Patents by Inventor Patrick Babcock

Patrick Babcock 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: 20240104547
    Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method may include receiving a quick response (QR) code from a computing device, the QR code including a first entity identifier, and analyzing the QR code to determine a request to initiate a data transfer between a first entity associated with the first entity identifier and a second entity, and to determine one or more characteristics associated with the data transfer. The method may also include, based on the one or more characteristics, identifying a first QR code processing flow from multiple QR code processing flows to follow to process the data transfer, and verifying the first entity in the transaction based on the first entity identifier of the QR code and based on the first QR code processing flow. The method may also include processing the data transfer between the second entity and the first entity based on the first QR code processing flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Prashant Jamkhedkar, Patrick Babcock, Anant Ganapathy, Haoyu Xue, Jie Leng, Amarnath Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 11907995
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for edge computing storage nodes based on location and activities for user data separate from cloud computing environments. A service provider, such as an online transaction processor, may provide additional services for to users via edge computing systems and edge computing storage nodes. The service may be for data that may be predictively loaded to the edge computing storage node for a particular location, where the edge computing storage node may reside more locally to the location on a network so that data may be served quicker and with less network resource consumption than providing data from a remote cloud computing storage. The data may be predicted to be needed or useful to the user at the location using a user profile for the user, monitored user activities, and/or one or more machine learning models that predict user behaviors at the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Charles Todasco, Patrick Babcock, Avik Chatterjee
  • Publication number: 20240046243
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for automatic synchronization of a device for transaction processing based on geo-fenced locations. A merchant may geo-fence an area corresponding to the merchant's location where a user may visit to purchase an item. The merchant may provide multiple transaction processing and payment options at the merchant location, including payment applications with a mobile communication device. A payment provider may detect the location of the user and determine that the user's location matches the merchant's location through the geo-fenced area for the merchant. The payment provider may then configure a payment process for the user to utilize at the merchant location using payment mechanisms accepted at the merchant location. Where multiple merchants are located nearby, the payment provider may utilize additional known information for the user to select the most likely merchant for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Laracey, Douglas Hurst, Patrick Babcock
  • Patent number: 11893569
    Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method may include receiving a quick response (QR) code from a computing device, the QR code including a first entity identifier, and analyzing the QR code to determine a request to initiate a data transfer between a first entity associated with the first entity identifier and a second entity, and to determine one or more characteristics associated with the data transfer. The method may also include, based on the one or more characteristics, identifying a first QR code processing flow from multiple QR code processing flows to follow to process the data transfer, and verifying the first entity in the transaction based on the first entity identifier of the QR code and based on the first QR code processing flow. The method may also include processing the data transfer between the second entity and the first entity based on the first QR code processing flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant Jamkhedkar, Patrick Babcock, Anant Ganapathy, Haoyu Xue, Jie Leng, Amarnath Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 11880825
    Abstract: A system is configured to perform operations that include receiving a purchase request to use a consumer digital wallet account of a user to pay for an item sold by a merchant, the consumer digital wallet account being included as a payment method in a merchant digital wallet account provided by the merchant to the user. The operations further include generating a single-use payment token based on a non-transactable token. Additionally, the operations include transmitting, to an existing card payment network, a card transaction message that includes the single-use payment token, the single-use payment token causing the existing card payment network to route the card transaction message back to the system. The operations also include causing payment to be remitted from the user to the merchant using a payment method included in the consumer digital wallet account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Prashant Jamkhedkar, Abhijeet Arvind Ranadive, Patrick Babcock, Haoyu Xue
  • Patent number: 11868982
    Abstract: A white label merchant stored value account peer linking/funding system includes a payment service provider database storing associations between different merchants and respective groups of white label merchant stored value accounts. A payment service provider links, in the database, a first user identifier received from a first user device with a first white label merchant stored value account that is included in a first group of white label merchant stored value accounts that are associated with a first merchant in the database. The payment service provider device then receives second user identifiers from the first user device, and links each of the second user identifiers with the first white label merchant stored value account in the database. The payment service provider device then receives respective second user account information from the second user devices and funds the first white label merchant stored value account with respective first funding amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Babcock, Prashant Jamkhedkar, Aravindan Ranganathan
  • Patent number: 11853825
    Abstract: Systems/techniques that can facilitate video/animated QR codes are provided. In various aspects, a processor can identify a QR code. In various instances, the processor can decompose the QR code into a static fragment and a plurality of dynamic fragments. The static fragment can be a portion of the QR code that contains sufficient information to facilitate an online transaction, whereas the plurality of dynamic fragments can be a plurality of portions of the QR code that collectively contain sufficient information to facilitate an offline transaction. In various instances, the processor can sequentially render a plurality of frames on an electronic display, where each frame depicts the static fragment and a corresponding one of the plurality of dynamic fragments. Accordingly, a point-of-sale device can facilitate an online transaction by scanning one frame rendered by the processor, and/or can facilitate an offline transaction by scanning all frames rendered by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Charles Edward Sanderson, Patrick Babcock, Laura Clark, Rajvijay Govindaraju
  • Patent number: 11797811
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, apparatus, and/or computer program products that can facilitate adaptable QR codes to launch customized experiences are provided. In various embodiments, a system can receive, from a client device, a quick response (QR) code, a client identifier, and location data associated with the client device. In various aspects, the system can identify, from a plurality of merchants, a first merchant that corresponds to the QR code, based on identifying that the first merchant corresponds to the location data. In various instances, the system can identify, from a plurality of client profiles, a first client profile that corresponds to the client identifier. In various cases, the system can identify a digital content based on the first merchant and the first client profile. In various aspects, the system can cause the digital content to be provided to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Charles Edward Sanderson, Rajvijay Govindaraju, Nitin Prabhu, Patrick Babcock, Susheela Tirukavalluri, William Lowell Conway
  • Patent number: 11727383
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for automatic synchronization of a device for transaction processing based on geo-fenced locations. A merchant may geo-fence an area corresponding to the merchant's location where a user may visit to purchase an item. The merchant may provide multiple transaction processing and payment options at the merchant location, including payment applications with a mobile communication device. A payment provider may detect the location of the user and determine that the user's location matches the merchant's location through the geo-fenced area for the merchant. The payment provider may then configure a payment process for the user to utilize at the merchant location using payment mechanisms accepted at the merchant location. Where multiple merchants are located nearby, the payment provider may utilize additional known information for the user to select the most likely merchant for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Laracey, Douglas Hurst, Patrick Babcock
  • Patent number: 11657177
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, apparatus, and/or computer program products that can facilitate electronic generation and/or display of enhanced, transaction-based QR codes are provided. In various embodiments, a processor can store a plurality of electronic personas. In various cases, each electronic persona in the plurality of electronic personas can contain data governing electronic generation of quick response (QR) codes. In various cases, the plurality of electronic personas can respectively correspond to a plurality of privacy levels, such that each electronic persona corresponds to a different privacy level. In various aspects, the processor can, in response to a request to generate a QR code, identify a first electronic persona from the plurality of electronic personas. In various cases, the first electronic persona can correspond to a first privacy level in the plurality of privacy levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Babcock, Laura Clark, Oscar Charles Edward Sanderson
  • Publication number: 20230143357
    Abstract: Systems/techniques that can facilitate video/animated QR codes are provided. In various aspects, a processor can identify a QR code. In various instances, the processor can decompose the QR code into a static fragment and a plurality of dynamic fragments. The static fragment can be a portion of the QR code that contains sufficient information to facilitate an online transaction, whereas the plurality of dynamic fragments can be a plurality of portions of the QR code that collectively contain sufficient information to facilitate an offline transaction. In various instances, the processor can sequentially render a plurality of frames on an electronic display, where each frame depicts the static fragment and a corresponding one of the plurality of dynamic fragments. Accordingly, a point-of-sale device can facilitate an online transaction by scanning one frame rendered by the processor, and/or can facilitate an offline transaction by scanning all frames rendered by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Oscar Charles Edward Sanderson, Patrick Babcock, Laura Clark, Rajvijay Govindaraju
  • Publication number: 20230069256
    Abstract: A white label merchant stored value account peer linking/funding system includes a payment service provider database storing associations between different merchants and respective groups of white label merchant stored value accounts. A payment service provider links, in the database, a first user identifier received from a first user device with a first white label merchant stored value account that is included in a first group of white label merchant stored value accounts that are associated with a first merchant in the database. The payment service provider device then receives second user identifiers from the first user device, and links each of the second user identifiers with the first white label merchant stored value account in the database. The payment service provider device then receives respective second user account information from the second user devices and funds the first white label merchant stored value account with respective first funding amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Patrick Babcock, Prashant Jamkhedkar, Aravindan Ranganathan
  • Publication number: 20230036623
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for edge computing storage nodes based on location and activities for user data separate from cloud computing environments. A service provider, such as an online transaction processor, may provide additional services for to users via edge computing systems and edge computing storage nodes. The service may be for data that may be predictively loaded to the edge computing storage node for a particular location, where the edge computing storage node may reside more locally to the location on a network so that data may be served quicker and with less network resource consumption than providing data from a remote cloud computing storage. The data may be predicted to be needed or useful to the user at the location using a user profile for the user, monitored user activities, and/or one or more machine learning models that predict user behaviors at the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Charles Todasco, Patrick Babcock, Avik Chatterjee
  • Publication number: 20230014772
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for automatic synchronization of a device for transaction processing based on geo-fenced locations. A merchant may geo-fence an area corresponding to the merchant's location where a user may visit to purchase an item. The merchant may provide multiple transaction processing and payment options at the merchant location, including payment applications with a mobile communication device. A payment provider may detect the location of the user and determine that the user's location matches the merchant's location through the geo-fenced area for the merchant. The payment provider may then configure a payment process for the user to utilize at the merchant location using payment mechanisms accepted at the merchant location. Where multiple merchants are located nearby, the payment provider may utilize additional known information for the user to select the most likely merchant for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Laracey, Douglas Hurst, Patrick Babcock
  • Patent number: 11544513
    Abstract: Systems/techniques that can facilitate video/animated QR codes are provided. In various aspects, a processor can identify a QR code. In various instances, the processor can decompose the QR code into a static fragment and a plurality of dynamic fragments. The static fragment can be a portion of the QR code that contains sufficient information to facilitate an online transaction, whereas the plurality of dynamic fragments can be a plurality of portions of the QR code that collectively contain sufficient information to facilitate an offline transaction. In various instances, the processor can sequentially render a plurality of frames on an electronic display, where each frame depicts the static fragment and a corresponding one of the plurality of dynamic fragments. Accordingly, a point-of-sale device can facilitate an online transaction by scanning one frame rendered by the processor, and/or can facilitate an offline transaction by scanning all frames rendered by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Charles Edward Sanderson, Patrick Babcock, Laura Clark, Rajvijay Govindaraju
  • Publication number: 20220383059
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, apparatus, and/or computer program products that can facilitate adaptable QR codes to launch customized experiences are provided. In various embodiments, a system can receive, from a client device, a quick response (QR) code, a client identifier, and location data associated with the client device. In various aspects, the system can identify, from a plurality of merchants, a first merchant that corresponds to the QR code, based on identifying that the first merchant corresponds to the location data. In various instances, the system can identify, from a plurality of client profiles, a first client profile that corresponds to the client identifier. In various cases, the system can identify a digital content based on the first merchant and the first client profile. In various aspects, the system can cause the digital content to be provided to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Oscar Charles Edward Sanderson, Rajvijay Govindaraju, Nitin Prabhu, Patrick Babcock, Susheela Tirukavalluri, William Lowell Conway
  • Patent number: 11403615
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for automatic synchronization of a device for transaction processing based on geo-fenced locations. A merchant may geo-fence an area corresponding to the merchant's location where a user may visit to purchase an item. The merchant may provide multiple transaction processing and payment options at the merchant location, including payment applications with a mobile communication device. A payment provider may detect the location of the user and determine that the user's location matches the merchant's location through the geo-fenced area for the merchant. The payment provider may then configure a payment process for the user to utilize at the merchant location using payment mechanisms accepted at the merchant location. Where multiple merchants are located nearby, the payment provider may utilize additional known information for the user to select the most likely merchant for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Laracey, Douglas Hurst, Patrick Babcock
  • Patent number: 11386414
    Abstract: A white label merchant stored value account peer linking/funding system includes a payment service provider database storing associations between different merchants and respective groups of white label merchant stored value accounts. A payment service provider links, in the database, a first user identifier received from a first user device with a first white label merchant stored value account that is included in a first group of white label merchant stored value accounts that are associated with a first merchant in the database. The payment service provider device then receives second user identifiers from the first user device, and links each of the second user identifiers with the first white label merchant stored value account in the database. The payment service provider device then receives respective second user account information from the second user devices and funds the first white label merchant stored value account with respective first funding amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Babcock, Prashant Jamkhedkar, Aravindan Ranganathan
  • Publication number: 20220147970
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, apparatus, and/or computer program products that can facilitate electronic generation of enhanced, transaction-based QR codes for improved fraud detection are provided. In various aspects, a processor can receive a signal from an electronic beacon of a point-of-sale device, wherein the signal includes information associated with a first merchant. In various instances, in response to receiving the signal from the electronic beacon, the processor can identify a quick response (QR) code from a set of quick response codes that corresponds to the first merchant. In various cases, the processor can render the identified QR code on an electronic display that is scannable by the point-of-sale device, wherein scanning the identified QR code causes the point-of-sale device to transmit the identified QR code and a second merchant identifier to a payment processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick Babcock, Laura Clark, Oscar Charles Edward Sanderson
  • Publication number: 20220147966
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, apparatus, and/or computer program products that can facilitate electronic generation and/or display of enhanced, transaction-based QR codes are provided. In various embodiments, a system can receive, from an electronic beacon of a point-of-sale device, context data characterizing a transaction facilitated by the point-of-sale device. In various instances, the system can generate a quick response (QR) code based on the context data and based on financial instrument data, such that the context data and the financial instrument data are embedded within or correlated to the QR code. In various aspects, the system can visually render the QR code on an electronic display, such that the QR code is scannable by the point-of-sale device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick Babcock, Laura Clark, Oscar Charles Edward Sanderson