Patents by Inventor Wen Zhao Cheng

Wen Zhao Cheng 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: 11961072
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for conducting a transaction utilizing a cryptocurrency. The user may fund a cryptocurrency account with his pre-existing cryptocurrency. An issuer may purchase cryptocurrency within a cryptocurrency exchange. The user may then utilize a payment device (e.g., a Crypto Debit Card) that is associated with a cryptocurrency balance to conduct a transaction with a merchant for goods and/or services. An authorization request message may be transmitted to the authorizing entity computer. The authorizing entity computer may determine a cryptocurrency amount corresponding to the fiat currency transaction amount of the authorization request message. A sell request message may be transmitted to an exchange that facilitates the sale of the cryptocurrency amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Xi Li, Wen Zhao Cheng, Jun Ryan Menorca Tagama, Satrajit Ray, Gabriel Jin Juan Ang, Lavanya Rengarajan
  • Patent number: 11941643
    Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method for authenticating a user. The method includes registering a plurality of user accounts for a plurality of users based at least partially on user information and account data for each user of the plurality of users, the account data for each user including an account identifier associated with a portable payment device, generating an identity score for each user, registering a plurality of provider accounts for a plurality of third-party service providers based at least partially on third-party service provider data, receiving a request to authenticate a user of the plurality of users, receiving user credentials corresponding to a user account of the user, validating the user credentials based at least partially on the identity score of the user, and communicating an authentication response message to the third-party system in response to validating the user credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Aditi Rungta, Kieu Trinh Nguyen, Wen Zhao Cheng, Xi Li, Xudong Wu
  • Publication number: 20220020011
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for conducting a transaction utilizing a cryptocurrency. The user may fund a cryptocurrency account with his pre-existing cryptocurrency. An issuer may purchase cryptocurrency within a cryptocurrency exchange. The user may then utilize a payment device (e.g., a Crypto Debit Card) that is associated with a cryptocurrency balance to conduct a transaction with a merchant for goods and/or services. An authorization request message may be transmitted to the authorizing entity computer. The authorizing entity computer may determine a cryptocurrency amount corresponding to the fiat currency transaction amount of the authorization request message. A sell request message may be transmitted to an exchange that facilitates the sale of the cryptocurrency amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Xi Li, Wen Zhao Cheng, Jun Ryan Menorca Tagama, Satrajit Ray, Gabriel Jin Juan Ang, Lavanya Rengarajan
  • Patent number: 11164181
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for conducting a transaction utilizing a cryptocurrency. The user may fund a cryptocurrency account with his pre-existing cryptocurrency. An issuer may purchase cryptocurrency within a cryptocurrency exchange. The user may then utilize a payment device (e.g., a Crypto Debit Card) that is associated with a cryptocurrency balance to conduct a transaction with a merchant for goods and/or services. An authorization request message may be transmitted to the authorizing entity computer. The authorizing entity computer may determine a cryptocurrency amount corresponding to the fiat currency transaction amount of the authorization request message. A sell request message may be transmitted to an exchange that facilitates the sale of the cryptocurrency amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Xi Li, Wen Zhao Cheng, Jun Ryan Menorca Tagama, Satrajit Ray, Gabriel Jin Juan Ang, Lavanya Rengarajan
  • Publication number: 20210042764
    Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method for authenticating a user. The method includes registering a plurality of user accounts for a plurality of users based at least partially on user information and account data for each user of the plurality of users, the account data for each user including an account identifier associated with a portable payment device, generating an identity score for each user, registering a plurality of provider accounts for a plurality of third-party service providers based at least partially on third-party service provider data, receiving a request to authenticate a user of the plurality of users, receiving user credentials corresponding to a user account of the user, validating the user credentials based at least partially on the identity score of the user, and communicating an authentication response message to the third-party system in response to validating the user credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Aditi Rungta, Kieu Trinh Nguyen, Wen Zhao Cheng, Xi Li, Xudong Wu
  • Publication number: 20190220856
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for conducting a transaction utilizing a cryptocurrency. The user may fund a cryptocurrency account with his pre-existing cryptocurrency. An issuer may purchase cryptocurrency within a cryptocurrency exchange. The user may then utilize a payment device (e.g., a Crypto Debit Card) that is associated with a cryptocurrency balance to conduct a transaction with a merchant for goods and/or services. An authorization request message may be transmitted to the authorizing entity computer. The authorizing entity computer may determine a cryptocurrency amount corresponding to the fiat currency transaction amount of the authorization request message. A sell request message may be transmitted to an exchange that facilitates the sale of the cryptocurrency amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Xi Li, Wen Zhao Cheng, Jun Ryan Menorca Tagama, Satrajit Ray, Gabriel Jin Juan Ang, Lavanya Rengarajan
  • Publication number: 20180315042
    Abstract: Usage of another person's electronic payment device on a mobile computing device such as a mobile phone may be possible by requesting a one-time use dynamic token for a specific amount from an authority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Aditi RUNGTA, Hisyam Nursaid Indrakesuma, Wen Zhao Cheng, Xudong Wu