Including Point Of Sale Terminal Or Electronic Cash Register Patents (Class 705/16)
  • Patent number: 11928724
    Abstract: Customer-device application sites (e.g., content presented via a progressive web applications) that are accessible via merchant-managed identifiers (e.g., identification codes) are described. An identification of a physical location associated with a merchant can be associated with an identification code. The identification code can be received from a computing device of a customer and, based at least in part on receiving the identification code, merchant data associated with the merchant can be caused to be presented via a web browser of the computing device of the customer. In an example, the merchant data can be presented via the web browser by a progressive web application downloaded onto the computing device of the customer via the web browser. An indication of an input received via the progressive web application can be received by the computing device of the customer and an operation based at least in part on the input can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine Swett, Drew Richards, Xuanhua Ren, Neil Straghalis, Vitaly Odemchuk, Lisa Fong, Katherine Ahn, David Pearson
  • Patent number: 11928661
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for an authentication framework for real-time document processing. The present invention is configured to receive, via an image capturing device associated with a point-of-sale system of a merchant, a digital image of a payment instrument; extract, using optical character recognition, payment instrument data from the payment instrument; receive one or more authentication credentials from the user to endorse the payment instrument; determine an authentication level of the user based on at least receiving the one or more authentication credentials from the user; determine whether the authentication level of the user meets an authentication requirement level associated with the processing of the payment instrument; and process, in real-time, the payment instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tony England, Stephen Philip Selfridge
  • Patent number: 11928703
    Abstract: Described are a system and method for dynamic promotional offers during user interaction at an automated teller machine (ATM). The method includes receiving, at the ATM, a transaction request based on an account identifier associated with an account of a user. The method also includes determining, based on the account identifier, that the account of the user was issued by an issuer that is different than an acquirer associated with the ATM. The method further includes, in response to determining that the account was issued by the issuer, generating, with at least one processor, an authorization request message based on the transaction request and the account identifier. The method further includes receiving an authorization response message comprising embedded user profile data and generating, on a display of the ATM, at least one offer based on the embedded user profile data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Prajakta Patil, Michael Kenji Mori
  • Patent number: 11928941
    Abstract: A handle for a product vending system includes a housing configured to be secured to a door of a product storage cabinet having a lock. The handle includes a display arranged on the housing, that is configured to show product information. A payment processing unit is arranged on the housing and is configured to detect or receive a payment. A control unit is configured to communicate with the lock of the product storage cabinet, such that when the payment is detected by the payment processing unit, the control unit is configured to unlock the lock of the product storage cabinet so as to provide access to a product stored in the product storage cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Klaus Rosburg, Stephen Lim
  • Patent number: 11928665
    Abstract: Embodiments provide methods, and systems for facilitating a payment transaction utilizing a pre-defined radio frequency allocated by an agency to a merchant. A user may open an application provided and maintained by a payment network on a user device and input the pre-defined radio frequency associated with the merchant. The payment network server is configured to establish a secure radio frequency connection between the user device and a merchant server of the merchant. Post establishment, the user may proceed to make a payment transaction to the merchant by choosing a payment method and authenticating his/her identity. The payment transaction is authorized by an issuer of the payment account and is forwarded to the payment network server. The payment network server is configured to fetch acquirer information of the merchant account and process the payment. Post completion, a confirmation message is sent to the user device over the secure RF connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Saugandh Datta, Awinash Pandey, Ankur Mehta, Chandan Garg
  • Patent number: 11922387
    Abstract: A system including one or more processors, a merchant account database including a plurality of merchant identifiers being associated with a plurality of merchants, a transaction database, and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform certain acts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: EARLY WARNING SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Finch, Lou Anne Alexander
  • Patent number: 11922505
    Abstract: The innovation disclosed and claimed herein, in one aspect thereof, comprises systems, methods and computer program products that enable transactions requested by a user using a trade asset card. The innovation enables the transactions to be completed in real time or near real time per pre-determined rules and settings, or audited changes to rules and settings, while staying perpetually invested in the user's investment portfolio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Rameshchandra Bhaskar Ketharaju, Manish Pandey, Prabal Nandi, Shanmukeswara Rao Donkada
  • Patent number: 11922446
    Abstract: A television service provider system includes interactive elements embedded within advertisements or other content related to a particular product or service that a user may select to receive an initially non-redeemable coupon for the product. The system then electronically communicates to the seller or advertiser system the indications of such electronic interactivity between the viewers of content and content related to the product being sold or advertised. The advertiser or seller may then electronically activate and thus convert the non-redeemable coupon into a redeemable coupon. A system for processing retail transactions redeems the coupons for the product for a particular user using an identifier of the user associated with the account of the user with the television service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kate Megan Carney Landow, Joerg Nonnenmacher
  • Patent number: 11915330
    Abstract: A system for generating and applying a secure token in a resource distribution network is provided. For example, a headend system generates a time-based token based on a time duration specified for a meter. The time-based token indicates the time duration for the meter. The time-based token is further generated based on an identifier of the meter. The headend system transmits the time-based token to the meter via at least a mesh network. After receiving the time-based token, the meter validates the time-based token to determine that the time-based token is generated for the meter based on information related to the identifier of the meter. If the meter determines that the time-based token is valid, the meter connects premises associated with the meter to a resource distribution network for at least the time duration specified in the time-based token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Landis+Gyr Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Pushpesh Kumar Deshmukh
  • Patent number: 11915223
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing account balance notifications. The disclosed embodiments generally relate to using transmitters to activate a mobile application to request financial account information, such as an account balance, and display the requested information, via the mobile device, before the customer uses an automated teller machine (ATM) or conducts a transaction at a bank branch. In certain embodiments, the transmitters are low energy transmitters. Other aspects of the disclosed embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Adam R. Koeppel, Alex Leo Niderberg
  • Patent number: 11915227
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Milos Dunjic, David Samuel Tax, Kushank Rastogi, Derek Guan, Zainab Eniola Bello
  • Patent number: 11915563
    Abstract: A vending apparatus includes an interface configured to allow a user to select a consumable for use in an aerosol generating device. A first compartment stores the selected consumable. A dispenser apparatus is configured to dispense the selected consumable from the first compartment to the user. A controller is operably coupled to the user interface and the dispenser apparatus and is configured to cause the dispenser to retrieve the selected consumable from the first compartment and to dispense the selected consumable to the user. A communication apparatus is operably coupled to the controller and is configured to receive data regarding the aerosol generating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Cyrille Poindron, Louis-Philippe Vancraeynest, Guido Janeke, Loic Samson
  • Patent number: 11915335
    Abstract: A computing system including a processor configured to receive, from a device, ride information associated with scheduling a ride to pick up a rideshare rider at a scheduled time; with or without user intervention, start to look, at a predetermined time prior to the scheduled time, for a candidate ride to pick up the rideshare rider at the scheduled time; without user intervention, book the candidate ride to pick up the rideshare rider upon determining that the candidate ride can pick up the rideshare rider at the scheduled time; determine occurrence of a potential failure associated with the candidate ride picking up the rideshare rider at the scheduled time; and without user intervention, book a replacement ride to pick up the rideshare rider upon determining that the replacement ride can pick up the rideshare rider at the scheduled time is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Kolapo Malik Akande
  • Patent number: 11915229
    Abstract: A method of facilitating the dispensing of foreign currency from a foreign ATM to a user traveling in a foreign country wherein a system provider establishes a system home account and system foreign accounts each funded by deposit of the corresponding local currencies by users of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Harpreet Singh
  • Patent number: 11907313
    Abstract: An online recommendation system can choose recipes to recommend to a customer based on a set of ingredients the customer is inferred to have on hand (a customer pantry model). For example, the recommendation system can look at recent or historical purchases made by the customer and determine what items the customer still has available based on an assumed shelf life for the purchased items. Using the customer pantry model, the recommendation system selects recipes based on overlapping ingredients between recipe's ingredient lists and ingredients available to the customer (including the customer pantry model and their current shopping cart). In some implementations, the recommendation system first selects a set of candidate recipes based on the overlap, then selects the final set of recipes to recommend based on a score optimization (for example, performed using a machine learning model).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
    Inventor: Leho Nigul
  • Patent number: 11900417
    Abstract: A method is provided that includes receiving, in a server, a request from a service provider, the request including a consumer identification code associated with a consumer, and obtaining a personalized list of universal product codes based on the consumer identification code and a purchase history log in a database. The method also includes providing the personalized list of universal product codes to the service provider, and receiving a tracking pixel indicative that the consumer has interacted with a consumer payload, wherein the consumer payload is associated with at least one product from the personalized list of universal product codes. A system and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions which cause the system to perform the above method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Catalina Marketing Corporation
    Inventors: Zubin Singh, Todd Schramek, Ryan Monahan, Ron Menich, Kirk Dikun, Eugene Kamarchik
  • Patent number: 11900167
    Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein relate generally to temporally prioritizing queries of queue-task partitions based on distributions of flags assigned to bits corresponding to access rights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Mundar
  • Patent number: 11900436
    Abstract: A product substitution system may include a shopper device associated with a given shopper, and a product substitution server. The server may obtain descriptive purchased product data for purchased products from a retailer, and iteratively operate a natural language processing (NLP) algorithm to accept, as input thereto, the descriptive purchased product data, and generate, as output therefrom, a multi-dimensional representation of a relationship among the purchased products. The server may also, for each iteration, determine a product-to-product affinity based upon the multi-dimensional representation of the relationship, and determine a recommended substitute product for one of the products based upon the determined product-to-product affinity, and communicate the recommended substitute product to the shopper device. The server may also, for each iteration, obtain updated descriptive purchased product data for an updated plurality of purchased products from the retailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: INMAR CLEARING, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery Clouse, Kathryn Rouse
  • Patent number: 11893560
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for cloud-based management of payment devices includes connecting a point of interaction device (POI) to a terminal management engine (TME) through a computer network, downloading operating software for the POI and configuration files for the POI from the TME to the POI, initializing the POI using the operating software, and configuring the POI using the configuration files. An alternative computer-implemented includes connecting to a POI through a computer network, receiving a transaction request from a TMC through the computer network, confirming access to the POI, transmitting a request for consumer information to the POI, receiving requested consumer information from the POI, transmitting the requested consumer information to the TMC, receiving a transaction approval message or a transaction decline message from the TMC, and transmitting the transaction approval message or the transaction decline message to the POI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Worldpay, LLC
    Inventor: Coy Christensen
  • Patent number: 11889933
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to item-identifying carts that may be utilized by users to automatically identify items that the users place in their carts. In addition, these carts may automatically determine the outcome of respective events that occur with respect to these identified items. For example, the carts may be configured to identify one or more items that are placed into or removed from the cart, and thereafter determine one or more actions taken with respect to the identified items and a quantity of the items involved. For example, after identifying a first item and a second item either placed into or removed from the cart, the cart may determine that the user added two instances of the first item and removed one instance of the second item. In response to making this determination, the cart may update a virtual cart of a user operating the physical cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Cohn, Oded Maron, Jeremy Samuel De Bonet, Xiang Ma
  • Patent number: 11893985
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for extending ranges of a plurality of voice assistant systems and interacting with the plurality of voice assistant systems using a common beacon network system. In one example, the beacon network system includes at least one primary beacon device communicatively coupled to and/or within corresponding listening ranges of one or more voice assistant systems, and a plurality of secondary beacon devices communicatively coupled to the primary beacon device and distributed within an operating environment. The beacon network system enables multi-user interaction with the plurality of voice assistant systems. Further, the beacon network system is scalable and may be deployed in a wide range of operating environments (e.g., operating environments of various sizes).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sagar Shelke, Srinath Arunachalam
  • Patent number: 11887091
    Abstract: Provided is a money handling apparatus that can be easily introduced in a store. The money handling system includes: a money handling apparatus installed in a store and capable of executing basic functions including a checkout function; and a operation terminal connected to the money handling apparatus. When executing the checkout function, the money handling apparatus receives, through the operation terminal, an input of prices and quantities of items a customer purchases in the store, to calculate a transaction amount. The apparatus recognizes and counts money, which is deposited through an inlet for paying the transaction amount, to calculate a deposit amount of deposited money, and stores the deposited money inside the money handling apparatus. When the deposit amount exceeds the transaction amount, the money handling apparatus feeds out money corresponding to a difference therebetween, and dispenses the fed out money as change to an outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku Nakamoto, Ryuji Kataoka, Kazuhiro Doi
  • Patent number: 11887146
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of detecting, by a promotion processor node, a delivery of a trade promotion token by a retailer node on a blockchain, and executing, by the promotion processor node, a smart contract to: apply the trade promotion token to a purchase item and transfer incentive assets based on the trade promotion token to the retailer node and to a corresponding manufacturer node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yedendra Shrinivasan, Krishna Chaitanya Ratakonda, Rakesh Mohan
  • Patent number: 11886888
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, a command from a user to load an application; determining, using a processor, whether a forecasted loading time for the application exceeds a loading tolerance threshold associated with the user; and providing, responsive to determining that the forecasted loading time exceeds the loading tolerance threshold, a reduced view of the application during a time period that the application is loading. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Patrick Delaney, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon, John Carl Mese, Arnold S. Weksler
  • Patent number: 11880818
    Abstract: Techniques and arrangements of a point-of-sale (POS) system including a transaction interface control mechanism configured to prevent simultaneous input by a merchant and a customer during a transaction. The POS system can include a merchant user interface (UI) presented on a merchant-facing display and a customer UI presented on a customer-facing display. In some instances, the merchant UI can be on a display of a merchant device, while the customer UI can be on a display of a customer device. In such instances, the merchant device and the customer device can be operably connected via a wired or wireless connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Bell, Alexey Kalinichenko, Logan Johnson, Nicholas Dower, Raymond Ryan
  • Patent number: 11880856
    Abstract: A recall and promotion processing system may include shopper devices, each associated with a corresponding shopper, and a recall-promotion processing server. The server may obtain historical purchase data associated with the shoppers, and determine whether a given recalled product was purchased by a given shopper based upon the historical purchase data. The server may, when the given recalled product was purchased by the given shopper, generate and communicate a recall notification and a digital promotion to the corresponding shopper device. The digital promotion may be redeemable toward a product for purchase based upon the given recalled product and may have a redeemable value associated therewith. The server may, when the given recalled product was purchased by the given shopper, obtain redemption data associated with the digital promotion for the shoppers, and adjust a subsequent redeemable value for a subsequent digital promotion based upon the redemption data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: INMAR CLEARING, INC.
    Inventor: John Keeter
  • Patent number: 11880875
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Davide Iannuzzi, Jeffrey MacDonald, Goran Ilkanizadeh
  • Patent number: 11875337
    Abstract: A system, a method, and a program for providing a financial transaction by a virtual card number, a virtual card number generating device, and a virtual card number verifying device are provided. The method includes receiving, by a virtual card number verifying means, a virtual card number provided from a virtual card number generating means, extracting, by the virtual card number verifying means, a plurality of detailed codes included in the virtual card number, searching, by the virtual card number verifying means, for a storage location of a real card number based on the plurality of detailed codes, and proceeding, by the virtual card number verifying means, with the financial transaction or requesting, by the virtual card number verifying means, to proceed with the financial transaction using the real card number extracted from the storage location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SSenStone Inc.
    Inventor: Chang Hun Yoo
  • Patent number: 11875346
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums which provide a store credit issued electronically to a mobile wallet application from a merchant. This credit may be issued to a mobile wallet in the form of an enhanced wallet payment element. This enhanced wallet payment element may include the terms and conditions (e.g., repayment terms) of the credit (e.g., a digital/smart contract). The customer may accept or reject these terms. For example, when the customer accepts the terms, the enhanced wallet payment element digitally signs the agreement and indicates acceptance to the merchant mobile wallet system (e.g., sends the digital signature to the merchant). Once accepted, the enhanced wallet payment element may be utilized to pay for goods or services subject to the terms and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Hayes, Joon Maeng, Ramanathan Ramanathan
  • Patent number: 11868988
    Abstract: A card having an antenna, one or processors, and memory having stored thereon a first application and a second application configured to receive an input of the card and determine a request associated with the input. The card is further configured to activate, responsive to determining that the request is consistent with a contactless EuroPay-MasterCard-Visa (EMV) data standard, the first application. The first application is configured to communicate, via near field communication (NFC), data to the communicating device via the antenna based on the EMV data standard for payment purposes. The card is further configured to activate, responsive to determining that the request is consistent with a near field communication data exchange format (NDEF) standard, the second application. The second application is configured to communicate, via NFC, data to the communicating device via the antenna based on the NDEF standard for verification/identification purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Rule, Kaitlin J. Newman, Wayne David Lutz, Kevin Grant Osborn, Paul Moreton
  • Patent number: 11868534
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein enhances security for visually impaired users by presenting haptic notifications to indicate certain input notifications are false. In a particular embodiment, a method includes presenting, from a user system, graphical input elements and presenting a haptic notification. The haptic notification indicates that the next input received after presenting the haptic notification will not be entered by the user system. In response to receiving input of a first input element of the graphical input elements immediately following the haptic notification, the method includes presenting a non-haptic notification. The non-haptic notification falsely indicates the input has been entered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Avaya Management L.P.
    Inventor: Paul Roller Michaelis
  • Patent number: 11861545
    Abstract: Systems and methods which provide tokenization of various shipping data for which shielding is desired are described. Embodiments may facilitate controlled and/or protected usage of shielded shipping data, such as may include personally identifiable information, with tokenization. Shielded shipping data tokens of embodiments are matched with an entity, party, system, permitted usage of corresponding shielded shipping data. A data shielding service system may shield usage of shielded shipping data in accordance with applicable regulations according to applicable rules, and/or the like. Permitted accessors may be relieved of demands of maintaining compliance with the regulations and rules with respect to shielded shipping data in light of their enforcement and compliance being imposed through tokenization of the shielded shipping data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Auctane, LLC
    Inventors: Charles John Atkinson, Jonathan Michael Bourgoine
  • Patent number: 11853995
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing encoded symbols to facilitate secured communication between a mobile device and one or more database systems is provided. Communication between the mobile device and the database systems is performed to update database tuples in the database systems based on processing of the encoded symbols. The encoded symbols may correspond to QR codes and updating database systems may include administering quick response (QR) code-enabled payment transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Vaughn Dabney
  • Patent number: 11854067
    Abstract: A system for automatically determining the location of a user-specified item within a plurality of possible independent inventory systems is described where each inventory system is located in a different unique geographic location. The system comprises a user profile database comprising a plurality of user records associated with a plurality of different users; at least one of the user records comprising a list of items that are required by a corresponding user; an availability database for providing information relating to the availability of specific items at each of the plurality of inventory systems, a central server for interacting with a mobile telecommunications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Farfetch UK Limited
    Inventors: Sandrine Deveaux, Gavin Williams, Andrew Stokoe, Lino Silva, Gonçalo Alvarez, José Neves
  • Patent number: 11853988
    Abstract: A method for purchasing an item using a mobile device is provided. The method includes but is not limited to inputting identification information into the mobile device which identifies the item for purchase and generating an order for the item identified by the identification information. The method also includes but is not limited to displaying on a display of the mobile device an optical machine-readable representation of the order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: David Martin Nelms, Jason Todd, Tim Webb, Philip Wayne Marbut, Douglas Jahe Ryner
  • Patent number: 11849046
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a first node, a freshness of goods data from a second node over a blockchain, and executing, by the first node, a smart contract to: calculate an initial order quantity based on a pre-set critical order number and a non-expiring goods order quantity and alter a final order quantity based on the initial order quantity and the freshness of the goods data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yam Huo Ow, Ashish Jagmohan, Ali Koc, Ajay Ashok Deshpande, Pavithra Harsha
  • Patent number: 11849552
    Abstract: A support assembly for a data display monitor. The support assembly utilizes a base frame that can be placed on a flat working surface. A hub is connected to the base frame and is free to rotate about a vertical axis. At least one support arm is provided. Each support arm is connected to the hub with a first hinge connection. Each support arm also connects to a mounting plate with a second hinge connection. The second hinge connection enables the mounting plate to rotate at least ninety degrees through a range of motion. The mounting plate is attached to the data display monitor. As the mounting plate moves through its range of motion, the data display monitor moves with the mounting plate. The data display monitor can therefore be moved through the range of motion between a vertical orientation and a horizontal orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Manufacturing Design Solutions
    Inventors: Nikolai F Pawlenko, Ivan W. Pawlenko, Ivan Pawlenko, Sean J. Kennison
  • Patent number: 11847629
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for resilient workflows dependent on external computing systems. In one embodiment, one or more steps in a workflow are determined to invoke a request to an external computing system. Availability information for the external computing system is determined. The external computing system is detected to be potentially unavailable before a request within a workflow is submitted via an application programming interface (API) for processing by the external computing system. An indication is provided that an integration with the external computing system is unavailable in response to detecting that the external computing system is potentially unavailable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Uttaresh Mehta, Lakhshya Bansal, Sriram Chandrasekaran, Karthik Seetharaman
  • Patent number: 11842336
    Abstract: A method for identifying a wallet address associated with a virtual asset service provider is provided. The method comprises receiving a target wallet address, obtaining a transaction of a virtual asset associated with the target wallet address, obtaining a list of a plurality of known wallet addresses of virtual asset service providers (VASPs) and identifying a type of the target wallet address, by performing at least one of a cold wallet determination routine and a hot wallet determination routine for the target wallet address, based on the transaction and the list of known wallet addresses of the VASPs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: KOREA INTERNET & SECURITY AGENCY, Lambda256, CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yong Hee Shin, Moon Hee Cho, Kyeong Han Kim, Dae Il Jang, Seung Goo Ji, Jae Hoon Oh
  • Patent number: 11842330
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for routing payment transactions of a payment account. After the payment transaction is initiated, a payment server identifies flag information from the payment request indicating a payment account to be multi-configurable. When the payment server identifies that the payment request is from the POS device, the payment server retrieves primary configuration details corresponding to the payment account from a routing service and routes the payment transaction for the payment request to an issuer corresponding to the primary configuration details. Further, when the payment server identifies that the payment request is from a payment gateway, the payment server retrieves a list of names of configuration details corresponding to the payment account from the routing service for selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Venkatesan Harish, Dinesh Vadivel
  • Patent number: 11836704
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating visually perceivable data representing a digital order of goods or services is provided. In an embodiment, visually perceivable data is generated and displayed at first device representing a digital order which is the subject of a transaction. In an embodiment, a second device receives digital data comprising a digital image and determines the digital image matches the visually perceivable data. In an embodiment, the second device receives data representing the digital order in response to determining the digital image matches the visually perceivable data. In an embodiment, the second device completes a digital transaction after receiving the digital order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: VENUENEXT, INC.
    Inventors: Edan Rosenberg, Anthony Perez, Frank Conway
  • Patent number: 11838825
    Abstract: A method for delivering to a user a dedicated service restricted to a predefined service area includes, performing an access request to a dedicated service. The dedicated service is delivered from a server through a data network between a user device and the server. The method also includes determining a service profile associated with the user, and assigning to the user device a dedicated communication channel for the dedicated service. The method further includes starting a communication session with the server through the data network according to the assigned dedicated communication channel, and performing an authentication request to the server. If the service authenticates the user successfully, the position of the user is obtained, and the dedicated service is delivered to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Allasia, Sergio Barberis, Laura Colazzo, Nicola Pio Magnani
  • Patent number: 11833809
    Abstract: Embodiments provide for systems and methods related to kiosks for personalizing a packaged article. The kiosks may also be used for storage, inventory management, retrieval, packaging, and/or personalization of packaged articles. The kiosks discussed herein differ from non-kiosk personalization systems, such as personalization systems installed on a factory or warehouse floor, in that the kiosks are self-contained personalization systems. In some embodiments, the kiosks are portable and can be moved between different sites or events. This portability allows the kiosks to personalize packaged articles for concerts, festivals, conventions, trade shows, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hoshino, David Glen Barrett, Scott Timothy Alberstein, Gad Amit, Stanislav Moiseyenko, Yuri Viacheslav Litvinov
  • Patent number: 11836165
    Abstract: A category determining unit (202) determines a category of a first layer and a category of a second layer related to an input keyword by using category information and the keyword. The category information is information indicating hierarchical categories. The second layer is a hierarchy lower than the first layer. A first display control unit (204) causes a display device (10) to display information on each product belonging to the determined category of the first layer. Here, the first display control unit (204) displays information on a product belonging to the determined category of the second layer at a higher priority than information on the other product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji Tahara
  • Patent number: 11836725
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to making payments with a mobile device. In one example process, the mobile device receives and stores information for one or more payment accounts on the mobile device. The mobile device is used to make payments using the payment accounts. In some examples, authorization to proceed with a payment is performed before each purchase made by the user. The authorization process can include receiving a verification of the user, such as a fingerprint scan or passcode. In some examples, a payment account is selected from among available payment accounts. In some examples, an indication is displayed of a digital item associated with a purchased item. In some examples, a payment transaction is initiated with participants of an ongoing communication. In some examples, an application of a retailer is invoked based on the availability of the application. In some examples, a purchase recommendation is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Van Os, Christopher D. Adams, George R. Dicker
  • Patent number: 11836566
    Abstract: A point-of-sale system is a dual-screen stand assembly that includes a merchant terminal and a consumer terminal. The merchant terminal and the consumer terminal can be mated together in a fixed position to form a single unitary stand, or can be separated from each other in a separated position with each terminal serving as its own separate stand. The merchant terminal supports a merchant computing device and is oriented in a merchant-facing direction. The consumer terminal is detachably mated to the merchant terminal and supports a consumer computing device that is oriented in a consumer-facing direction. The point-of-sale system also includes a card reader as part of the customer terminal to perform a payment. The card reader is configured to accepting swipe cards, chip cards or contactless (EMV or NFC) payments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Block, Inc
    Inventors: Yenliang Chen, Isreal Blagdan, Michael C. Lamfalusi, Kartik Lamba, Jeremy Wade
  • Patent number: 11829900
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for providing retail point of sale terminals that are connected securely over the Internet to a back-office service that manages the retailer's data as a service using a system that supports more than one retailer, each of which will have one or more point of sale terminals. The system is adapted to provide transaction reconciliation with an accounting system whenever a user ends a shift and logs out of the register instance they are operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Lightspeed Commerce USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Richelson, Jason Ordway
  • Patent number: 11829663
    Abstract: A method and system for providing series of serialized unique information on a substrate together with product related information. The method includes: printing a first product relevant information on the substrate using a first set of printer device; storing said first product relevant information a data storage device; providing said series of serialized unique information from a source of serialized unique information, using a second set of printer device or marking device on the substrate; storing information about the serialized unique information to a data storage device; printing a second set of product related information on the substrate using a printer device; and analysing the printed serialized unique information and the first and the second set of product related information on the substrate when formed to a package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: DOVER EUROPE SÀRL
    Inventor: Roger Veenma
  • Patent number: 11829988
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods for transacting at a local financial service provider device using a mobile device. The system may include one or more processors configured to execute instructions to receive transaction data associated with a transaction request including a customer identifier received from a mobile device associated with the customer. Additionally, the processors may receive authentication data associated with the customer that may be provided by the customer operating the mobile device and without requiring the customer to input data directly at the local financial service provider device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammed Zafar Iqbal, Kevin Rosengren, Max Doerfler, Brian Deluca, Anurag Joshi, James Dillon, Richie Hollins, Jamie Warder, William A Hodges, Ken Allen
  • Patent number: 11831639
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using micro accelerations as a biometric factor for multi-factor authentication, the method including receiving, filtering, and determining an identifying pattern from micro acceleration data representative of the user, storing the identifying pattern for later use in authenticating the identity of the user, and using the identifying pattern as one factor in a multi factor authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: David Wurmfeld