Patents Issued in May 30, 2023
  • Patent number: 11663545
    Abstract: A system and method provide the ability to control an architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) project workflow. AEC data regarding a quality of construction is obtained. A set of classifiers and machine learning models are obtained. The AEC data is augmented based on the set of classifiers and machine learning models. A risk metric is generated for one or more issues in the AEC data based on the augmented AEC data. The risk metric is interactively generated and presented on a display device. Work, project resourcing, and/or training are prioritized based on the risk metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Shubham Goel, Charis Kaskiris, Patricia Keaney, Anand Rajagopal, Manu Venugopal
  • Patent number: 11663546
    Abstract: Computer tool determines target feedstock for a refinery, process complex, or plant. The tool receives a dataset of market conditions and preprocesses the data based on properties of the plant. Using the preprocessed data and machine learning, the tool trains predictive models. Each predictive model calculates a breakeven value of a candidate feedstock for the given plant under an individual market condition. Different predictive models optimize for different market conditions. A trained predictive model is selected based on a current market condition. The tool applies the selected predictive model and determines whether a candidate feedstock is a target feedstock for the refinery under the current market condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: AspenTech Corporation
    Inventors: Nihar Sahay, Raja Selvakumar, Dimitrios Varvarezos
  • Patent number: 11663547
    Abstract: Evolutionary learning techniques are used to validate and prioritize open source software libraries for subsequently determining the best open source software library for a specified technical project. Data associated with the open source software candidates is collected into a cluster and, at an eligibility layer, a fitness score is determined for each of the open source software candidate. Candidates that are determined to meet a required fitness score threshold are passed to the crossover layer, at which, software and hardware standards rules are applied to the open source software metadata to validate the open source software. Invalid candidates are held in queue and subjected to rework analysis. A mutation layer executes the crossover layer iteratively until a predetermined volume of open source candidates results. A ranking layer provides a prioritized ranking list, based on the fitness score, of those open source software candidates that have validated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Madhusudhanan Krishnamoorthy, Preethi Dhayalan, S. Ushma Kaleshwari, Rani Kuncham, Charulatha Krishnakumar
  • Patent number: 11663548
    Abstract: A defects management system includes a server, a mobile computing device, and a local hub. The server has a database configured to store a plurality of records that respectively correspond to a plurality of products in an inspection line. The mobile computing device is configured to receive user input indicating a location of a defect on a selected product among the plurality of products. The local hub, in communication with the server, is configured to receive the user input from the mobile computing device and update a record among the plurality of records that corresponds to the selected product to include a defect indication in accordance with the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Lin, Cliff Morrison, Peter A. Couto, David W. van Heugten, Josh Reid, James Lean, Jeremy M. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11663549
    Abstract: Provided are methods, including computer-implemented methods, devices, and computer-program products applying systems and methods for facility matching and localization. According to some embodiments of the invention, the location of a pallet at a facility within a supply chain may be determined from location data received from a beacon on the pallet. In some embodiments, the position of the pallet within the facility may also be determined. Thus, the status of pallets may be monitored as they move through the supply chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BXB Digital Pty Limited
    Inventors: Michael Souder, Ryan Daigle, Shankar Jayaraman, Raj Valame
  • Patent number: 11663550
    Abstract: The following relates generally to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and artificial intelligence (AI). In some embodiments, a system: receives sensor data via wireless communication; updates an electronic inventory of goods within a store based upon the received sensor data associated with the item movement or purchase; receives an electronic order of goods from a customer mobile device via wireless communication or data transmission over one or more radio frequency links; determines if the goods in the electronic order received from the customer are still available; generates a LIDAR-based virtual map of the store; determines a location of the goods in the electronic order that are still available; overlays the determined location of the goods onto the LIDAR-based virtual map of the store; and displays an updated LIDAR-based virtual map of the store displaying aisles of the store and the determined location of the goods within the store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Nicholas Carmelo Marotta, Laura Kennedy, JD Johnson Willingham
  • Patent number: 11663551
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking digital assets associated with video games. The digital assets may be in-game digital assets, such as in-game items or characters. The digital assets may be video game digital media assets representing moments of gameplay of a video game, such as video clips or images. The digital asset is created, and a distributed ledger tracking a history of the digital asset is created and stored across devices. A unique token for the digital asset can include a unique identifier and metadata identifying properties of the digital asset. Changes to properties of the digital asset, such as ownership, visual appearance, or metadata, can be identified in a request to update the history. A new block can be generated for, and appended to, the distributed ledger identifying the changes to the history of the digital asset. The new block can include hashes of previous blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Warren Benedetto, Foley Laiyemo
  • Patent number: 11663552
    Abstract: An approach is provided for improving a workflow by using cognitive computing. Inputs about a claim of a claimant are received. The inputs include a history of claims by the claimant, an expected cost of processing the claim, a length of time the claimant has had insurance coverage, governmental requirements associated with the claim, a fraud score associated with the claim, and a ranking and a clustering of previously processed claims. Based on the inputs and using a cognitive computing system, a set of digital workers is selected. The set of digital workers complete step(s) in a current context of a processing of the claim in a workflow. Responsive to completing the step(s), a total number of steps required in the workflow is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Carter, John McEvoy, Sean Callanan, Ava Hakim, Chris Lynam, Al A. Hamid, Thomas Harty, William O'Mahony
  • Patent number: 11663553
    Abstract: An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) supports collaborative tools that allow multiple designers and programmers to remotely submit design input to the same automation system project in parallel while maintaining project consistency. These collaborative features can include, for example, brokering between different sets of design input directed to the same portion of the system project, generating notifications to remote designers when a portion of the system project is modified, sharing of development interfaces or environments, facilitating involvement of outside technical support experts to assist with design issues, and other collaborative features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew R Stump, Anthony Carrara, Eashwer Srinivasan, Christopher W Como, Sharon M Billi-Duran, Matthew R Ericsson, Ryan P Dunn
  • Patent number: 11663554
    Abstract: Advanced infrastructure management. In an embodiment, infrastructure domain(s) are imported. Each domain comprises representations of infrastructure asset type(s), activity type(s) related to the asset type(s), and standards and compliance parameters related to the asset type(s). A plurality of representations of infrastructure assets of the asset type(s) are stored. Each of the representations of infrastructure assets comprises location information representing a geolocation of the asset, and updated location information is continually received for infrastructure asset(s), such that the location information for those infrastructure asset(s) is continually updated. In addition, at least one rating is generated for each of the infrastructure assets based on the standards and compliance parameters, and workplan(s) comprising activity(ies) to be performed on infrastructure asset(s) may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: t4 Spatial, LLC
    Inventors: David Brett Currin, Edmund Bennett Richards, II
  • Patent number: 11663555
    Abstract: Coordination and management of workflows in parallel among a plurality of approval applications executing on machines within an enterprise network by receiving, at a central location, workflows from an initiating application, determining a set of approvals for each respective workflow and respective approval routes, performing an initial distribution of the respective workflows from the central location by propagating the workflows across their respective approval routes to respective members of the set of approval applications, applying at respective approval applications a set of approval rules to the workflow to determine a workflow's approval status as either approved or rejected, returning the workflow's approval status to the initiating application via the central location, and performing one or more follow-up distributions of workflows from the central location until either all approval applications indicate a status of approved or a number of follow-up distributions reaches a pre-defined maximum numbe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ali H. Alabdrabalnabi, Isa M. Almarzoug, Ali A. Alkhwaildi
  • Patent number: 11663556
    Abstract: Techniques for generating an item transmission portal are described herein. First information for a plurality of carriers may be maintained which includes a capacity for each carrier. Historical capacity requirements for geographic locations may be maintained. For each geographic location a forecast of future capacity requirements, for each week of a plurality of weeks, may be generated based on the historical capacity requirements. A plurality of documents may be generated for each geographic location based on the forecast and the first information. A value may be determined for each document based on a time and capacity commitment for each document, the historical capacity requirements, and the forecast. A user interface may be generated that includes the plurality of documents and corresponding determined values. The user interface may be updated to reflect acceptance of a specific document by a carrier in response to input received via the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Manish Jyoti, Karan Kumar, Mahesh Kumar Sharma, Philip Mark Kaminsky, Timothy Lee Jacobs, Steven S. Armato, Sorabh Kumar, Chiranjive Mittal, Brent M. Cervenka, Hrushikesh Gandhi, Wesley Herman, Ruchit Aswin Shah, Agrim Jain, Chetan Mahendru
  • Patent number: 11663557
    Abstract: In some examples, a computer-implemented method of providing a calendar view interface in a client device includes receiving a request for a calendar view interface from the client device, determining a period of time to be presented in the calendar view interface, generating a calendar view interface for the period of time including an indicator for each day of the time period, retrieving snapshot information for the period of time, and generating a snapshot indicator for each day within the time period based on the snapshot information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Rubrik, Inc.
    Inventors: Vinh-Nhan Tran-Kiem, Pranava Adduri, Claudia Yu, Xiao Yu
  • Patent number: 11663558
    Abstract: Computerized systems and methods for facilitating coordination for multiple individuals are provided. Search parameters are received and a plurality of individuals that satisfy the search parameter(s) is determined and provided. A user is able to select multiple individuals at the same time to coordinate from within the plurality of individuals. Once selected, a process for each of the selected individuals is launched. A plurality of scheduling options, based on an activity or event input, is provided. The plurality of scheduling options includes a time for each individual selected to be scheduled/processed. Once a scheduling option is selected, times within the selected scheduling option are locked such that (1) no other user can access the selected times and (2) processes for each of the multiple selected individuals may be completed in the same application without the need for opening separate processes for each process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Provencher, Jean Anderson, Samuel Rajkumar Baskar Rao, Ambar Ray, Manoj Jacob, Kimberly A. Kavchok, Brian O. Thomas, Aditya Prakash Belapurkar, Rose Mary McGroarty
  • Patent number: 11663559
    Abstract: A meeting system facilitates spontaneous social encounter between users with a meeting server. The meeting server obtains calendar data and user preferences associated with each user of a plurality of users. The meeting server also prompts a first user device associated with a first user, and a second user device associated with a second user, for a social encounter based on the calendar data and the user preferences. Responsive to obtaining acceptances from the first user and the second user, the meeting server facilitates the social encounter between the first user and the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Kemper Johnston, David C. White, Jr., Magnus Mortensen
  • Patent number: 11663560
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for providing notification of items for pickup at a location. The apparatus may include at least one memory and a processor(s) configured to automatically send an electronic message to a network device requesting pickup of an item(s) at a location of a user of the apparatus responsive to detecting pressing of a button on an exterior of the apparatus. The processor is also configured to receive an acknowledgement message from the network device denoting (i) confirmation that the network device received the electronic message requesting pickup of the item(s) at the location of the user and (ii) scheduled pickup of the item(s) from the location of the user at an estimated time. The processor is further configured to generate a visible indication regarding the pickup of the item(s) in response to detecting receipt of the acknowledgement message. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Asheesh Goja
  • Patent number: 11663561
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to one or more of the processors. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media include instructions operable when executed by one or more of the processors to cause the system to perform operations including receiving service-facility data associated with a service facility that includes one or more service regions for servicing autonomous vehicles. Each of the one or more service regions is configured to charge an autonomous vehicle. The service facility data includes location information indicating a location of each of the one or more service regions; and availability information indicating an availability of each of the one or more service regions. The operations also include receiving vehicle data associated with a number of autonomous vehicles. The vehicle data includes a charge level of a respective autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander Thomas Starns
  • Patent number: 11663562
    Abstract: There is provided a configuration at least including a screen control part configured to display on a display part a maintenance component management screen displaying a component, a mechanism, or both, as a maintenance component, a collection part configured to collect component data related to the maintenance component, a determination part configured to compare a cumulative value of the component data with a predetermined threshold value to determine the cumulative value exceeding the threshold value, a calculation part configured to calculate a replacement time, and an operation part configured to calculate replacement times based on an average value of the component data and a cumulative value of the component data for each predetermined cycle, display the maintenance component sequentially from the maintenance component reaching the earliest replacement time, and display the maintenance component on the display part in a state where the component data is updated for the predetermined cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Fukuda, Risa Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 11663563
    Abstract: Systems and computer-implemented methods of providing interoperability between incompatible payment systems may be provided. For example, a server may receive encoded data from a wallet server of the first closed loop payment system, the encoded data using an encoding scheme and being based on a digital encoding of a recipient. The server may identify a receiving institution of the second closed loop payment system based on the encoding scheme. The server may transmit the encoded data to the receiving institution and receive a response from the receiving institution. The response may include a recipient identifier and a recipient attribute. The server may mediate the payment from the sender closed loop account to the recipient closed loop account based on the receiving institution, the recipient identifier and the recipient attribute. For example, the server may perform clearing-and-settlement or switching-and-routing to mediate the payment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Manoneet Kohli
  • Patent number: 11663564
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for transactions with a private digital currency. The private e-currency may be backed by a financial institution, managed using a blockchain, and only available for transactions with members of a network associated with the financial institution. The members may include mobile wallets, merchants and ATM's. A mobile wallet may register with the network and receive an amount of the private e-currency from the financial institution. The mobile wallet may establish a connection with a payment recipient such as another wallet, an ATM or a merchant, and receive a payee address. The mobile wallet may send a transaction request to the blockchain for payment to the payee address of a payment amount of the private e-currency, so that the payment recipient can, using a blockchain, confirm or deny the transaction request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Joon Maeng
  • Patent number: 11663565
    Abstract: In some examples, a system generates an identifier for association with a user financial account. The identifier may have a syntax including a currency indicator and a string including one or more characters concatenated together such that the currency indicator appears immediately before the string. The system generates a user-defined identifier and maps, in a database, the user-defined identifier to the user financial account. The system receives a message indicating an intent to transfer funds from a sending user to a receiving user. The message may include the user-defined identifier in lieu of account information of the user financial account, to identify the user as the receiving user. The system parses the message to identify the user-defined identifier and accesses the account information of the user financial account using the identifier. The system initiates a transfer of funds from the sending user account to the user financial account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Grassadonia, Jesse Wilson, Ayokunle Omojola, Robert Andersen
  • Patent number: 11663566
    Abstract: A system and method for receiving and executing emoji based commands is disclosed. The system and method may include processes such as identifying emojis in a message, determining one or more action based on the emoji, and completing the determined actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Poornima Venkatakrishnan, Megan Marie O'Neill
  • Patent number: 11663567
    Abstract: The current disclosure may include a mobile robot having an ambulatory system capable of moving the robot at speeds of at least two miles per hour, a machine vision system, a communication system including a speaker that produces human-audible sounds and also configured to conduct wireless communication using a wireless communications link. Such communication may be conducted with a remote server. The robot may include a banking card receiving slot for receiving a banking card and a keypad for receiving a PIN. Some embodiments may include a document scanning and processing system in electronic communication with the communication system. In addition, the robot may use the document scanning and processing system to receive documents from the customer, scan and process the documents from the customer, and transmit information derived from the processing, to the remote server. Such information may serve to facilitate an interaction between the customer and an ATM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventor: Saurabh Gupta
  • Patent number: 11663568
    Abstract: In embodiments, methods and systems for implementing payment interface services using a payment platform are provided. Multiple payments types are integrated into the payment platform to support customer payments for merchants. The payment platform identifies payment types that are relevant to a customer based on receiving an indication to personalize payment types for the customer, and on customer data resources that are accessed. One or more relevant payment types are determined based on the information of the customer. The payment types for the customer are determined from a plurality of payment types supported via the payment platform that supports customer payment type personalization. A payment type from the one or more payment types relevant to the customer is automatically chosen or explicitly chosen by the customer, such that a corresponding payment type provider authenticates the customer in order to complete the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: STRIPE, INC.
    Inventors: Christian Anderson, Stanislas Polu
  • Patent number: 11663569
    Abstract: A digital downloading jukebox system including a central server and a plurality of remote jukebox devices each provided with a local server that preferably mirrors the central server and enables selected songs to be immediately downloaded to the jukebox for reproduction. The local server and jukebox may also provide, through control of the central server, song download services to other jukebox devices, such as residential jukeboxes. The jukebox system may also act as a monitoring/management device for other coin operated equipment present in a location where the jukebox is located, thereby enabling the jukebox device to perform updates on other equipment under control of the central server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TOUCHTUNES MUSIC COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Guy Nathan, Tony Mastronardi, Dominique Dion, Mounir Khenfir
  • Patent number: 11663570
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an enhanced user interface. For instance, a system may present a user interface indicating a first layout of a physical establishment and receive a first input indicating an object is located at a first geographic location within the physical establishment. The system may receive a recommended location corresponding to a second geographic location within the physical establishment and present the indication of the recommended location for the object on the user interface indicating the first layout. The system may receive image data associated with the physical establishment and determine based at least in part on analyzing the image data that the object is located at the second geographic location within the physical establishment. The system may further display a second layout of the physical establishment, where the second layout includes an indication of the object at the second geographic location within the physical establishment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Bell, Brian Partridge, Ghassan Abu-Ghaida, Amar Dhingra, Alfred Bautista, Kevin Yien
  • Patent number: 11663571
    Abstract: A computer system includes an inventory management server, a plurality of point-of-sale (POS) terminals communicating with the inventory management server over a first network, a face recognition computer having a camera communicating with the inventory management server over the first network, and a portable terminal communicating wirelessly with the inventory management server over a second network. The inventory management server is configured to generates alerts that are displayed on the portable terminal based on first data from the POS terminals and second data from the face recognition computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kentaro Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11663572
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method and a hardware and software system for collecting data from retail point of sale. The hardware connects to a wide variety of barcode scanners and receipt printers. Collected data is transmitted to a cloud-based infrastructure backend system using a wireless internet connection built into the hardware. The collected data can be processed to extract item-level transaction information, and estimate the price and in-stock status of items in particular shops. A search engine can be provided using this data, which allows a customer to discover which nearby shop has an item of interest in stock. A targeted advertising system that complements this search service is also presented. The data can be used by retailers and manufacturers for business analysis and optimization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Mark Cummins, Ian Cummins
  • Patent number: 11663573
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reader device registration, activation, and use are described. The method may include receiving, by a commerce platform, a registration request generated by a reader device, wherein the registration request comprises at least identification data for the reader device. The method may also include transmitting, to the reader device, a registration code. The method may also include receiving, by the commerce platform from a merchant system, a second registration code purported to be the registration code transmitted to the reader device. The method may also include generating an encryption key associated with the reader device and transmitting the encryption key to the merchant system, wherein the encryption key is provided by merchant system to the reader device for use by the reader device when communicating with the commerce platform during merchant transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: STRIPE, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Wall, Devesh Senapati, Nate Barnett
  • Patent number: 11663574
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for verifying and tracking identification information. In an embodiment of the invention, a system for delivering security solutions is provided that includes at least one of the following: a radio frequency (RF) identification device, an identification mechanism (e.g., a card, sticker), and an RF reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NEOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Francisco Martinez de Velasco Cortina, Manfred Rietzler
  • Patent number: 11663575
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for time sensitive geo-location data for push notifications after shared transaction processing. A user may utilize a communication device to perform electronic transaction processing for a group of users at a location. The device may be geo-location enabled so that a service provider may detect a location of the device. Based on the geo-location of the user at the time of processing and other nearby geo-location enabled device, the service provider may determine other users that share in the transaction and are associated with the user using messaging connections and shared data transmissions. The service provider may determine the transaction that the user processed. The service provider may request that the other users provide the required reimbursement to the user that processed the transaction data. The other users' devices may receive a push notification and data to perform transaction processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon Alexander Tineo, Lorenz Lee Breu
  • Patent number: 11663576
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, in a transaction processing server, of initiating a transaction, is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving, from a server associated with a merchant, an indication of a pending transaction between the merchant and a consumer; receiving, from a missed call processing server, an indication of a missed call made by the consumer, the indication of the missed call made by the consumer comprising an indication of a telephone number associated with the consumer; identifying the missed call made by the consumer with the pending transaction between the merchant and the consumer; looking up, in a consumer account database, an account associated with the consumer using the telephone number associated with the consumer; and generating a transaction authorization request for a transaction between the account associated with the consumer and an account associated with the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Santosh Sitaram Potadar, Pravin Parekh
  • Patent number: 11663577
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of network technologies, including a resource transfer method and apparatus and a storage medium. The method includes: storing a graphic code in the specified application client, the graphic code being sent by a specified server when a network is already connected, the graphic code including a user identifier used by the specified application client to log in to the specified server, and the graphic code being obtained by the specified server from a third-party server accessed by an interface of the specified server, and presenting a stored graphic code when detecting a graphic code calling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Li Qiang Wang, Zhen Yu Xu, Zhi Ping Su, Qi Cui, Dai Hua Wang, Nan Cui, Ru Jun Zhou
  • Patent number: 11663578
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for a user to use a trusted device to provide sensitive information to an identity provider via QR (Quick Response) code for the identity provider to broker a website login or to collect information for the website. A user may securely transact with the website from unsecured devices by entering sensitive information into the trusted device. The identity provider may generate the QR code for display by the website on an unsecured device. A user running an application from the identity provider on the trusted device may scan the QR code to transmit the QR code to the identity provider. The identity provider may validate the QR code and may receive credential information to authenticate the user or may collect information for the website. Advantageously, the user may perform a safe login to the website from untrusted devices using the trusted device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel B. DeSoto, Mark Andrew Peskin
  • Patent number: 11663579
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a first liner, a second liner, one or more fastening components, and one or more prongs. The one or more fastening components couples the first liner to the second liner, defining an opening between. The one or more prongs are positionable between a closed position within the opening and an open position exterior to the opening. The one or more prongs include a payment prong. The payment prong includes a body free, a payment chip receptacle, and a payment chip. The body is free from any personal identification information. The payment chip receptacle is attached to the body. The payment chip is positioned in the payment chip receptacle. The payment chip is removable therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira, Joshua Edwards, Michael Mossoba
  • Patent number: 11663580
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, location-based activation of card identifiers may be facilitated. In some embodiments, an electrophoretic display card may store a set of location-specific card identifiers, where each card identifier of the set is associated with (i) an account of a user and (ii) creation location information indicating a device location of the user at a creation time of the card identifier. In response to being powered by a user device, the card may initiate wireless communication with the user device. The card may determine a device location of the user device, select a card identifier from the set of card identifiers that matches the device location, and switch a state of the card identifier to an active state to enable transaction processing for the card identifier. In some embodiments, the card may cause the active card identifier to be presented on an electrophoretic display of the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Varun Gupta, Amanda Sneider, Allison Fenichel
  • Patent number: 11663581
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for enhancing authorization of prepaid payment cards is provided. The method is implemented using an interchange network and an authorization computing device in communication with a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kyle Williams, David J. Senci, Michelle L. Hafner
  • Patent number: 11663582
    Abstract: A payment intermediary vaults credit card data of a consumer for regular, simplified payments to one or more merchants. Consumer authorizes intermediary to charge the credit card so that intermediary can, in turn, pay a selected merchant. Intermediary tracks the interchange fees incurred on the first card transaction (between consumer and intermediary) and then automatically selects a payment card account with a higher interchange rate than that incurred on the first card transaction to pay merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: VPay, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert M. Allen
  • Patent number: 11663583
    Abstract: A method for controlling a near field communication between a device and a transaction card is disclosed. The method includes the steps of capturing, by a front-facing camera of the device, a series of images of the transaction card and processing each image of the series of images to identify a darkness level associated with a distance of the transaction card from the front of the device. The method includes comparing each identified darkness level to a predetermined darkness level associated with a preferred distance for a near field communication read operation and automatically triggering a near field communication read operation between the device and the transaction card for the communication of a cryptogram from an applet of the transaction card to the device in response to the identified darkness level corresponding to the predetermined darkness level associated with the preferred distance for the near field communication read operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Colin Hart, Jose Vazquez, Jason Ji
  • Patent number: 11663584
    Abstract: A system to indicate to a user to enter a personal identification number (PIN) on a commercial off the shelf (COTS) device, the system comprising: a secure card reader communicatively coupled to the COTS device, and wherein the secure card reader receives a payment card; a payment application installed on the COTS device; and one or more devices other than the COTS device. The payment application installed on the COTS device transmits one or more prompts to the one or more devices other than the COTS device based on a set of signals received from the secure card reader. The secure card reader transmits the set of signals after the payment card is received at the secure card reader, and the one or more prompts comprise at least one indication to the user to enter the PIN on a display of the COTS device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: STRIPE, INC.
    Inventors: Hwai Sian Tsai, Chi Wah Lo
  • Patent number: 11663585
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include methods, systems, and computer-readable media configured to provide wearable devices storing tokens associated with digital versions of physical documents/cards. The wearable devices may further transfer tokens securely to interested parties without Bluetooth® or other network connectivity beyond NFC radio. In some embodiments, a token vault operator system may receive a request to establish a token vault account for a user, authenticate an identity of the user based at least on the received request, and generating a token vault ID associated with the user. The token vault operator system may further configure access to data sets generated for and associated with the token vault ID, generate tokens associated with the token vault ID, each token corresponding to one of the one or more data sets, and provide the generated plurality of tokens associated with the token vault ID to at least one user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Douglas, Paul Moreton
  • Patent number: 11663586
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus for combining electronic payment and rewards redemption at retail points of sale are disclosed. A point of sale (POS) system may be configured to facilitate contactless payments while securing customer payment data. When a customer with a payment application installed on a mobile device initiates a transaction, the application obtains reference data associated with a customer account from an account services server of the POS. The reference data is then passed from the application of the mobile device to a POS terminal, such as by near field communication. Upon receiving the token, the POS terminal obtains customer payment data from the account services server and rewards program data for the customer from a rewards program server. Available rewards may be automatically applied prior to processing payment using the payment data to complete the contactless payment transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Christopher John Swiderski, Sergio Garcia, Shalini Kondreddy, Gregory John Damler, Satya Chandra Mouli Kota, Marcus Osacky, George Findling
  • Patent number: 11663587
    Abstract: Systems and methods may generally include sending an executable application, which when executed, automatically causes a monetary transfer. An example method may include performing, at a first user device, a handshake with a second user device, receiving, during the handshake, an operating capability of the second user device, and configuring, based on the operating capability of the second user device, an executable application, which when executed, automatically causes a monetary transfer to occur. The configured executable application may be sent to the second user device for execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Chris Theodore Kalaboukis, Joon Maeng, Ramanathan Ramanathan, Abhijit Rao, Abhijit Shetti
  • Patent number: 11663588
    Abstract: Technologies for managing payment authorization request messaging for payment transactions include a transaction management controller. The transaction management controller receives a transaction amount for a payment transaction from a business management engine and a payment transaction type from a point of interaction device. The transaction management controller initializes a transaction processing module that corresponds to the received payment transaction type. The transaction processing module defines payment processing parameters for processing payment transactions of the payment transaction type. The transaction management controller receives payment card data for the payment transaction from the point of interaction device. The transaction management controller inserts the transaction amount and the payment card data into a payment authorization request message, which is transmitted to a payment network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Worldpay, LLC
    Inventor: Francois B. Bergeon
  • Patent number: 11663589
    Abstract: A method for the interception-proof transmission of at least one cryptographic parameter from a user to an encrypted offline storage medium, comprising steps of: cloaking an upward portion of a substrate with an upper plate, characterized in that said upper plate comprises a multitude of indicia, wherein each indicium has a corresponding manipulation indicator; sequentially positioning a manipulation apparatus over one or more of the manipulation indicators; mechanically manipulating the substrate, after each sequential positioning of the manipulation apparatus, using said manipulation apparatus, characterized in that the manipulation indicator of the desired indicium overlaps with one mechanical manipulation unit of the substrate; and deconstructing said substrate in two or more complementary units, characterized in that said complementary units each comprises at least one mechanical manipulation unit administered by the manipulation apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NGRAVE NV
    Inventors: Edouard Vanham, Ruben Merre, Xavier Hendrickx, Jeroen Meybosch
  • Patent number: 11663590
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for enabling a package of assertions to be provided to a relying entity seeking to interact with an account. A server computer may receive, from a relying entity, a request for assertions, wherein the request for assertions includes an identifier of the relying entity and a hash of an identifier of an account. The server computer may determine an assertions model based on the identifier of the relying entity. The server computer may retrieve a package of assertions associated with the account based on the assertions model and the hash of the identifier of the account. The server computer may transmit the package of assertions to the relying entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Michael Steven Bankston, Erik Christopher Friend, Jerry Wald
  • Patent number: 11663591
    Abstract: A request for payment message is received. The message includes transaction data. A transaction identifier is generated. The transaction data is stored in association with the transaction identifier. The transaction identifier is transmitted to an acquirer bank. A request to retrieve data is received from a payer's bank. The request to retrieve data includes the transaction identifier. At least some of the transaction data is transmitted to the payer's bank. A confirmation is received from the payer's bank. The confirmation indicates that a real-time payment has been made in accordance with the request for payment message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Irina Singh, Shanthan Subramaniam, Sandeep Malhotra
  • Patent number: 11663592
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that verifies user access to accounts. One example method involves: receiving a request to access a feature of a first account; obtaining, from a data repository, one or more transactions of a first account; obtaining, from the data repository, one or more transactions of a second account; matching at least one of the one or more transactions of the first account to at least one of the one or more transactions from the second account; generating a first verification of ownership of the first account by a user based on the matching at least one of the one or more transactions of the first account to the at least one of the one or more transactions from the second account; and enabling the user to access the feature of the first account based on the first verification of ownership.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: INTUTI, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew B. Firstenberger
  • Patent number: 11663593
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising receiving a transaction request from a first node within the plurality of nodes, the transaction request corresponding to a pending transaction between the first node and a second node; identifying a distributed ledger associated with the pending transaction, the distributed ledger including a first record having a hierarchy file indicating a hierarchy among the first node, the second node, and the third node; identifying a second record having an executable file to approve the transaction request received from the first node; executing the executable file, wherein the executable file is configured to retrieve data from a data source associated with the third node and analyze data to approve or deny the transaction request; and appending a third record comprising the set of transaction attributes to the distributed ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CITIBANK, N.A.
    Inventor: Ryan Marsh
  • Patent number: 11663594
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an account integration system include establishing, by a service provider device, a first session with a service provider account associated with a user. After determining that a second session between a user device and the third party account of the user is active, a first validation is caused to access third party account information associated with the second session. The third party account information and the service provider account information are concurrently displayed by a display interface of the service provider device. A transaction request for a transaction associated with the service provider account and the third party account of the user is received. Information is sent to cause a second validation of the transaction request by a provider of the third party account. In response to the second validation of the transaction request, the requested transaction is processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Srivathsan Narasimhan, Cheng Tian