Patents by Inventor Tuomas Santeri Artman
Tuomas Santeri Artman 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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Publication number: 20230267445Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for providing a consumer device presence-based transaction sessions are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for an apparatus configured to establish consumer device presence-based transaction sessions. The apparatus and consumer device may wirelessly communicate for a variety interactions within the transaction session. For example, consumers may be allowed to provide one or more instances of consumer approval data for payment. The transaction session may be closed upon receipt of consumer approval data or may be kept open based on wirelessly polling for consumer device presence. Based on the lack of consumer device presence, the apparatus may be configured to close the transaction session and subsequently facilitate a transaction. In various embodiments, the apparatus may be a merchant device or a server. For example, the apparatus may be a server of a central system configured to facilitate transaction sessions between merchant devices and consumer devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2022Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Michael Chen, Robert James Skillington, Jay Walter Robinson, Tuomas Santeri Artman, Cristian Matias Sepulveda, Joshua Isaac Zloof, Leslie Jean Chicoine, Mahmudul Arefin Din
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Secure communication protocols for proximity-based validation in distributed multi-device frameworks
Patent number: 11538018Abstract: Various systems, apparatuses, and methods are described herein for enabling secure communication protocols for proximity-based validation in distributed multi-device frameworks. Distributed multi-device frameworks present unique challenges when it comes to ensuring that user communications between various devices and over variable-security communication mediums remain secure. To address the noted challenges, some embodiments of the present invention provide for an apparatus configured to establish secure communications with a central system using wallet identifying data that is configured to secure data transfers between the apparatus and the central system. In accordance with some embodiments, devices communicating on proposed networks are arranged in a manner and using a network architecture that is configured to optimize overall network security and system integrity.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: GROUPON, INC.Inventors: Michael Chen, Robert James Skillington, Jay Walter Robinson, Tuomas Santeri Artman, Cristian Matias Sepulveda, Joshua Isaac Zloof, Leslie Jean Chicoine, Mahmudul Arefin Din -
SECURE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS FOR PROXIMITY-BASED VALIDATION IN DISTRIBUTED MULTI-DEVICE FRAMEWORKS
Publication number: 20210350354Abstract: Various systems, apparatuses, and methods are described herein for enabling secure communication protocols for proximity-based validation in distributed multi-device frameworks. Distributed multi-device frameworks present unique challenges when it comes to ensuring that user communications between various devices and over variable-security communication mediums remain secure. To address the noted challenges, some embodiments of the present invention provide for an apparatus configured to establish secure communications with a central system using wallet identifying data that is configured to secure data transfers between the apparatus and the central system. In accordance with some embodiments, devices communicating on proposed networks are arranged in a manner and using a network architecture that is configured to optimize overall network security and system integrity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Michael Chen, Robert James Skillington, Jay Walter Robinson, Tuomas Santeri Artman, Cristian Matias Sepulveda, Joshua Isaac Zloof, Leslie Jean Chicoine, Mahmudul Arefin Din -
Patent number: 11164174Abstract: Systems and related methods facilitating payments with a mobile device are discussed herein. Circuitry in a networked-based payment system may be configured to receive payment information from a first device. The first device may include circuitry configured to wirelessly receive wallet identifying data from the payment system. The wallet identifying data may be used to secure messages between the first device and another device over a wireless link. For example, the first device may be configured to send the wallet identifying data to a second device, which may then communicate with the payment system. In response, consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data may be received by the second device from the payment system. In some embodiments, use of wallet identifying data may be applied to other communications, such as for messages that authorize payment.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: GROUPON, INC.Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Jyri Engestrom, Ulf Schwekendiek
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Patent number: 11037129Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for providing a consumer device presence-based transaction sessions are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for an apparatus configured to establish consumer device presence-based transaction sessions. The apparatus and consumer device may wirelessly communicate for a variety interactions within the transaction session. For example, consumers may be allowed to provide one or more instances of consumer approval data for payment. The transaction session may be closed upon receipt of consumer approval data or may be kept open based on wirelessly polling for consumer device presence. Based on the lack of consumer device presence, the apparatus may be configured to close the transaction session and subsequently facilitate a transaction. In various embodiments, the apparatus may be a merchant device or a server. For example, the apparatus may be a server of a central system configured to facilitate transaction sessions between merchant devices and consumer devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Michael Chen, Robert James Skillington, Jay Walter Robinson, Tuomas Santeri Artman, Cristian Matias Sepulveda, Joshua Isaac Zloof, Leslie Jean Chicoine, Mahmudul Arefin Din
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Publication number: 20200320512Abstract: Systems and related methods facilitating interactions between a merchant device, a central system and a consumer device are discussed herein. Wallet identifying data may be used to secure messages between the consumer device and the merchant device over a wireless link. For example, the merchant device may include circuitry configured to wirelessly receive the wallet identifying data from a consumer device and to transmit the wallet identifying data to the central system. In response, consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data may be received by the merchant device from the central system. In some embodiments, the consumer identifying data may be associated with a unit of location, such as a dine-in location at a restaurant, to facilitate consumer service.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Jyri Engestrom, Ulf Schwekendiek
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Publication number: 20200019951Abstract: Systems and related methods facilitating payments with a mobile device are discussed herein. Circuitry in a networked-based payment system may be configured to receive payment information from a first device. The first device may include circuitry configured to wirelessly receive wallet identifying data from the payment system. The wallet identifying data may be used to secure messages between the first device and another device over a wireless link. For example, the first device may be configured to send the wallet identifying data to a second device, which may then communicate with the payment system. In response, consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data may be received by the second device from the payment system. In some embodiments, use of wallet identifying data may be applied to other communications, such as for messages that authorize payment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Jyri Engestrom, Ulf Schwekendiek
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Publication number: 20190297455Abstract: A method includes receiving wireless signals from consumer devices that are in communicable range of the merchant device. The wireless signals each include a unique identifier associated with one of the consumer devices. The method further comprises generating signal strength data that includes one signal strength value associated with the unique identifier of each of the wireless signals, storing the signal strength data in a data storage device, analyzing the signal strength data to determine how many of the consumer devices achieved various signal strength levels, determining a threshold signal strength value based on the analysis, determining a consumer device is present within a physical area when a subsequent wireless signal from a subsequent consumer device is greater than the threshold signal strength value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Yishai Santeri LERNER, Ulf SCHWEKENDIEK, Tuomas Santeri ARTMAN
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Patent number: 10409685Abstract: An application recovery system is configured to recover an application executing on a client device by determining that an application is operating abnormally and providing recovery instructions to the application. The application executing on a client device includes a main portion of the application and a recovery portion of the application. The recovery portion of the application sends requests for recovery instructions to a network system. The network system receives the recovery requests and analyzes operational requests generated by the main portion of the application to identify failing functions and their associated software packages. The recovery instructions are determined based on the identified failing functions and their associated software packages and sent to the client device. The client device applies the recovery instructions to modify the application such that the application recovers normal operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Naveen Narayanan, Bruce McLaren Stanley
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Patent number: 10325253Abstract: Systems and related methods facilitating payments with a mobile device are discussed herein. Circuitry in a networked-based payment system may be configured to receive payment information from a first device. The first device may include circuitry configured to wirelessly receive wallet identifying data from the payment system. The wallet identifying data may be used to secure messages between the first device and another device over a wireless link. For example, the first device may be configured to send the wallet identifying data to a second device, which may then communicate with the payment system. In response, consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data may be received by the second device from the payment system. In some embodiments, use of wallet identifying data may be applied to other communications, such as for messages that authorize payment.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Jyri Engestrom, Ulf Schwekendiek
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Patent number: 10200817Abstract: A method includes receiving wireless signals from consumer devices that are in communicable range of the merchant device. The wireless signals each include a unique identifier associated with one of the consumer devices. The method further comprises generating signal strength data that includes one signal strength value associated with the unique identifier of each of the wireless signals, storing the signal strength data in a data storage device, analyzing the signal strength data to determine how many of the consumer devices achieved various signal strength levels, determining a threshold signal strength value based on the analysis, determining a consumer device is present within a physical area when a subsequent wireless signal from a subsequent consumer device is greater than the threshold signal strength value.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: GROUPON, INC.Inventors: Yishai Santeri Lerner, Ulf Schwekendiek, Tuomas Santeri Artman
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Publication number: 20190026184Abstract: An application recovery system is configured to recover an application executing on a client device by determining that an application is operating abnormally and providing recovery instructions to the application. The application executing on a client device includes a main portion of the application and a recovery portion of the application. The recovery portion of the application sends requests for recovery instructions to a network system. The network system receives the recovery requests and analyzes operational requests generated by the main portion of the application to identify failing functions and their associated software packages. The recovery instructions are determined based on the identified failing functions and their associated software packages and sent to the client device. The client device applies the recovery instructions to modify the application such that the application recovers normal operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Naveen Narayanan, Bruce McLaren Stanley
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Publication number: 20180077526Abstract: A method includes receiving wireless signals from consumer devices that are in communicable range of the merchant device. The wireless signals each include a unique identifier associated with one of the consumer devices. The method further comprises generating signal strength data that includes one signal strength value associated with the unique identifier of each of the wireless signals, storing the signal strength data in a data storage device, analyzing the signal strength data to determine how many of the consumer devices achieved various signal strength levels, determining a threshold signal strength value based on the analysis, determining a consumer device is present within a physical area when a subsequent wireless signal from a subsequent consumer device is greater than the threshold signal strength value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Yishai Santeri LERNER, Ulf SCHWEKENDIEK, Tuomas Santeri ARTMAN
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Patent number: 9693193Abstract: A method includes receiving wireless signals from consumer devices that are in communicable range of the merchant device. The wireless signals each include a unique identifier associated with one of the consumer devices. The method further comprises generating signal strength data that includes one signal strength value associated with the unique identifier of each of the wireless signals, storing the signal strength data in a data storage device, analyzing the signal strength data to determine how many of the consumer devices achieved various signal strength levels, determining a threshold signal strength value based on the analysis, determining a consumer device is present within a physical area when a subsequent wireless signal from a subsequent consumer device is greater than the threshold signal strength value.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Yishai Santeri Lerner, Ulf Schwekendiek, Tuomas Santeri Artman
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Publication number: 20160275476Abstract: Systems and related methods facilitating payments with a mobile device are discussed herein. Circuitry in a networked-based payment system may be configured to receive payment information from a first device. The first device may include circuitry configured to wirelessly receive wallet identifying data from the payment system. The wallet identifying data may be used to secure messages between the first device and another device over a wireless link. For example, the first device may be configured to send the wallet identifying data to a second device, which may then communicate with the payment system. In response, consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data may be received by the second device from the payment system. In some embodiments, use of wallet identifying data may be applied to other communications, such as for messages that authorize payment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Jyri Engestrom, Ulf Schwekendiek
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Publication number: 20160198302Abstract: A method includes receiving wireless signals from consumer devices that are in communicable range of the merchant device. The wireless signals each include a unique identifier associated with one of the consumer devices. The method further comprises generating signal strength data that includes one signal strength value associated with the unique identifier of each of the wireless signals, storing the signal strength data in a data storage device, analyzing the signal strength data to determine how many of the consumer devices achieved various signal strength levels, determining a threshold signal strength value based on the analysis, determining a consumer device is present within a physical area when a subsequent wireless signal from a subsequent consumer device is greater than the threshold signal strength value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Yishai Santeri LERNER, Ulf SCHWEKENDIEK, Tuomas Santeri ARTMAN
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Publication number: 20150269557Abstract: Systems and related methods facilitating interactions between a merchant device, a central system and a consumer device are discussed herein. Wallet identifying data may be used to secure messages between the consumer device and the merchant device over a wireless link. For example, the merchant device may include circuitry configured to wirelessly receive the wallet identifying data from a consumer device and to transmit the wallet identifying data to the central system. In response, consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data may be received by the merchant device from the central system. In some embodiments, the consumer identifying data may be associated with a unit of location, such as a dine-in location at a restaurant, to facilitate consumer service.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2014Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Jyri Engestrom, Ulf Schwekendiek
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Patent number: 8285846Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods for determining success rates for the transfer and/or utilization of transmitted applications or other communicated services. An intermediary device specifies one or more device attributes of a target device, which are received at a server. The server determines an anticipated success rate for successfully transferring the requested content to the device and/or utilizing the content at the target device, and transfers an indication of the anticipated success rate to the intermediary device. The anticipated success rate indication is received at the intermediary device, which then determines whether the received anticipated success rate indication meets threshold criteria. If so, the intermediary device notifies the server to initiate the transfer of the content from the server to the target device if the threshold criteria is met.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Seppo Juhani Pyhälammi, Tapio Hameen-Anttila, Tero-Markus Saarinaa, Tuomo Sihvola, Niko Makila, Tuomas Santeri Artman
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Patent number: 8065429Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods for determining success rates for the transfer and/or utilization of transmitted applications or other communicated services. An intermediary device specifies one or more device attributes of a target device, which are received at a server. The server determines an anticipated success rate for successfully transferring the requested content to the device and/or utilizing the content at the target device, and transfers an indication of the anticipated success rate to the intermediary device. The anticipated success rate indication is received at the intermediary device, which then determines whether the received anticipated success rate indication meets threshold criteria. If so, the intermediary device notifies the server to initiate the transfer of the content from the server to the target device if the threshold criteria is met.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Seppo Pyhalammi, Tapio Hameen-Anttila, Tero-Markus Saarimaa, Tuomo Sihvola, Niko Makila, Tuomas Santeri Artman
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Publication number: 20090004974Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods for determining success rates for the transfer and/or utilization of transmitted applications or other communicated services. An intermediary device specifies one or more device attributes of a target device, which are received at a server. The server determines an anticipated success rate for successfully transferring the requested content to the device and/or utilizing the content at the target device, and transfers an indication of the anticipated success rate to the intermediary device. The anticipated success rate indication is received at the intermediary device, which then determines whether the received anticipated success rate indication meets threshold criteria. If so, the intermediary device notifies the server to initiate the transfer of the content from the server to the target device if the threshold criteria is met.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventors: Seppo Pyhalammi, Tapio Hameen-Anttila, Tero-Markus Saarimaa, Tuomo Sihvola, Niko Makila, Tuomas Santeri Artman