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Granted Patent B2
US 10,332,096 · App. 14/810,353 · Granted Jun 25, 2019

Wireless communication beacon and gesture detection system

Inventors: Yoseph Tilahun (San Jose, CA); Jan Rosen (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
G06Q20/3223G06Q30/0261H04W40/244
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,332,096
App. No.
14/810,353
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A secure payment system and method for enabling transactions with a merchant without communicating account or payment information to the merchant by using broadcasting beacon and a payment system which may create a user experience similar to NFC tap payment systems without using NFC communications.

Claims (52)

1. A secure transaction processing system comprising:

a wireless beacon;

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and the wireless beacon, and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising:

associating a transaction at a point of sale system of a merchant with a transaction identifier;

in response to the associating, determining motion information based on changes in signal strength of a signal provided by a user device and detected by the wireless beacon at intervals;

detecting a first gesture of the user device based on the motion information; determining the first gesture of the user device corresponds with a trained gesture associated with the user device;

in response to the first gesture of the user device corresponding with the trained gesture, sending a broadcast that includes the transaction identifier using the wireless beacon to the user device;

providing transaction information of the transaction and the transaction identifier to a payment provider device over a network; and

receiving, from the payment provider device over the network, an indication that the transaction was completed using the transaction identifier.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transaction identifier has an expiration.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the transaction associated with the transaction identifier is terminated when the transaction identifier expires.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system dynamically changes a signal strength of the broadcast by the wireless beacon based on an estimated number of consumers.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein a point of sales identifier is broadcasted with the transaction identifier using the wireless beacon.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

providing a receipt electronically to the user device for the completed transaction.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

dynamically changing a signal strength of the broadcast in response to receiving an indication of a number of user devices attempting to use the same transaction identifier.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

causing the user device to display information about the transaction on a display of the user device.

9. A method of performing a secure transaction, comprising:

associating, by a merchant system that includes a wireless beacon, a transaction at a point of sale system of a merchant with a transaction identifier;

in response to the associating, determining, by the merchant system, motion information based on changes in signal strength of a signal provided by a user device and detected by the wireless beacon at intervals;

detecting, by the merchant system, a first gesture of the user device based on the motion information;

determining, by the merchant system, the first gesture of the user device corresponds with a trained gesture associated with the user device;

in response to the first gesture of the user device corresponding with the trained gesture, sending, by the merchant system, a broadcast that includes the transaction identifier using the wireless beacon to the user device;

providing, by the merchant system, transaction information of the transaction and the transaction identifier to a payment provider device over a network; and

receiving, by the merchant system from the payment provider device over the network, an indication that the transaction was completed using the transaction identifier.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

terminating, by the merchant system, the transaction associated with the transaction identifier when the transaction identifier expires based on an expiration time associated with the transaction identifier.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein a signal strength of the broadcast by the wireless beacon dynamically changes based on an estimated number of consumers.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein a point of sales identifier is broadcasted with the transaction identifier using the wireless beacon.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

providing, by the merchant system, a receipt electronically to the user device for the completed transaction.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

dynamically changing, by the merchant system, a signal strength of the broadcast in response to receiving an indication of a number of user devices attempting to use the same transaction identifier.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

associating a transaction at a point of sale system of a merchant with a transaction identifier;

in response to the associating, determining motion information based on changes in signal strength of a signal provided by a user device and detected by a wireless beacon at intervals;

detecting a first gesture of the user device based on the motion information;

determining the first gesture of the user device corresponds with a trained gesture associated with the user device;

in response to the first gesture of the user device corresponding with the trained gesture, sending a broadcast that includes the transaction identifier using the wireless beacon to the user device;

providing transaction information of the transaction and the transaction identifier to a payment provider device over a network; and

receiving, from the payment provider device over the network, an indication that the transaction was completed using the transaction identifier.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

terminating the transaction associated with the transaction identifier when the transaction identifier expires based on an expiration time associated with the transaction identifier.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein a signal strength of the broadcast by the wireless beacon dynamically changes based on an estimated number of consumers.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein a point of sales identifier is broadcasted with the transaction identifier using the wireless beacon.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

providing a receipt electronically to the user device for the completed transaction.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

dynamically changing a signal strength of the broadcast in response to receiving an indication of a number of user devices attempting to use the same transaction identifier.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2015
From: TILAHUN, YOSEPH; ROSEN, JAN
To: PAYPAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 036262/0904 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170032354A1 · Feb 2, 2017
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