Patents by Inventor Peter Ho
Peter Ho 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).
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Patent number: 12373887Abstract: A secured credit provider computing system is provided. The system includes a network interface configured to communicate data over a network and a processing circuit including one or more processors coupled to non-transitory memory. The processing circuit is configured to receive, from a user computing device, an application for secured credit; generate a passcode corresponding to the application and transmit the passcode to the user computing device; receive the passcode from an automated teller machine (ATM) of a second provider; responsive to identifying the application based on the passcode, transmit, to the ATM for display, a collateral request for the application; receive, from the ATM, a message acknowledging a collateral deposit; determine that the collateral deposit satisfies the collateral request for the identified application; and transmit, to the user computing device or to the ATM, a notification indicating that the application has been approved.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2024Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Peter Ho, Robin Lo, Lisa M. Schur
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Patent number: 12333551Abstract: A computer system includes a token repository configured to store payment tokens, and a server system. The server system includes a processor and instructions stored in non-transitory machine-readable media, the instructions configured to cause the server system to receive a request to provision a payment token based on a financial product, wherein the request includes information related to the financial product, provision a payment token based on the token request, including authenticating the financial product based on the financial product information and generating the payment token upon authenticating the financial product, wherein the payment token is useable to make a payment via the financial product, and store the payment token in the token repository.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2023Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Azita Asefi, Jorge Michirefe, Al Hecht, Steve Puffer, Peter Ho
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Patent number: 12321925Abstract: A method performed by retailer computing system includes retrieving identification information for a customer and transmitting the identification information to an issuer computing system. The method includes receiving, from the issuer computing system, a pre-approval message indicating that the customer is pre-approved to open a payment account. The method includes receiving account registration information for opening the payment account from the customer and transmitting the account registration information to the issuer computing system. In response to establishing the payment account for the customer, a payment token for the payment account is automatically provisioned to a mobile wallet associated with the customer.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Inventors: Peter Ho, Andrew L. Martinez
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Publication number: 20250173732Abstract: Methods and systems of exchanging data using payment cards with universal reference numbers are disclosed. A merchant computing system includes a merchant input/output assembly receiving a universal reference number from a customer at a point of sale. A merchant database retrievably stores a plurality of universal reference numbers and customer information associated with each of the plurality of universal reference numbers. A transaction circuit receives the universal reference number from the merchant input/output assembly, retrieves customer information associated with the universal reference number, and provides an output relating to a transaction based on the customer information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2025Publication date: May 29, 2025Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Peter Ho, Brian M. Pearce
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Publication number: 20250165963Abstract: A method includes: offering, by a circuit of the mobile device, a mobile pay function, receiving, by the circuit, establishing, by the circuit via a near-field communication (NFC) data connection, a wireless communication between the mobile device and a payment card, receiving, by the circuit via the wireless communication, information of a first financial account associated with the payment card, and receiving, via the wireless communication, an authentication code from the payment card. The method includes transmitting, a transaction request for a payment transaction, receiving, by the circuit at, an authentication decision from the computing system based on the authentication request, and enabling, by the circuit, (1) the payment card for use with the mobile pay function of the mobile device to conduct a transaction and (2) an additional financial operation on the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 22, 2025Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventor: Peter Ho
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Patent number: 12288206Abstract: A method of authenticating a smart card for a mobile pay function of a mobile device using a smart card is disclosed. The method includes: offering, by a mobile pay circuit of the mobile device, a mobile pay function; receiving, by the mobile pay circuit, an affirmative user input to enable the mobile pay function; wirelessly receiving, by a contactless logic of the mobile device, an authentication code from a smart card, wherein the authentication code includes identifying customer information; automatically populating, by the mobile pay circuit, one or more fields of a graphical user interface provided by the mobile pay circuit with the received identifying customer information; authenticating, by the mobile pay circuit, the smart card using the authentication code; and, enabling, by the mobile pay circuit, the mobile pay function with the smart card upon authenticating the smart card.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventor: Peter Ho
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Publication number: 20250069058Abstract: A method of authenticating a card for use with a mobile device is provided. The method includes: receiving a payment transaction from the mobile device; identifying the payment transaction as an authentication request by determining that the payment transaction includes a predefined transaction charge amount; based on the predefined transaction charge amount, processing the authentication request as a transaction request to reveal a cryptogram; decrypting the cryptogram to determine resulting information; verifying the authentication code that was generated by the payment card and wirelessly transmitted to the mobile device; approving the authentication request based on the verification; and, activating the payment card that enables the mobile device to complete transactions involving the payment card.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventor: Peter Ho
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Patent number: 12236448Abstract: A method of payment using rewards is provided. The method includes detecting, by a mobile device of a customer, an authentication device based on a short range wireless communication between the mobile device and the authentication device; in response to detecting the authentication device, retrieving, by the mobile device, authentication data of the customer from the authentication device via the short range wireless communication; populating, by the mobile device, a graphical user interface displayed to the customer using the authentication data retrieved from the authentication device; receiving, by the mobile device, a selection from the customer to send the authentication data to an account management system; sending, by the mobile device, the authentication data to the account management system based on the received selection; and receiving, by the mobile device, a payment option for a transaction based on the customer being authenticated using the authentication data.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventor: Peter Ho
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Patent number: 12217268Abstract: Methods and systems of exchanging data using payment cards with universal reference numbers are disclosed. A merchant computing system includes a merchant input/output assembly receiving a universal reference number from a customer at a point of sale. A merchant database retrievably stores a plurality of universal reference numbers and customer information associated with each of the plurality of universal reference numbers. A transaction circuit receives the universal reference number from the merchant input/output assembly, retrieves customer information associated with the universal reference number, and provides an output relating to a transaction based on the customer information.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Peter Ho, Brian M. Pearce
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Publication number: 20250029091Abstract: Methods and systems of managing payment cards are disclosed. A financial institution computing system includes a token database storing a plurality of tokens and token information, a network interface circuit enabling the financial institution computing system to exchange information over a network; and a token management circuit. The token management circuit enables a graphical user interface on a customer device over the network that can be used to generate new token requests, re-provision token requests, and management requests. The management requests enable and disable tokens, such that transactions against a payment card account using an enabled token are completed, and transactions against the payment card account using a disabled token are denied.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Michelle B. Techel, Peter Ho, Timothy R. Edge, Dorothy M. Scocci, Brenda L. Yost, Kathy Barris Dideum, Cheryl Lynn Wong, Khyati Soparkar, Steven E. Puffer, Stephanie S. Hellman, Brian M. Pearce, James D. Crowell
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Patent number: 12205121Abstract: A computer system includes a token repository configured to store payment tokens, and a server system. The server system includes a processor and instructions stored in non-transitory machine-readable media, the instructions configured to cause the server system to receive a request to provision a payment token based on a financial product, wherein the request includes information related to the financial product, provision a payment token based on the token request, including authenticating the financial product based on the financial product information and generating the payment token upon authenticating the financial product, wherein the payment token is useable to make a payment via the financial product, and store the payment token in the token repository.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Azita Asefi, Jorge Michirefe, Al Hecht, Steve Puffer, Peter Ho
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Publication number: 20250021962Abstract: Methods and systems of managing payment cards are disclosed. A financial institution computing system includes a token database storing a plurality of tokens and token information, a network interface circuit enabling the financial institution computing system to exchange information over a network; and a token management circuit. The token management circuit enables a graphical user interface on a customer device over the network that can be used to generate new token requests, re-provision token requests, and management requests. The management requests enable and disable tokens, such that transactions against a payment card account using an enabled token are completed, and transactions against the payment card account using a disabled token are denied.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2022Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Michelle B. Techel, Peter Ho, Timothy R. Edge, Dorothy M. Scocci, Brenda L. Yost, Kathy Barris Dideum, Cheryl Lynn Wong, Khyati Soparkar, Steven E. Puffer, Stephanie S. Hellman, Brian M. Pearce, James D. Crowell
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Publication number: 20240420150Abstract: A computer system includes a token repository configured to store payment tokens, and a server system. The server system includes a processor and instructions stored in non-transitory machine-readable media, the instructions configured to cause the server system to receive a request to provision a payment token based on a financial product, wherein the request includes information related to the financial product, provision a payment token based on the token request, including authenticating the financial product based on the financial product information and generating the payment token upon authenticating the financial product, wherein the payment token is useable to make a payment via the financial product, and store the payment token in the token repository.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Azita Asefi, Jorge Michirefe, Al Hecht, Steve Puffer, Peter Ho
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Publication number: 20240420154Abstract: Methods and systems of exchanging data using payment cards with universal reference numbers are disclosed. A merchant computing system includes a merchant input/output assembly receiving a universal reference number from a customer at a point of sale. A merchant database retrievably stores a plurality of universal reference numbers and customer information associated with each of the plurality of universal reference numbers. A transaction circuit receives the universal reference number from the merchant input/output assembly, retrieves customer information associated with the universal reference number, and provides an output relating to a transaction based on the customer information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Peter Ho, Brian M. Pearce
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Publication number: 20240412199Abstract: A method for initiating a provisioning of a payment account to a mobile wallet includes generating, by a provider computing system on an initiating device, a user interface configured to initiate the provisioning of one or more payment accounts; receiving, by the provider computing system via the user interface, authentication information, wherein the authentication information authenticates a user associated with the mobile wallet; retrieving, by the provider computing system and based on the authentication information, account information associated with the user regarding one or more eligible payment accounts for provisioning; displaying, by the provider computing system via the user interface, a list of the one or more eligible payment accounts provisioning; and receiving, by the provider computing system via the user interface, a selection of the payment account from the list for provisioning to the mobile wallet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Peter Ho, Ashish B. Kurani, Brian M. Pearce, Steven E. Puffer
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Patent number: 12159275Abstract: A method of authenticating a card for use with a mobile pay function of a mobile device is provided. The method includes: receiving a payment transaction from the mobile device; identifying the payment transaction from the mobile device as an authentication request by determining that the payment transaction includes a payment amount less than or equal to a predefined amount, wherein the authentication request includes a cryptogram; decrypting the cryptogram; verifying and approving the authentication request that was generated by the card and wirelessly transmitted to the mobile device from the card based on the decrypted cryptogram; transmitting an authentication decision to the mobile device based on the approval; and, enabling the mobile pay function for the card for the mobile device to complete mobile pay transactions utilizing the card.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventor: Peter Ho
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Patent number: 12112313Abstract: Methods and systems of managing payment cards are disclosed. A financial institution computing system includes a token database storing a plurality of tokens and token information, a network interface circuit enabling the financial institution computing system to exchange information over a network; and a token management circuit. The token management circuit enables a graphical user interface on a customer device over the network that can be used to generate new token requests, re-provision token requests, and management requests. The management requests enable and disable tokens, such that transactions against a payment card account using an enabled token are completed, and transactions against the payment card account using a disabled token are denied.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Michelle B. Techel, Peter Ho, Timothy R. Edge, Dorothy M. Scocci, Brenda L. Yost, Kathy Barris Dideum, Cheryl Lynn Wong, Khyati Soparkar, Steven E. Puffer, Stephanie S. Hellman, Brian M. Pearce, James D. Crowell
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Patent number: 12099995Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a provider computing system from an initiating device, an encrypted network return address of an user device that identifies a network address of the user device; receiving, by the provider computing system and from the user device, an encryption key configured to decrypt the encrypted network return address; decrypting, by the provider computing system, the encrypted network return address using the encryption key; and providing, by the provider computing system, a code to the user device based on the decrypted network return address by transmitting the code to the user device without going through the initiating device.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Peter Ho, Ashish B. Kurani, Brian M. Pearce, Steven E. Puffer
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Patent number: 12079818Abstract: Methods and systems of exchanging data using payment cards with universal reference numbers are disclosed. A merchant computing system includes a merchant input/output assembly receiving a universal reference number from a customer at a point of sale. A merchant database retrievably stores a plurality of universal reference numbers and customer information associated with each of the plurality of universal reference numbers. A transaction circuit receives the universal reference number from the merchant input/output assembly, retrieves customer information associated with the universal reference number, and provides an output relating to a transaction based on the customer information.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Peter Ho, Brian M. Pearce
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Patent number: 12073409Abstract: A computer system includes a token repository configured to store payment tokens, and a server system. The server system includes a processor and instructions stored in non-transitory machine-readable media, the instructions configured to cause the server system to receive a request to provision a payment token based on a financial product, wherein the request includes information related to the financial product, provision a payment token based on the token request, including authenticating the financial product based on the financial product information and generating the payment token upon authenticating the financial product, wherein the payment token is useable to make a payment via the financial product, and store the payment token in the token repository.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Azita Asefi, Jorge Michirefe, Al Hecht, Steve Puffer, Peter Ho