Patents Issued in November 15, 2022
  • Patent number: 11501263
    Abstract: A collection of individuals will often be grouped together, such as a team or department or an ad hoc grouping, such as to perform a specific task. These collections are often established as distribution lists receiving communications, such as text messages and emails addressed to the distribution list, rather than the individual members of the distribution lists. Often the communication may comprise meeting invitations, which are then provided to the members. However, if a new member is added or an existing members leaves, the calendaring systems may not consider these modifications. By automatically inviting newly added members to an event that were the subject of a communication sent before the new member was added, the new member can be notified of the event and respond accordingly. Similarly, departing members can automatically be removed or have attendance declined for any event previously accepted as a member of the distribution list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Avaya Management L.P.
    Inventors: Tanvi Sharma, Navanath Navaskar, Pragati Dhumal
  • Patent number: 11501264
    Abstract: Meeting and conferencing systems and methods are implemented in a variety of manners. Consistent with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a meeting system is implemented via a computer server which is configured to provide a web-based meeting-group subscription option to potential meeting participants. A meeting scheduling data is received over a web-accessible virtual meeting interface. The meeting scheduling data includes group identification information and meeting time information. In response to the group identification information, participant identification information is retrieved for participants that become associated with a meeting group identified by the group identification information. Chat sessions may be used by the meeting participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: 8x8, Inc.
    Inventor: Ramprakash Narayanaswamy
  • Patent number: 11501265
    Abstract: A method, system, and data structure for creating electronic calendar entries are disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer data structure that includes an email message with an embedded link. The embedded link contains event information corresponding to multiple parameters for an event described in the email message. The embedded link is configured, upon activation, to initiate generation of an electronic calendar entry form with multiple fields. A plurality of the multiple fields contain event information from the embedded link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Glenn Alan Carroll, Carl Phillip Sjogreen, David P. Marmaros, Harish Venkataramani
  • Patent number: 11501266
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for conducting transactions and financial transfers utilizing a mobile device communicatively coupled with a mobile communications network and executing a mobile point-of-sale application. According to some embodiments, the mobile point-of-sale application is adapted to conduct money transfer transactions by communicating transaction information through the mobile communications network to a money transfer provider system that processes the money transfer and communicates receipt information to the mobile point-of-sale application. Additionally, according to some embodiments, an account associated with an agent of the money transfer provider can be used in money transfer transactions conducted by the mobile point-of-sale application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Western Union Company
    Inventors: Rebecca Mann, Sanjay Challani
  • Patent number: 11501267
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing a fast payment is described. A request to execute a payout to a payee account is received, where the request includes information about the payout. At least one payment rail available for the requested payout is determined from a plurality of payment rails based on the included information. Rules associated with each of the at least one payment rail are identified. A fastest payment rail is determined from the at least one payment rail for executing the payout based on the identified rules and the information about the payout. The payout is then executed over the determined fastest payment rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: William Earl Crowley, Michael Ting, David Koch
  • Patent number: 11501268
    Abstract: A transaction processing system for performing one or more steps of a method is disclosed. The system may receive user receipt preferences including rules specifying whether or not a user wants a receipt. The system may also receive (i) a purchase authorization request associated with an attempted purchase and (ii) user device location data. The system may further set a receipt flag corresponding to the receipt status. If the system determines that the transaction is to be authorized, it attaches the receipt flag to the authorization message and transmits the authorization message to the merchant. Alternatively, if the system determines that the transaction is not to be authorized, it attaches the receipt flag to the cancellation message and transmits the cancellation message to the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Paul Myren
  • Patent number: 11501269
    Abstract: An improved blockchain is described herein in which a user burn transaction can be used to increase the probability that another node is selected as a leader. For example, a node can submit a user burn transaction that references a block commit submitted by another node, and may indicate an amount of cryptocurrency being burned in the user burn transaction. The amount of cryptocurrency being burned in the user burn transaction can be summed with the amount of cryptocurrency burned in the block commit referenced by the user burn transaction to determine the probability that the node that submitted the block commit is selected as a leader. While the node that submitted the user burn transaction cannot be selected as a leader, the node that submitted the user burn transaction can share in a portion of the block reward awarded to the node selected as the leader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hiro Systems PBC
    Inventors: Jude Nelson, Aaron Blankstein
  • Patent number: 11501270
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for interdirectory funds transfers is provided. A method includes: receiving data from two or more payment directories, the data comprising information pertaining to a plurality of users, each of which are enrolled with at least one of the two or more peer-to-peer payment directories; and normalizing the received data to create a uniform database for fund transfers. The normalization includes: converting at least a portion of the received data into a uniform file type; categorizing the uniform file type and at least some of the received data, the categorization based on a characteristic of the at least some of the received data and the uniform file type; and providing the categorized uniform file type and the at least some of the received data into categories specific to each peer-to-peer payment directory of the two or more peer-to-peer payment directories in the uniform database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Azita Asefi, Ann M. Kirk
  • Patent number: 11501271
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a mobile device, a deposit request including a first check image for funds to be deposited into a user account, determining a risk level associated with the deposit request, requesting a second check image having a restricted endorsement based on the risk level, receiving the second check image having the restricted endorsement, determining a confidence level based on the restricted endorsement, and transferring the funds to the user account based on the confidence level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Al Hecht
  • Patent number: 11501272
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure enable a transaction to be preauthorized. A system receives a request for preauthorization of a transaction including a transaction amount and a cardholder identifier, identifies a cardholder account based on the cardholder identifier, determines a transaction timeframe and a machine identifier, and accesses the cardholder account to determine whether to process the transaction in accordance with a nonvisual communication program. On condition that the transaction is to be processed in accordance with the nonvisual communication program, the system generates an instruction to identify a capture time, determine whether the capture time satisfies the transaction timeframe, and dispense the transaction amount of cash in accordance with the nonvisual communication program on condition that the capture time satisfies the transaction timeframe. Aspects of the disclosure provide for preauthorizing the transaction in a secure and user-friendly manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Martel Spratt, Rahul Deshpande, Akeda Hosten, Stewart Boling, Epher Mendoza, Adam Axe
  • Patent number: 11501273
    Abstract: A method for processing a transaction includes receiving, at a terminal and from a user, a selection of a service provider; receiving authentication credential requirements associated with the selected service provider that facilitate authentication of the user by the service provider; and communicating, to the service provider account server, authentication credentials associated with the user that satisfy the authentication credential requirements. When the user is authenticated, the method includes receiving, from the service provider account server, information indicative of an amount owed on an account with the service provider that is associated with the user. The method further includes receiving, via currency processing hardware of the terminal, currency; and communicating transaction information to the service provider account server that indicates an amount of currency received by the terminal to thereby reduce the amount owed on the account by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: QUOTEPRO KIOSK, LLC
    Inventors: Marco Andres Freudman, Kyle Evan Blair
  • Patent number: 11501274
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for processing payment transactions that are conducted using a mobile device that includes a contactless element, such as an integrated circuit chip. The invention enables the updating, correction or synchronization of transaction data maintained by an Issuer with that stored on the device. This is accomplished by using a wireless (cellular) network as a data communication channel for data provided by an Issuer to the mobile device, and is particularly advantageous in circumstances in which the contactless element is not presently capable of communication with a device reader or point of sale terminal that uses a near field communications mechanism. Data transferred between the mobile device and Issuer may be encrypted and decrypted to provide additional security and protect the data from being accessed by other users or applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Christian Aabye, Hao Ngo, David William Wilson, Gustavo Mariath Zeiden, Chris Pitchford, Kiushan Pirzadeh
  • Patent number: 11501275
    Abstract: Techniques for configuring a point of sale (POS) system may include using an optical sensing module to read an identifier associated with a POS component and associating the POS component with a zone that is monitored by the optical sensing module, where the zone includes the POS system. In response to optically sensing the identifier, the system may automatically configure the component to function within the POS system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: David Steiner, Charles Kirk, Steven Low, Nancy Yaguda
  • Patent number: 11501276
    Abstract: Performing point of sale transactions are performed by configuring a point of service (POS) environment with a sensor pod including an active sensor and a passive sensor. A first signal is sent from the active sensor of the sensor pod to a user device that is initiating a sale for a service. A converted first signal is received at the active sensor, wherein the converted version of the first signal includes identification information for the user. It can be determined that the active sensor of the sensor pod of the point of service environment has not functioned. A user wake up call is received from the user device at the passive sensor of the sensor pod. Functionality of the active sensor is restored with a POS wake up signal sent from the passive sensor to the active sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Priti Srikrishnan, Kiran Nayak, Mukundan Sundararajan
  • Patent number: 11501277
    Abstract: A computerized method for providing an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) to a user on a display of a mobile device. The method interacts with the user to obtain information about a first payment account and a second payment account. The method aggregates parameters of the first payment account and the second payment account on a unified GUI on the mobile device. The method further monitors transactions of the first payment account and the second payment account. When a particular transaction conducted by the first payment account includes parameters associated with the second payment, the method identifies that particular transaction and presents a confirmation GUI screen to the user to confirm using the second payment account instead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Prithviraj Choudhury, Anup Tripathi, Shipra Jha, Claudia Wyatt
  • Patent number: 11501278
    Abstract: Systems and methods for conducting sales transactions are provided. Embodiments include portable, electronic, point of purchase devices configured to acquire identification information from articles to be purchased, to determine a purchase price, and to acquire payment information for the purchase price. The point of purchase devices may include one or more input devices such as a communication device, a camera, a scanner, and a sensor system for acquiring identification information and/or the payment information. The point of purchase devices also may contain an electronic display, communication interfaces (such as a near field communication interface, a local area network interface, Bluetooth® configurations, etc.) for transmitting and/or receiving information to/from connectable devices such as a mobile phone, BLE beacon and/or an external server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KoamTad, Inc.
    Inventor: Hanjin Lee
  • Patent number: 11501279
    Abstract: An appointment and payment handling system may operate to handle payments for appointments based on user locations at times associated with appointments. The appointment and payment handling system may determine if a location of a customer device associated with a customer associated with an appointment matches a location associated with the appointment. If the locations match, the appointment and payment handling system may create a payment record for a payment to the merchant from the customer based on the determination that the customer location matches the location associated with the appointment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Lauren A. Myrick, Evan Ginsburg, Willem Ave
  • Patent number: 11501280
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method and system for joint payment. During operation, a joint-payment server receives a joint-payment request comprising an identifier of a user initiating a joint payment and an identifier of a user to-be-included in the joint payment; determines, based the identifiers of the user initiating the joint payment and the to-be-included user, whether a binding relationship has been established between the user initiating the joint payment and the to-be-included user; in response to determining that the binding relationship has been established, generates graphic codes respectively corresponding to the user initiating the joint payment and the to-be-included user; and sends the graphic codes to a terminal device associated with the user initiating the joint payment, thereby facilitating the terminal device to display the graphic codes to complete the joint payment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xianghong Wang
  • Patent number: 11501281
    Abstract: Techniques described herein are directed to, among other things, wireless payment readers configured to transition between multiple different power states. In some instances, these power states include one or more relatively low-power states such that an overall battery life of the wireless payment readers are lengthened. Further, in some instances, a point-of-sale (POS) application operating on a POS device that wirelessly couples to an example wireless payment reader may cause the wireless payment reader to transition from one state to another, such as from a first, lower-power state to a second, higher-power state in response to the POS application determining that a payment is to be processed using the wireless payment reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Maibach, Abhishek Das, Yujia Zhang, Alice Wang, Eldon Rivers, Hayford Peprah, Edward Tan, Stefan Filipek, Oscar Reparaz
  • Patent number: 11501282
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the application disclose a method and apparatus for paying a fare. When a user takes a public transit means, the user terminal establishes an NFC connection with the fare-collecting device of the public transit means, the user terminal transmits the encrypted account ID of the user to the fare-collecting device, and the fare-collecting device may request a server to deduct the fare from the account of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Zhang, Jun Wu, Jiankang Sun
  • Patent number: 11501283
    Abstract: A contactless card useful for adjusting the operation, configuration, and/or performance of a secondary device is described. The contactless card is equipped with a communication interface which allows the contactless card to transmit information to the secondary device using NFC signals. The contactless card stores accommodation information related to a physical accommodation desired by the user and transmits that information in the form of an accommodation message to the secondary device after being placed in a NFC field generated by the secondary device. In some embodiments, the contactless card requests an authentication certificate in order to determine a degree of trust prior to sending an accommodation message. In some embodiments, the contactless card may adjust what accommodation information is included in the accommodation message based on the authentication certificate received from the secondary device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Rule, Kevin Osborn
  • Patent number: 11501284
    Abstract: The disclosure includes compounds of Formula (I) wherein Q1, Q2, Q3, W, X, Y, Z1, m, n, Warhead, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5, are defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for treating a neoplastic disease, autoimmune disease, and inflammatory disorder with these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Newave Pharmaceutical Inc.
    Inventor: Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 11501285
    Abstract: A method is provided for managing an activation process of a secure element of a mobile station. The method includes detecting access by a computing device to an online service for managing an activation process of a secure element of a mobile station, receiving information confirming that a user of the computing device has permission to access the mobile station to confirm that the user of the computing device has permission to access the mobile station, triggering instantiation of a wallet application on the mobile station, the wallet application configured to access the secure element, triggering the wallet application to initiate activation and programming of the secure element, receiving a confirmation that activation and programming of the secure element are complete, and providing, to at least one of the computing device and the mobile station, a visual output representing that activation and programming of the secure element are complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc
    Inventors: Paul Sharad Tuscano, Saloni Pokharna-Jain
  • Patent number: 11501286
    Abstract: A computing device for risk-based analysis of a payment card transaction is provided herein. The computing device includes a processor communicatively coupled to a memory. The computing device is programmed to receive a request for authentication of the payment card transaction. The payment card transaction includes a suspect consumer presenting a payment card from a digital wallet of a privileged cardholder. The computing device is also programmed to identify fraud feature data from the digital wallet. The computing device is further programmed to compute a fraud score for the payment card transaction based at least in part on the fraud feature data. The computing device is still further programmed to provide the fraud score for use during authentication of the suspect consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christian P. Tomasofsky, Steve E. Hubbard, Luis Filipe Ferreira da Silva
  • Patent number: 11501287
    Abstract: A method for registering and activating accounts includes: transmitting a first input from a user regarding opening an account at a financial institution; establishing a communication session based on exchanging encryption keys between the user device and the financial computing system; displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a request for a user verification; transmitting a received user verification to the financial computing system; updating the GUI to display a request to establish a personal identification number (PIN) for a physical payment card associated with the account; receiving the PIN from the user; transmitting a second input comprising the PIN and a request to provision the account to the user device; receiving a payment token associated with the account before the physical payment card associated with the account of the financial computing system is received by the user; and, storing the payment token for transactions via the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Jenny Y. Tao, Katherine M. Yee
  • Patent number: 11501288
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to issuing tokens for identifiers associated with a resource provider account specific to the resource provider issuing the account. A resource provider processor system interfaces with a resource provider computer to validate account eligibility upon receiving a token request message. If the account is eligible for token generation, the resource provider processor system generates a universal identifier corresponding to the identifier associated with the resource provider account and returns the universal identifier to the token requestor. The token requestor may send a token request message to a token issuer for obtaining a token using the universal identifier. Accordingly, the universal account identifier can be used to provision a token into a digital wallet. Transactions using the token may be processed with the resource provider processor system acting as an account issuer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Mary Taylor, Laura A. Long, Michael Mori, Rajat Das
  • Patent number: 11501289
    Abstract: A computer implemented system and method is disclosed for providing a secure payment transaction between a customer and a merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Vijin Venugopalan, Manu Dharmaiah Kallugudde, Saket Bhardwaj
  • Patent number: 11501290
    Abstract: Digital currency transfer is facilitated by a process that includes receiving an indication of a type and amount of digital currency to be transferred to a recipient as part of a digital currency transfer, and a specified public key of the recipient. The public key identifies a digital permanent wallet of the recipient's account. The process creates and stores a digital temporary wallet to temporarily hold the digital currency. This creates a transaction key uniquely identifying the digital currency transfer, and associates with the digital temporary wallet the transaction key and the public key. The process transfers the digital currency from the digital permanent wallet of the sender to the digital temporary wallet, and sends temporary wallet information of the digital temporary wallet, including the transaction key, for embodiment in a physical wallet to hold the digital currency and to be printed and transferred to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Vishruth Harish
  • Patent number: 11501291
    Abstract: A hardware security module (HSM) generates a client key for an account holder of a cryptoasset custodial system. The HSM encrypts the client key to generate an encrypted client key using a hardware-based cryptographic key within a secure storage device. The encrypted client key is transmitted to client devices. The HSM deletes the encrypted client key from the secure storage device. Each client device stores the encrypted client key in an offline secure enclave. A request to authorize a cryptoasset transaction is received. The HSM determines that signed messages endorsing the cryptoasset transaction have been received from at least some client devices in satisfaction of a quorum. The encrypted client key is received from at least one client device. The HSM decrypts the encrypted client key. The HSM signs an approval message for the cryptoasset transaction using a cryptoasset key based at least in part on the client key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Anchor Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan P. McCauley, Diogo Monica, Boaz Avital, Riyaz D. Faizullabhoy
  • Patent number: 11501292
    Abstract: A method of authenticating a user on behalf of a third party provider by an identity provider computing system is disclosed. The method includes receiving a user token and user device information from the third party provider; identifying the user based on the user token; identifying related user activity based on the user device information; and authenticating the user based on the related user activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Brian M. Pearce
  • Patent number: 11501293
    Abstract: A system and methods for leveraging a community of users to collaboratively identify bank or investment account transaction descriptions by providing common, more recognizable description, category and location information used most often by the community. A database may be maintained that is accessible by the customer/user community to view, update and provide understandable descriptions for such cryptic descriptions. The database may be searchable such that a customer/user may search a description to determine or update the source of the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Jeffrey Walton Easley
  • Patent number: 11501294
    Abstract: A method for providing graphic code information is implementable by a device comprising a first module, a second module, and an interface module. The method comprises: the second module verifying through the interface module whether the first module is a trusted module; the second module receiving target user information through the interface module and verifying whether the target user information is in a logged-in state on the second module, wherein the target user information is pre-associated with the interface module; and after verifying that the first module is a trusted module and the target user information is in the logged-in state on the second module, the second module generating graphic code information and transmitting the graphic code information to the first module through the interface module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JiaJia Li, Xiaokai Zhou
  • Patent number: 11501295
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an object distribution processing method, device, and system. The object distribution processing method includes: receiving, by an object distribution server, content of an object distribution transaction from a blockchain node, where the content of an object distribution transaction includes a transaction hash specific to the object information to be distributed; after the object distribution server reaches a distribution start time, receiving object distribution requests from a plurality of clients; determining a corresponding award winner from a plurality of object distribution requests; and sending an object distribution message with the hash value to the award winner. With this method, the tamper-resistant characteristic of transaction content in a blockchain is used, and a proof for a transaction hash value specific to initial object information is provided for a user, thereby improving fairness of an object distribution service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guojun Ye
  • Patent number: 11501296
    Abstract: After sending a request to a payment module, via a first communication capability (e.g., BLE), to initiate a transaction with a payment accepting unit associated with the payment module, a mobile device with one or more processors, memory, one or output devices, and two or more communication capabilities obtains a notification from the payment module via the first communication capability. The notification indicates an event at the payment accepting unit associated with the payment module. In response to obtaining the notification, mobile device provides a representation of the notification to a user of the mobile device via the one or more output devices of the mobile device. For example, a message is displayed on a display of the mobile device, a vibration alert is produced by a vibration mechanism of the mobile device, an aural alert is produced by a speaker of the mobile device, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: PAYRANGE INC.
    Inventor: Paresh K. Patel
  • Patent number: 11501297
    Abstract: A blockchain agnostic token network is described. In an example, a request to purchase a non-fungible token (NFT) minted on a blockchain from a seller is received. Based at least in part on context data associated with at least one of the user, the seller, or a digital asset associated with the NFT, a plurality of available blockchains is determined for holding the NFT. Information associated with the plurality of blockchains is surfaced and one of the plurality of blockchains is determined for holding the NFT. Based at least in part on the determined blockchain, the NFT is transferred to the determined blockchain and associated with a user account for subsequent viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Tai, Madeeha Ghori, Daniel Barrett
  • Patent number: 11501298
    Abstract: This invention relates to systems and methods for authenticating transactions using a mobile device based primarily on the introduction of a layer of middleware and wherein the Payment Networks, Merchants, Issuing Banks, Credit Reporting Bureaus, Insurance Companies, Healthcare Providers may customize the implementation of the services based on individual strategy and consumer preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: STRIPE, INC.
    Inventor: Steven V. Bacastow
  • Patent number: 11501299
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for selling a commodity, a vending machine and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring an image of eyes of a user, determining based on the image of eyes a gaze point of the user within a commodity displaying plane matching a vending machine; determining, based on position coordinates of at least two commodities in the commodity displaying plane and the gaze point, an expected commodity corresponding to the user; providing commodity indication information of the expected commodity to the user; and in response to detecting purchase confirmation information fed back by the user for the commodity indication information, guiding the user to use at least one biological characteristic to finish payment for the expected commodity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: Lei Cui
  • Patent number: 11501300
    Abstract: A computing system may be configured to determine payment details for funds transfers from unstructured sets of data. The system may maintain historical transaction information associated with each of a plurality of users. The system may receive data associated with a transaction. The system may identify a user associated with the data, wherein the user is one of the plurality of users. The system may determine, based on contextual information of the data and the historical transaction information associated with the user, payment details about the transaction. The payment details may include a payment amount and one or more recipients. The system may execute a funds transfer for the payment amount from a source account associated with the user to one or more destination accounts associated with the one or more recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Gerardo Costilla, Marria Wairnola Rhodriquez
  • Patent number: 11501301
    Abstract: Image analysis is performed on a user at a transaction terminal. Based on behaviors, expressions, and activities of the user, fraud or potential fraud is flagged. When fraud is flagged, the transaction terminal stops processing an active transaction on behalf of the user and alerts are sent. When potential fraud is flagged, images/video associated with the active transaction are sent for review and the active transaction may be suspended or permitted to proceed at the transaction terminal. In an embodiment, a same user conducting multiple transactions with different accounts at a same transaction terminal or multiple different transaction terminals within a configured period of time is automatically identified as fraud based on a fraud rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Jodessiah Sumpter, Matthew Robert Burris
  • Patent number: 11501302
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for configuring a risk assessment engine to predict a risk of a user based on a topic classification across a set of unknown topics generated by a topic model. A risk determination system obtains a plurality of transactions previously conducted by a user. The risk determination system generates a risk document comprising a sequence of words that describe the plurality of transactions. A topic model is used to determine a topic classification for the user based on the sequence of words. The topic model comprises a natural language processor configured to classify the risk document to one or more topics based on the words within the risk document. The risk determination system configures the risk assessment engine to accept the topic classification as input value(s) for predicting a risk associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomer Handelman
  • Patent number: 11501303
    Abstract: A fraud detection platform may receive transaction data relating to a transaction conducted by a user with a transaction card. The fraud detection platform may receive, from a biometric sensor of the transaction card, biometric data relating to one or more biometric characteristics of the user during the transaction. The fraud detection platform may receive, from an accelerometer of the transaction card, card movement data relating to a measure of shaking of the transaction card by the user during the transaction. The fraud detection platform may process the transaction data, the biometric data, and the card movement data, with a fraud detection model, to determine a fraud score associated with the transaction. The fraud detection platform may perform one or more actions based on the fraud score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Molly Johnson, Adam Vukich, James Zarakas
  • Patent number: 11501304
    Abstract: A transaction classification system obtains a data set including first data associated with a first characteristic and second data associated with a second characteristic. In response to obtaining the data set, the system uses a classification model to generate a classification by classifying the first data into majority data and the second data into minority data. From the classification and using the classification model, the system determines a cost. The system modifies the classification model based on this cost to generate an updated classification model. The system uses the updated classification model to re-classify a subset of the first data into the minority data and a subset of the second data into the majority data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SYNCHRONY BANK
    Inventor: Arnold James Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11501306
    Abstract: Systems and methods for issuer-specified domain control on a payment instrument are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for issuer-specified domain controls on a payment instrument may include: (1) receiving, from an issuer of a financial instrument, an identification of a domain control or restriction on a payment token for the financial instrument, the domain control or restriction to be applied by the issuer; (2) requesting generation of the payment token with a pass-through indicator from a token service provider; (3) receiving, from the token service provider, the payment token; and (4) storing an association of the domain control or restriction and the payment token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Craig M. Mullaney, Howard Spector, Scott H. Ouellette, Tuan Dao, David G. Seeney
  • Patent number: 11501307
    Abstract: The disclosure describes techniques to protect personal information stored on an electronic card with which an owner of the electronic card may be authorized to perform a transaction. For example, a point-of-sale (POS) device may receive protected data generated by an electronic card where the protected data may be used by a personal information server to identify the owner of the electronic card. The POS devices sends the protected data and transaction information to an authorization server that sends the protected data to a personal information server. The owner's personal information can be obtained or derived from the protected data by the personal information server and the personal information is sent to the authorization server. The authorization server can determine whether a transaction is authorized or unauthorized based on the transaction information obtained from the POS device and the personal information obtained from the personal information server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Sumita T. Jonak, Pooja Krishnaswamy, Christopher Russell, Gabriel Carlos Fernandez, Joel S. Hartshorn, Thomas Wayne Schwarz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11501308
    Abstract: A method for facilitating data security for transaction data includes receiving, by a first transaction processing server, a transaction message for a transaction. The transaction message includes a plurality of data elements indicative of the transaction data of the transaction. The first transaction processing server identifies a set of data elements of the plurality of data elements that is to be in a state of compliance with a set of rules. The first transaction processing server modifies a first data element of the plurality of data elements to include a bitmap mapped to the set of data elements. The first transaction processing server communicates the transaction message having the modified first data element to a second transaction processing server for processing the transaction. The second transaction processing server identifies the set of data elements that is to be in the state of compliance based on the first data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Raju Kumar Gupta, Sagar Rajendra Tadalgi, Sadaf Patel
  • Patent number: 11501309
    Abstract: Processing transaction requests may be considered a computationally expensive operation for a computing system such as an e-commerce platform. An aspect of the present disclosure relates to systems and methods to reduce the number of transaction requests that are received and/or processed by a computing system. This may reduce demand on the computing system's resources and potentially improve the responsiveness of the computing system. In some embodiments, a set of users is selected based on at least one defined condition for a particular transaction request. Origination of the particular transaction request on behalf of users excluded from the set of users is prevented in order to reduce the number of the particular transaction requests that are received and/or processed by a corresponding computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHOPIFY INC.
    Inventor: Christian Mackie
  • Patent number: 11501310
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for authenticating a user commerce account associated with a merchant of a commerce platform are described. The method may include initiating authentication of the user commerce account associated with the merchant of the commerce platform from a commerce platform user interface of a user device, the user commerce account established for a user of the merchant. The method may also include sending an electronic message to a mobile device associated with the user account at the commerce platform, wherein the electronic message comprises an authentication code, and receiving the authentication code from the commerce platform user interface. Furthermore, the method may include generating an authentication key for the mobile device in response to matching the received authentication code with the sent authentication code and receiving a cookie provided from the commerce platform to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: STRIPE, INC.
    Inventors: Brian David Krausz, Jieren Chen, Shreyas Surendra Doshi, Michael Villar
  • Patent number: 11501311
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a payment request that indicates a card identifier corresponding to a payment instrument to be used for payment. The method further includes determining that the card identifiers fails to satisfy at least one card activity criteria. Additionally, method includes subsequent to determining that no failed authorization attempts were performed for the card identifier within a previous time period, retrieving, from a database, a decline probability score associated with the card identifier. The method also includes based on the decline probability score, determining whether to transmit an authorization request for the card identifier prior to processing the payment request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Logasundari Vinayagam, Aniket Vilas Jadhav, Rahul Nimje, Arie Benhamou, Nagavenkatasyamsundar Ambadipudi, Eitan Torf, Gayathri Baskaran, Phanishankar Pandravada
  • Patent number: 11501312
    Abstract: A processor of a computing device may receive, from a contactless card, a uniform resource locator (URL) and a cryptogram. An operating system (OS) executing on the processor may open an application based on the URL. The application may transmit the cryptogram to an authentication server. The application may receive, based on the server verifying the cryptogram, an account number. The application may store the account number in a memory of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Rule, Paul Moreton, Wayne Lutz, Jason Ji
  • Patent number: 11501313
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting CRM data. Users may configure what to display on a custom report and how to arrange and display the content (e.g., size, color, theme), so that they can visualize the CRM data the way they want. A data visualization interface may be used to generate the custom report, and may use HTML to specify the CRM data to be displayed and their location on the custom report according to user configuration. The data visualization interface may use JavaScript for specifying the objects and fields users want to query to obtain the CRM data to fill up the custom report. An API may communicate with the JavaScript in the data visualization interface and then query data and objects in the CRM to get a result set. The API may be a unified API which may work across multiple platforms and query various types of database, e.g., iOS, Windows, and the browser for Salesforce online.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Veeva Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Arno Sosna, Nicholas Chrzan