Patents by Inventor Sumeet Bhatt

Sumeet Bhatt 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: 11916901
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media relate to smartcard biometric enrollment. In an embodiment that does not require a user to visit a central location to provide fingerprint images, an activation code corresponding to a unique ID that uniquely identifies a user of a service is generated and sent to the user. In response, at least one finger image is received from a user device. The image is processed to isolate a fingerprint image, which is used to generate a biometric template that is sent to a smartcard manufacturer and used to configure a smartcard for biometric authentication of the user. In another embodiment, a kiosk/ATM provides smartcard biometric enrollment by detecting a smartcard in the smartcard reader, verifying an ID of a user associated with the smartcard, capturing a biometric image from the user, processing the biometric image to generate a biometric template, and storing the biometric template on the smartcard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sumeet Bhatt, Ashfaq Kamal, Robert D. Reany
  • Patent number: 11824642
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in provisioning a biometric image template to a card device. One example portable communication device includes a processor, a wireless communication interface coupled to the processor, and an input device coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to transmit to a card device, via the wireless communication interface, a certificate associated with the portable communication device, whereby the portable communication device is authenticated by the card device, receive from the card device, via the wireless communication interface, a certificate associated with the card device, and authenticate the card device based on the received certificate. After the card device is authenticated, the processor is configured to capture, via the at least one input device, a biometric image of the user and provision, via the wireless communication interface, the captured biometric image to the card device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ashfaq Kamal, Sumeet Bhatt, Robert D. Reany
  • Publication number: 20230119751
    Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying users in connection with transactions are disclosed. One exemplary method includes, based on the payment card device being presented at a terminal, initiating, by a security chip of the payment card device, a timer and then based on the timer being unexpired, capturing, by a biometric sensor of the payment card device, a biometric image and verifying, by the security chip, the captured biometric image against reference biometric data stored the payment card device. The method also includes, based on the captured biometric image being verified, cooperating, by the security chip, with the terminal, to initiate a transaction to an account using a first account number specific to a biometric application of the payment card device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Edmond Rans, Sumeet Bhatt
  • Patent number: 11588813
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable medium use external databases for biometric authentication. A server receives a request for authentication of a user from a requestor. A notification is sent to a user device associated with the user from the server. A biometric image is received within the server in response to the notification. A biometric ID of the user is sent from the server to an external database for identifying a biometric template stored with the external database. An authentication result indicative of a match between the biometric image and the biometric template is determined and the authentication result is sent to the requestor. The external databases are owned by a third party, and the biometric template of the user was previously generated and stored within the external database in association with the biometric ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sumeet Bhatt, Ashfaq Kamal, Robert D. Reany
  • Patent number: 11568412
    Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying users in connection with transactions are disclosed. One exemplary method includes, in response to a payment device being inserted at a terminal, initiating, by a security chip of the payment device, a timer and capturing, by a biometric sensor of the payment device, a fingerprint while the timer is unexpired. The method also includes verifying, by the security chip, the captured fingerprint against reference fingerprint data stored in memory in the payment device and, in response to the captured fingerprint being verified, while the timer is unexpired, initiating, by the security chip, with the terminal, a transaction to an account using an account number specific to a biometric application of the payment device. An issuer can recognize verification of a user associated with the fingerprint based on the account number in an authorization request, instead of a different account number for the account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Edmond Rans, Sumeet Bhatt
  • Publication number: 20220158994
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in provisioning a biometric image template to a card device. One example portable communication device includes a processor, a wireless communication interface coupled to the processor, and an input device coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to transmit to a card device, via the wireless communication interface, a certificate associated with the portable communication device, whereby the portable communication device is authenticated by the card device, receive from the card device, via the wireless communication interface, a certificate associated with the card device, and authenticate the card device based on the received certificate. After the card device is authenticated, the processor is configured to capture, via the at least one input device, a biometric image of the user and provision, via the wireless communication interface, the captured biometric image to the card device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Ashfaq Kamal, Sumeet Bhatt, Robert D. Reany
  • Publication number: 20220141218
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media relate to smartcard biometric enrollment. In an embodiment that does not require a user to visit a central location to provide fingerprint images, an activation code corresponding to a unique ID that uniquely identifies a user of a service is generated and sent to the user. In response, at least one finger image is received from a user device. The image is processed to isolate a fingerprint image, which is used to generate a biometric template that is sent to a smartcard manufacturer and used to configure a smartcard for biometric authentication of the user. In another embodiment, a kiosk/ATM provides smartcard biometric enrollment by detecting a smartcard in the smartcard reader, verifying an ID of a user associated with the smartcard, capturing a biometric image from the user, processing the biometric image to generate a biometric template, and storing the biometric template on the smartcard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Sumeet Bhatt, Ashfaq Kamal, Robert D. Reany
  • Patent number: 11252150
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media relate to smartcard biometric enrollment. In an embodiment that does not require a user to visit a central location to provide fingerprint images, an activation code corresponding to a unique ID that uniquely identifies a user of a service is generated and sent to the user. In response, at least one finger image is received from a user device. The image is processed to isolate a fingerprint image, which is used to generate a biometric template that is sent to a smartcard manufacturer and used to configure a smartcard for biometric authentication of the user. In another embodiment, a kiosk/ATM provides smartcard biometric enrollment by detecting a smartcard in the smartcard reader, verifying an ID of a user associated with the smartcard, capturing a biometric image from the user, processing the biometric image to generate a biometric template, and storing the biometric template on the smartcard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sumeet Bhatt, Ashfaq Kamal, Robert D. Reany
  • Patent number: 11240233
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in provisioning a biometric image template of a user to a card device associated with the user. One exemplary method includes authenticating, by a card device, a portable communication device associated with the user based on a certificate associated with the portable communication device and receiving, at the card device, a biometric image of the user from the portable communication device after the portable communication device is authenticated. The method then includes storing, by the card device, the biometric image of the user in a memory of the card device as a biometric image template of the user, whereby the user may be authenticated, by the card device, based on a subsequent biometric image matching the biometric image template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ashfaq Kamal, Sumeet Bhatt, Robert D. Reany
  • Publication number: 20210409397
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enabling, providing, and managing digital identities in association with mobile devices. One example method includes determining, by a mobile device, that identity data of a user is changed, and prompting the user to identify a third party separate from the mobile device to authenticate the user. The method also includes requesting the third party to authenticate the user, and causing an authentication interface of the third party to be displayed at the mobile device where the authentication interface solicits login credentials for an account of the user at the third party. The method then includes granting, by the mobile device, access to one or more aspects of a mobile application installed at the mobile device, in response to an indication of a successful authentication of the user from the third party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Sumeet Bhatt, Ashfaq Kamal
  • Patent number: 11122036
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in enabling, providing, and managing digital identities in association with mobile communication devices. One exemplary method includes capturing an image of a physical document comprising a biometric of a user associated with the physical document, and extracting the biometric from the image and converting it to a biometric template. The method also includes capturing a biometric of the user and comparing it to the biometric template. The method then includes, when the captured biometric matches the biometric template, transmitting a message to an identification provider comprising at least the image of the physical document and the biometric template, whereby the biometric template is verified against a repository, and binding data representative of the mobile communication device, a mobile application included therein, and the biometric template and/or the captured biometric of the user into a token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sumeet Bhatt, Ashfaq Kamal
  • Patent number: 10937267
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in provisioning digital identities for users. One exemplary method includes receiving, at a card device, an authentication request and a captured first biometric of a user, from a communication device associated with the user, and comparing the first biometric and a first biometric reference at the card device, in response to the first biometric reference being stored at the card device. The method also includes capturing, at the card device, a second biometric of the user and comparing the second biometric to a second biometric reference stored at the card device. The method further includes compiling a response to the authentication request including a first indicator of the comparison of the first biometric to the first biometric reference and a second indicator of the comparison of the second biometric to the second biometric reference, and transmitting the response to the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ashfaq Kamal, Sumeet Bhatt, Robert D. Reany
  • Publication number: 20210049613
    Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying users in connection with transactions are disclosed. One exemplary method includes, in response to a payment device being inserted at a terminal, initiating, by a security chip of the payment device, a timer and capturing, by a biometric sensor of the payment device, a fingerprint while the timer is unexpired. The method also includes verifying, by the security chip, the captured fingerprint against reference fingerprint data stored in memory in the payment device and, in response to the captured fingerprint being verified, while the timer is unexpired, initiating, by the security chip, with the terminal, a transaction to an account using an account number specific to a biometric application of the payment device. An issuer can recognize verification of a user associated with the fingerprint based on the account number in an authorization request, instead of a different account number for the account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Edmond Rans, Sumeet Bhatt
  • Patent number: 10817878
    Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying users in connection with transactions using payment devices are disclosed. One exemplary method generally includes receiving a select command for an AID associated with a payment application from a terminal and, in response, initiating by a security chip of a payment device, a timer after power-up of the security chip by the terminal. The method also includes capturing a biometric of a user, at a biometric sensor, according to the payment application, and verifying, by the security chip, the captured biometric based on reference biometric data. The method further includes, when the timer is unexpired and the captured biometric is verified, appending a first value to a CVR and returning a first AFL to the terminal, and when the timer is expired, appending a different value to the CVR and returning a different AFL to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Edmond Rans, Sumeet Bhatt
  • Publication number: 20200234527
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in provisioning digital identities for users. One exemplary method includes receiving, at a card device, an authentication request and a captured first biometric of a user, from a communication device associated with the user, and comparing the first biometric and a first biometric reference at the card device, in response to the first biometric reference being stored at the card device. The method also includes capturing, at the card device, a second biometric of the user and comparing the second biometric to a second biometric reference stored at the card device. The method further includes compiling a response to the authentication request including a first indicator of the comparison of the first biometric to the first biometric reference and a second indicator of the comparison of the second biometric to the second biometric reference, and transmitting the response to the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Ashfaq Kamal, Sumeet Bhatt, Robert D. Reany
  • Patent number: 10715520
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media decentralizes biometric enrollment. A server receives a request to enroll a user for biometric authentication in association with a unique ID, generates an activation code corresponding to the unique ID, and sends the activation code to the user. A user device receives and validates the activation code. If the activation code is valid, the user device is enabled to: capture at least one biometric image, and to send the biometric image to the server. The server receives at least one biometric image from the user device in response to the activation code and extracts features from at least one biometric image to generate a biometric template based upon the extracted features to enroll the user for biometric authentication without requiring the user to visit a central location to provide at least one biometric image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sumeet Bhatt, Ashfaq Kamal, Robert D. Reany
  • Patent number: 10650632
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in providing digital identities for users. One exemplary method includes receiving, at a card device, an authentication request and a captured first biometric of the user, from a communication device associated with the user, and comparing the first biometric and a first biometric reference at the card device, when the first biometric reference is stored in at the card device. The method also includes capturing, at the card device, a second biometric of the user and comparing the second biometric to a second biometric reference stored at the card device. The method further includes compiling a response to the authentication request including a first indicator associated with the comparison of the first biometric to the first biometric reference and a second indicator associated with the comparison of the second biometric to the second biometric reference, and transmitting the response to the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ashfaq Kamal, Sumeet Bhatt, Robert D. Reany
  • Patent number: 10615980
    Abstract: Methods and systems for permitting sensitive cardholder data to be securely stored in a regular storage element of a smart transaction card. In an embodiment, a transaction card processor of the smart transaction card installs a security application compatible with the operating system of the smart transaction card and that includes a white box cardlet. The transaction card processor uses a code protection process of the white box cardlet to obfuscate biometric reference template data stored in the regular memory of a biometric sensor, next stores the obfuscated biometric reference template data in the regular memory, and then re-obfuscates the biometric reference template data at a predetermined time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Ashfaq Kamal, Sumeet Bhatt
  • Publication number: 20190197815
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in providing digital identities for users. One exemplary method includes receiving, at a card device, an authentication request and a captured first biometric of the user, from a communication device associated with the user, and comparing the first biometric and a first biometric reference at the card device, when the first biometric reference is stored in at the card device. The method also includes capturing, at the card device, a second biometric of the user and comparing the second biometric to a second biometric reference stored at the card device. The method further includes compiling a response to the authentication request including a first indicator associated with the comparison of the first biometric to the first biometric reference and a second indicator associated with the comparison of the second biometric to the second biometric reference, and transmitting the response to the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Ashfaq Kamal, Sumeet Bhatt, Robert D. Reany
  • Publication number: 20190199714
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in provisioning a biometric image template of a user to a card device associated with the user. One exemplary method includes authenticating, by a card device, a portable communication device associated with the user based on a certificate associated with the portable communication device and receiving, at the card device, a biometric image of the user from the portable communication device after the portable communication device is authenticated. The method then includes storing, by the card device, the biometric image of the user in a memory of the card device as a biometric image template of the user, whereby the user may be authenticated, by the card device, based on a subsequent biometric image matching the biometric image template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Ashfaq Kamal, Sumeet Bhatt, Robert D. Reany