); (1c) displaying the selected items on the terminal by the core wallet; (1d) waiting for activation of at least one of the displayed items based on interaction of the user with the core wallet; (1e) retrieving, for each activated item, a token associated with the item in the extraneous application from which the item originates by the core wallet; and (1f) storing the tokens retrieved in step (1e) in a wallet applet installed on a secure element that is configured for wireless radio communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Zhiyun REN, Joerg HEUER, Klaus-Peter HOFMAN