Patents Issued in April 14, 2022
  • Publication number: 20220114536
    Abstract: The present invention realizes a medical material transport system that is low-cost, stable, and safe, the medical material transport system being such that even if a failure occurs in an individual specimen transport device, the failure does not extend to the system as a whole. Collection of a specimen is requested from a specimen collection request terminal 107, and a management unit (108) issues a reception command 110 for the specimen. A drone 101 that has received the reception command 110 for the specimen departs from a standby dock 105 on the basis of the received information and flies to a specimen recovery location 106, and a specimen tray for placing the specimen is taken out from a specimen holder 102. A specimen container is contained in the specimen tray, and the specimen tray is returned to the specimen holder 102 and locked using a lock mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Hikaru TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220114537
    Abstract: A product count of a number of physical products within a physical grouping of a plurality of the physical products is determined based on an image of the physical grouping. A cycle counter generates image coordinates for visible product surfaces within the image. The cycle counter generates three-dimensional virtual base coordinates for the expected locations of the plurality of the physical products within the physical grouping. The cycle counter determines the actual locations of the visible product surfaces within three-dimensional space based on a comparison of the image coordinates and the virtual base coordinates. The cycle counter determines the product count of the number of physical products within the physical grouping based on the actual locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Griffin
  • Publication number: 20220114538
    Abstract: An inventory management server according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor performing operations to: generate expiration information including information for specifying a product and information for specifying a branch store that sells the product based on a stock quantity of the product in the branch store in which an employee of a flagship store replaces a plurality of products and a sell-by date of the product; set a timing to transmit the expiration information to a store terminal based on at least either a movement time or a movement distance from a position of the employee to the branch store that sells the product, and the sell-by date related to the product; and notify the store terminal of the expiration information based on the set timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Jun UCHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220114539
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for automatically monitoring and managing inventory in real time within a retail environment are presented. To monitor and manage inventory of electronic devices configured to communicate wirelessly, the electronic devices are configured to send device status messages via wireless communication to wireless connection devices, which in turn send inventory messages to a remote inventory server via a communication network. To monitor non-communicating inventory, wireless tags are included within or affixed to inventory packaging to communicate with the electronic devices or wireless connection devices. Based upon such inventory messages, the remote inventory server monitors inventory location and levels at retail locations. Inventory levels may be adjusted according to inventory distribution plans based upon such inventory information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Sean Greenbaum
  • Publication number: 20220114540
    Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to automated tool tracking for service technicians. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a tool tracking system can collect tool data from a vehicle system of a vehicle. The tool data can be associated with a tool that is to be utilized by a service technician to provide, at least in part, a service at a customer location. The tool tracking system can store the tool data in a data store. The tool tracking system can map the tool data to the vehicle and can determine when the tool is no longer mapped to the vehicle. This can be indicative of the tool having been left, for example, at the customer location. The tool tracking system can create an alert to inform the service technician and/or another entity that the tool is no longer mapped to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Interwise Ltd.
    Inventors: Sreenivas Nukala, Adam Hersh, Nir Ganani, Satish Janardan, Bryan Goettsch, Donald Willis, Quang Cao, Saurav Patel, Jesse Taylor, Mirage Hamdy, Valerie Smith, Meni Sasson, Amir Benyamin, Stephen Alexander Roberts, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220114541
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for recognizing a disposal type of an item based on attribute information of the item, and updating information regarding stock based on processing information for the item, which is involved when the item is processed according to the disposal type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Sun Young Hong, Sang Min Jun, So Hee Kim, Myung Soo Song, Se Hwan Chung
  • Publication number: 20220114542
    Abstract: A method for sequential authentication based on chain of authentication using public key infrastructure (PKI) is provided. The method includes receiving, by an nth party, an (n?1)th modified public key from an (n?1)th party; generating, by the nth party, an nth private key and an nth public key corresponding to each other; generating, by the nth party, an nth modified public key by concatenating the (n?1)th modified public key and the nth public key signed with the nth private key; and transmitting, by the nth party, the nth modified public key, where n is a natural number greater than 1, and when n=2, the first modified public key is the first public key signed with the first private key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Unho CHOI
  • Publication number: 20220114543
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing shipment request by using a multi-carrier shipping services platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Graham McAlister, Sheng Gu, Andrew Kramolisch, Michael Kimelblat, Faye Zhang, Minghang Cai
  • Publication number: 20220114544
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing shipment request by using a multi-carrier shipping services platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Graham McAlister, Sheng Gu, Andrew Kramolisch, Michael Kimelblat, Faye Zhang, Minghanh Cai
  • Publication number: 20220114545
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to methods and systems for ensuring the on-time delivery (OTD) of a product by a manufacturing company. According to the present disclosure, a part persona for each part is generated using a data model, by placing the part as an central entity and the one or more influencing factors of each part that affect the OTD of the product are captured in the part persona. A trained intent and OTD prediction model is built and used to predict an initial intent and an initial OTD for each part, based on the corresponding part persona. Further, the trained intent and OTD prediction model is used to predict a successive intent and a successive OTD for each part, based on the conversations and the events. Hence the OTD of the product is accurately predicted and which is useful to ensuring the OTD of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: Chetan Inderjeet SHETH, Tanuj GUPTA, Swanand Vishwas HALDANKAR, Manish SONI
  • Publication number: 20220114546
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence entry management device for an entry and delivery system includes a camera, a microphone, a motion detector, a speaker, and a housing. The housing has an oval shape with a substantially open middle. The substantially open middle has a housing protrusion portion configured to house the camera, the microphone, the motion detector, and the speaker. The entry and delivery system may also include one or more robots that interface with the entry management device to monitor an area around an access point and to alert the user of activity. A robot may be an aerial robot that has a camera, a robot light, a speaker, a microphone and an actuator to enable picking and moving a package. Aerial robots may be configured around a perimeter of a building to monitor the building and may turn on a robot light when motion is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Ronald Carter
  • Publication number: 20220114547
    Abstract: A resource consumption system can include a plurality of resources positioned within at least one rack and at least one sensor configured to detect removal of an amount of the plurality of resources from the respective rack. The resource consumption system can include at least one transmitter configured to transmit a notification based on the at least one sensor detecting the removal of the amount of resources, wherein the notification comprises a resource identifier, an entity identifier, and the amount of the plurality of resources. The resource consumption system can include at least one computing device configured to compute an amount based on the resource identifier and the amount of resources, generate a request based on the notification, and transmit the request to an entity associated with the entity identifier, wherein the request comprises the resource identifier, the entity identifier, and the amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Alan Dumitras
  • Publication number: 20220114548
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system for dynamic inventory balancing including at a processor and a memory device comprising instructions that when executed configure the processor to perform operations. The operations including receiving an inventory data feed from at least one fulfillment center, storing (in a database) a plurality of virtual bundles with associated grouping numbers and quantities—the plurality of virtual bundles having item bundles grouping two or more of a same item in the inventory data. The operations also include exposing the database to queries from a seller portal through at least one of RESTful service, a queue based system, an index, or an object table and receiving a client order, the client order comprising a bundle selection from the plurality of virtual bundles, and updating the plurality of virtual bundles by rebalancing the plurality of virtual bundles and corresponding associated quantities based on the bundle selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Shuyun MCMASTER, Subrahmanya Pramod NANDURI, Darin MILLER, Kenny SHI
  • Publication number: 20220114549
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a system, methods, and computer-readable media for a self-regulating and self-adjusting reconciliation of a cumulative contribution amount and a cumulative delivery value determined for instances associated with an entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Chris Grubb
  • Publication number: 20220114550
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a delivery exchange service infrastructure are described. In one embodiment, a method for a delivery exchange service is provided. The method includes receiving, at a user interface associated with a first user, a notification from at least one merchant indicating an availability of a new delivery of a parcel to a recipient. The method also includes comparing a fee for the new delivery to a fee for an existing delivery. Upon determining that the fee for the new delivery is more than the fee for the existing delivery, the method includes determining whether a second user is available to receive a transfer of the existing delivery. Upon determining that the second user is available, the method further includes accepting the new delivery and transferring the existing delivery to the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Boris Hernan Polania CASTRO
  • Publication number: 20220114551
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and software for providing remote medical therapy to a subject comprising: an apparatus for dispensing one or more medical items from an inventory of medical items, the inventory of medical items risk profiled to a subject, a population, a venue, or a situation; and a connector device comprising: at least one means for communicating with the apparatus for dispensing one or more medical items from an inventory of medical items; at least one means for communicating with a technology device; and a software module enabling communications between the apparatus for dispensing one or more medical items from an inventory of medical items and the technology device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: John A. Macoviak, Richard L. Macoviak, James J. Macoviak, Espir G. Kahatt
  • Publication number: 20220114552
    Abstract: A method and system for managing and sourcing materials and services for energy retrofit projects. An electronic energy retrofit project portal provides real-time designing, specifying, searching, pricing, quoting, ordering, and tracking of energy audit project materials and services required for a desired energy retrofit project. The functionality of the electronic energy retrofit project portal is available in real-time directly and from within existing design programs that create and provide energy audits and available as a standalone portal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Michael J. SEIFERT, Rodney J. SEIFERT, Jeffrey A. SEIFERT
  • Publication number: 20220114553
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to email verification. A computing platform may receive an electronic message and identify one or more portions of content in the message. Then, the computing platform may generate and embed one or more message-specific identifiers into the electronic message and store electronic message information associating the one or more portions of content with the one or more embedded message-specific identifiers. Thereafter, the computing platform may receive an electronic message verification request to verify authenticity of an identified electronic message received by a computing device. The computing platform may prompt a user of the computing device to provide authentication information associated with one or more portions of content of the identified electronic message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan Sheedy, Steven E. Sinks, Brian P. Prange, Matthew W. Findley, Jared D. Wilson, Donald C. Hess, Brian Devine
  • Publication number: 20220114554
    Abstract: A management system of a work machine of managing the work machine includes a hardware processor configured to generate and store skill evaluation information associated with an evaluation result of an operating skill of a worker who operates the work machine and identification information identifying the worker in a storage unit based on work performance information obtained from the work machine, receive a search condition of the worker input from a contractor's terminal device, search the storage unit, and extract the worker's identification information associated with the evaluation result that satisfies the search condition, and output the search result to the contractor's terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki OGAWA, Ayano SHINATO
  • Publication number: 20220114555
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the determination and the notification of shipping dock detention delays for regulated and non-regulated vehicle drivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Duane Myers, Thomas Andrew Ditzler
  • Publication number: 20220114556
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for an efficient and contactless way to clock-in and clock-out in the daily routine. It is a communication between two devices and this communication sends a code as part of this communication which is then used for clock-in. This system generally includes two devices. The first application displays the QR code which has an embed TVC value and the second application has the functionality of scanning the QR code by using the back camera and then getting the embedded TVC value from the first application and passing as a parameter in the service call for Clock-In.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Manjot Singh, Soneeka Arora, Amrinder Arora
  • Publication number: 20220114557
    Abstract: A establishing schedule method provides services to automatically establish schedules for monitoring a regular activity or behavior of a user. The method determines the initiation of the services by acknowledging a request of a user. The system activated by the initiation of the services automatically is configured to interact with electronic devices in the area where a user locates for periodically collecting information about their activity or behavior. It deliberately analyze the information to generate a lot of processes for establishing schedules. In response to the establishment of the schedules, the system is automatically activated to monitor user's regular activity or behavior. The method is designed to save a lot of time on the complicated schedule settings and remind users how to complete their regular activity or behavior in order to prevent from neglecting processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Ping-Chun Wang
  • Publication number: 20220114558
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for integrating damage evidence with appraisal management system to create a unified user experience for improving a virtual damage appraisal process. The system may display a curated collection of evidence providing an overview of the vehicle and sections of a vehicle damaged during an adverse incident. A user may select a damaged section from a plurality of damaged sections to view damage evidence determined by machine learning algorithms to best reflect the selected damaged section may be displayed. The damage evidence may be displayed concurrently with vehicle part selection and repair line editing functionality in a configurable graphical user interface (GUI) of a virtual appraisal application. Additionally, the system may generate set of recommendations for repairing or replacing the damaged parts in the selected section. The user may add the recommendations to a repair estimate as repair estimate lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Mitchell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Lyons, Marcel de Neve, Beau Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20220114559
    Abstract: A method for asset health management is provided. The method includes receiving, first maintenance data, first booking data, first vehicle data, first operational data, and a labelled dataset for a set of vehicles over a first time-interval. The labelled dataset includes at least an actual health index for each vehicle observed over the first time-interval. The method includes determining a first plurality of features and a corresponding first plurality of feature values based on the first maintenance data, the first booking data, the first vehicle data, and the first operational data. The method includes training a prediction model based on the first plurality of features, the first plurality of feature values, and the labelled dataset. The method includes determining a health index of a target vehicle based on the trained first prediction model and a first dataset associated with the target vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: ANI TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: HITESH HINDUJA, GAURAV AGARWAL, KRISHNA KOUSHIK VSR, SMRUTI CHOURASIA, SHREYA KEKKAR, HRISHIKESH BHARADWAJ CHAKRAPANI, PUNIT MAHIPAL
  • Publication number: 20220114560
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein improve a computing device's ability to accurately extract contextual features related to vehicle performance, vehicle usage, maintenance, recalls, and use the information to provide maintenance recommendations. Aspects of the technology described herein can analyze vehicle data from multiple sources including vehicle sensors, driver computing devices, maintenance records, used oil analysis, aftermarket sensors, and other data sources to ascertain a vehicle's operational state and detect warning signs that are statistically correlated with a mechanical failure or unsafe driving condition. When a warning sign is detected, the technology described herein can make maintenance suggestions to decrease the vehicle's failure probability. The maintenance suggestions can be generated by analyzing data from historical vehicle data to identify actions that improved the operational state for the same vehicle and/or similar vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Eric B. Senzer, Samuel C. Bainbridge
  • Publication number: 20220114561
    Abstract: Systems and methods of repairing damage to the body structure of a vehicle based on a comparison of vehicle damage to vehicle specification data to indicate the magnitude and direction of vehicle damage to formulate a repair plan for review.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Lee Watts, Nathan Michael Watts
  • Publication number: 20220114562
    Abstract: System and methods for producing verifiable environmental attributes for a transaction on an online platform, by calculating item project emissions for a selected item and item baseline emissions for a substitute item, calculating project and baseline final delivery transport emissions to the user's specified destination, and extracting net emissions reductions based on the baseline and project emissions. The net emissions reductions are communicated to a system for aggregation with net emissions reductions from other transactions, and aggregated net emissions reductions are delivered to an independent system for validation and verification. Ownership of net emissions reductions may be assigned to the platform provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: David OLIVER GOMILA
  • Publication number: 20220114563
    Abstract: A method and system for facilitating processing of marketplace transactions are discussed. The method includes accessing transaction information for transactions that originate at different vendors of the marketplace. The method includes accessing processing information of third-party financial service providers that process transactions. The method includes determining possible third-party financial service providers based on comparison of the transaction information and processing information. The method includes selecting, based on the comparing, a particular third-party financial service provider from the possible third-party financial service providers for processing the marketplace financial transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Anup Tikku
  • Publication number: 20220114564
    Abstract: The invention relates to blockchain technologies such as the Bitcoin blockchain, and the tokenisation of assets or entities. It is particularly suited for implementing a payroll on a blockchain platform and comprises a method (100) and system (1) of transferring cryptocurrency from a first node (3) to a second node (7). Both nodes (3, 7) are associated with a payroll and have a respective asymmetric cryptography pair, each pair including a master private key and a master public key. Respective additional private and public keys may be determined based on the master private key, master public key and a generator value at each node. The additional private and public keys may form a hierarchical structure. A common secret may be determined at each of the nodes (3, 7) based on the additional private and public keys. The common secret may be used to securely transmit confidential information across a communications network (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Craig Steven Wright, Stephane Savanah
  • Publication number: 20220114565
    Abstract: The present invention is related to automatic micro-payments of patent royalties that are processed in real time. The present invention allows for unlimited partial payment transactions, or “micro-payments” to be processed immediately at any time. These micro-payment transactions can also be processed through any method that is preferred and agreed to by both the payor and the payee, such as credit card transactions or payment through commodities that are of an equivalent value. The present invention also allows for these real time dividends to be used for other types of transactions not limited to patents and patent royalty payments, such as the disbursement of company equity to other parties that provide value to the company.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: BRADLEY NOLAN ROTTER, BRIAN JOSHUA BERMAN
  • Publication number: 20220114566
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in facilitating messages. An exemplary method includes receiving a first electronic message including an instruction from a first user and specific to a first user account, where the instruction is directed to a second user account of a second user, and transmitting a second electronic message including the instruction associated with the second user account. In response, the second user account is adjusted consistent with the instruction. The method also includes determining whether the instruction satisfies one or more parameters and then, in response to the instruction satisfying the one or more parameters, compiling and transmitting a third electronic message including a hold instruction, whereby the second user account is adjusted to include a hold feature consistent with the hold instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Jason Jay Lacoss-Arnold, Andrew David Lambert, Christy Hart
  • Publication number: 20220114567
    Abstract: Electronic watch faces can be created in customized and associated with a block chain system. More particularly, the block chain's system uses non-fungible tokens which are in general unique, to represent the ownership of a specific watch face. Users own the token and can display the watch face only while they own the token. After selling the watch face, the token is changed to represent the new owner of the token and the original owner can no longer display the watch face at that point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Collin Knock
  • Publication number: 20220114568
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide method and apparatus for video coding. In the method, which of a combination of vertical padding and horizontal padding is performed is determined to determine padded values of a reference block in a neighboring left coding tree unit (CTU) included in a fixed search range of blocks in a current CTU. The padded values are determined based on a block vector that points to the reference block and a position of a current block in the CTU. At least a sample of the current block is reconstructed based on one of (i) the padded values of the reference block and (ii) reconstructed samples of the reference block based on availability of the reference block in the fixed search range. The left CTU is padded using a combination of the vertical and the horizontal padding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Xiaozhong XU, Xiang LI, Shan LIU
  • Publication number: 20220114569
    Abstract: A method for addressing a shopper's eligibility for frictionless checkout may include identifying at least one shopper in a retail store designated as not eligible for frictionless checkout; in response to the identification of the at least one shopper designated as not eligible for frictionless checkout, automatically identifying an ineligibility condition associated with the at least one shopper's designation as not eligible for frictionless checkout; determining one or more actions for resolving the ineligibility condition; causing implementation of the one or more actions for resolving the ineligibility condition; receiving an indication of successful completion of the one or more actions; and in response to receipt of the indication of successful completion of the one more actions, generating a status indicator indicating that the at least one shopper is eligible for frictionless checkout and storing the generated status indicator in a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Youval BRONICKI
  • Publication number: 20220114570
    Abstract: An integrated record management (IRM) computing device is configured to receive and store incentive structures and a record of a credited amount to be credited to a pre-paid debit account associated with a user. The computing device is also configured to receive a first authorization request message for a transaction with a merchant, and compare a transaction amount of the transaction to a credited amount of funds identified in the record. When the transaction amount is greater than the credited amount of funds, the computing device modifies the first authorization request message to generate a second authorization request message and transmits the second authorization request message to an issuer of another payment account associated with the user for authorization processing. When the transaction amount is less than or equal to the credited amount of funds, the computing device initiates a pre-paid debit transaction with the merchant and excluding the issuer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Ajinkya Sawant, Matt Froidl, Robby Gross, Jay Paul Cantwell, Saswata Basu
  • Publication number: 20220114571
    Abstract: Systems 10, devices 106, methods, and non-transient machine-interpretable programming and/or other instruction products for the generation, transfer, storage, and other processing of secure data sets 11 used in electronic payment transactions, including particularly the secure creation, administration, manipulation, processing, and storage of electronic data useful in processing of pre-funded, pre-paid, and/or otherwise pre-authorized payment transactions. Devices 106, 100, 101 and methods in accordance with the disclosure can be used to create pre-funded payment token data sets 11, the token data sets comprising secure data items or records representing negotiable monetary or other economic value, and to share them between network communication devices 106 such as smart phones, home or business desktop computers, etc., for use in purchases and other transactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Edison U. ORTIZ, Terry W. LEE, Marko PAVLOVIC, Arnold BADAL-BADALIAN
  • Publication number: 20220114572
    Abstract: In some examples, transaction data is received in relation to transactions performed by an application on a mobile device. The transactions include interactions between the mobile device and at least one server. The transaction data is aggregated for a time period according to different time increments. The transaction data for the time period is stored in a first table aggregated into time intervals according to a first time increment, and the transaction data for the time period is also stored in a second table aggregated into time intervals according to a second time increment. A user interface can be generated to include transaction information generated using the transaction data aggregated for the time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kevan Dunsmore, David Shirley, Paul Lappas, Andrew Levy, Robert Kwok, Sean Hermany, David Albrecht
  • Publication number: 20220114573
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for facilitating payments for transactions, via mobile devices and mobile telecommunications networks, is disclosed. In an embodiment, a product provider is provided with a code, such as a QRcode, which contains or references payment details for purchase of the product. A mobile user of the application scans the code and is connected to their internet banking application. The payment details are transferred to the internet banking application and the mobile user confirms that the transaction should proceed. Payment is made without any secure details being provided to the product provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander GRINBERG, Michael KONTOROVICH, Colin REYBURN, Mark CHAZAN, Mario DELAS
  • Publication number: 20220114574
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to methods and apparatus for providing secure services using a mobile device, and in particular for securely making transactions, such as payments, using mobile phones and smartphones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Mohammed Chakib Bouda
  • Publication number: 20220114575
    Abstract: In some implementations, a mobile device can receive identification information for a merchant store location. The mobile device can receive the identification information when the mobile device is proximate to the store location, for example. The mobile device can obtain graphical user interface (GUI) configuration data for the merchant store location based on the store location identification information. For example, the mobile device can obtain GUI content that has been customized for the merchant store location. The mobile device can configure a GUI of an application installed on the mobile device based on the obtained GUI configuration data. The mobile device can make the proximity application accessible to a user of the mobile device when the mobile device is near the store location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy S. HURLEY, David BRUDNICKI, Ahmer KHAN, Manoj Thulaseedharan PILLAI, Rupamay SAHA, Lorraine MEERE
  • Publication number: 20220114576
    Abstract: A payment device comprising of a housing, a slot for insertion of a user instrument located on a front surface of the housing, and wherein the housing includes a smart card interface integrated circuit that is configured to read an EMV chip located on the user instrument, and a universal serial bus (USB) type C male connector configured to be inserted into a female connector on a computing device, wherein the USB type C male connector is located on a back surface of the housing, and wherein a size of the USB type C male connector is configured so that when the USB type C male connector is inserted into the female connector on the computing device, the back surface of the housing is within a distance of three centimeters of a surface of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Satish Govindarajan, Carlos Manuel Rivas, Tinyen Shih, Anantharaj Uruthiralingam, Guhan Senguttuvan
  • Publication number: 20220114577
    Abstract: Example embodiments of systems and methods for performing a transaction involving a transmitting device and a receiving device. A state machine may be configured to monitor the data communications, data reads, and data writes performed between the transmitting device and the receiving device. In the event of a disruption during the transaction, the state machine may allow the transaction to resume following the most recent data communication, data read, or data write once the disruption is resolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Wayne LUTZ, Jeffrey RULE
  • Publication number: 20220114578
    Abstract: Users of a multisignature wallet can customize keys to initiate various transactions. As a user specifies roles to customize keys, a smart contract is updated to associate the roles with the keys, where the customized keys are then associated with the user's multisignature wallet. The user may perform transactions by signing using the key or an address of the key, where a transaction can be processed upon verifying the key and its role. Additionally, a privacy service can facilitate blockchain transactions initiated using a key of a multisignature wallet. The privacy service receives a transaction signed by a key of the multisignature wallet and identifies a proxy wallet using the key. The privacy service validates and signs the transaction, which is then sent to a proxy wallet. The proxy wallet can cause a blockchain transaction to be executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Jentzsch, Simon Jentzsch, Steffen Kux
  • Publication number: 20220114579
    Abstract: A system and method for oblivious information retrieval are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: a plurality of network nodes in data communication with each other via a network, each network node having a secure processing enclave, the enclave configured to include: at least one isolated memory device, processing logic isolated from operating system (OS) calls, and a remote attestation capability; and a view node in data communication with the plurality of network nodes and a transaction ledger, the view node including an account index horizontally scaled across a plurality of computing devices, the view node further configured to receive a transaction and a corresponding account hint, to decrypt the account hint, and to add a row corresponding to the transaction and the account hint to the account index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher BECK, James CAPE, Joseph YANDLE, Robb WALTERS, Sara Drakeley HALL
  • Publication number: 20220114580
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein are directed to a tokenized energy settlements application. By combining capabilities to automate reconciliation, attest to transactions, and automate payment settlements for the energy industry, an embodiment of the present invention enables organizations to accelerate their post trade processes of transaction reconciliation and payment settlement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Abhitej Kumar Gopireddy, Shekar Atmakur, Pravin Chandran, Matthew Daniel Kniess, Soumya Shetty
  • Publication number: 20220114581
    Abstract: Through the described PII secure P2P payment technology, a P2P payment can be made using a token PAN, allowing for a single product to be used for contactless, e-commerce, and P2P payments. When an account or payment card is digitized using an enhanced processing platform, a token PAN is issued which can be used for P2P payments. The token PAN allows for a P2P payment to made without sharing PII data. The platform can receive, from a sender AHI system, a P2P transfer advice request comprising at least a sender token PAN and a receiver token PAN. The platform can identify from a token vault a sender account number using the sender token PAN and a receiver account number using the receiver token PAN. The platform can communicate, to the sender AHI system, an account authorization message comprising at least the sender account number and the receiver account number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Nilesh Tulsidas Upadhye, Joseph D. Hayes
  • Publication number: 20220114582
    Abstract: A method of facilitating concurrent blockchain transactions for a plurality of users in a transaction system having respective user blockchain accounts each having a token balance comprises providing, at a blockchain network, an aggregator account having a token balance; generating a plurality of child accounts of the aggregator account; periodically initiating, at the blockchain network, a plurality of top-up transactions to transfer tokens from the aggregator account to the plurality of child accounts; and concurrently incrementing the respective token balances for the plurality of users by initiating, at the blockchain network, a plurality of user top-up transactions to transfer tokens from the plurality of child accounts to the user blockchain accounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED
    Inventors: Arun Sabarirajan SHANMUGAM, Dinusha WEERASEKARA, Ranjith KANDACHERI, Siakchuah TAN
  • Publication number: 20220114583
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a blockchain based service information processing method, a device and a readable storage medium. The method includes: a supervision node sending a voting request in a blockchain, where the voting request includes service information and a voting option, and the blockchain includes the supervision node and at least one evaluation node; the supervision node generating a block after a preset time according to all voting results verified by a verification node, and uploading the block to the blockchain, where the verification node is elected from the at least one evaluation node; and the supervision node determining, according to all the voting results, whether or not to enter a risk evaluation process. Therefore, it is possible to quickly determine whether to evaluate the risk of a service and the loss caused to a user is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Erbao NIE
  • Publication number: 20220114584
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and techniques are disclosed to define and use bearer token records to transfer a crypto asset from a sending account and where a secret is required to be provided as a proof of possession of the bearer token to complete the transfer to a receiving account. Certified bearer tokens are locked for later transfer to a defined receiving account at generation. Lockable bearer tokens are lockable after generation via a second secret. Bearer token records may be expired to revert the crypto asset to the sending account if not completed using the secret. Bearer token records are implementable on a blockchain. Bearer tokens of small denomination crypto assets are useful for various transactions such a streaming or other online services. A computing device provides a change purse from which to pay using bearer tokens. Various user interfaces and uses are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: JOHN P. CONLEY, STEPHANIE A. SO
  • Publication number: 20220114585
    Abstract: Described are a system, method, and computer program product for secure, remote transaction authentication and settlement. The method includes receiving transaction data associated with a transaction to be completed between a merchant and a customer via a point-of-sale (POS) terminal. The method also includes generating a unique identifier for the transaction and sound data encoding the unique identifier. The method further includes storing the unique identifier in association with the transaction data and communicating the sound data to a merchant communication device to cause the sound wave to be produced at the POS terminal for receipt and decoding by a user communication device. The method further includes receiving, from the user communication device, the unique identifier and user payment authorization data. The method further includes corresponding the user payment authorization data with the transaction data and generating a transaction request to an acquirer processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Sivanarayana Gaddam, Yogesh Lokhande, Rohit Sinha