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).

  • Publication number: 20230267445
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: 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: 11538018
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20210350354
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: 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: 11164174
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Jyri Engestrom, Ulf Schwekendiek
  • Patent number: 11037129
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20200320512
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Jyri Engestrom, Ulf Schwekendiek
  • Publication number: 20200019951
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Jyri Engestrom, Ulf Schwekendiek
  • Publication number: 20190297455
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yishai Santeri LERNER, Ulf SCHWEKENDIEK, Tuomas Santeri ARTMAN
  • Patent number: 10409685
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Naveen Narayanan, Bruce McLaren Stanley
  • Patent number: 10325253
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Jyri Engestrom, Ulf Schwekendiek
  • Patent number: 10200817
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventors: Yishai Santeri Lerner, Ulf Schwekendiek, Tuomas Santeri Artman
  • Publication number: 20190026184
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Naveen Narayanan, Bruce McLaren Stanley
  • Publication number: 20180077526
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Yishai Santeri LERNER, Ulf SCHWEKENDIEK, Tuomas Santeri ARTMAN
  • Patent number: 9693193
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Yishai Santeri Lerner, Ulf Schwekendiek, Tuomas Santeri Artman
  • Publication number: 20160275476
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Jyri Engestrom, Ulf Schwekendiek
  • Publication number: 20160198302
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yishai Santeri LERNER, Ulf SCHWEKENDIEK, Tuomas Santeri ARTMAN
  • Publication number: 20150269557
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Tuomas Santeri Artman, Jyri Engestrom, Ulf Schwekendiek
  • Patent number: 8285846
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Seppo Juhani Pyhälammi, Tapio Hameen-Anttila, Tero-Markus Saarinaa, Tuomo Sihvola, Niko Makila, Tuomas Santeri Artman
  • Patent number: 8065429
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Seppo Pyhalammi, Tapio Hameen-Anttila, Tero-Markus Saarimaa, Tuomo Sihvola, Niko Makila, Tuomas Santeri Artman
  • Publication number: 20090004974
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Seppo Pyhalammi, Tapio Hameen-Anttila, Tero-Markus Saarimaa, Tuomo Sihvola, Niko Makila, Tuomas Santeri Artman