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US 10,346,834 · App. 15/391,253 · Granted Jul 9, 2019

Multi channel purchasing for interoperable mobile wallet

Inventors: Ashish Bhoopen Kurani (Burlingame, CA); Melissa Lowry (San Francisco, CA); Stephen M. Ellis (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
G06Q20/36G06Q10/083G06Q20/3223G06Q20/3274
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Patent No.
US 10,346,834
App. No.
15/391,253
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method that includes receiving, by a mobile wallet bank computer system, a product code that identifies a product after a user of a mobile device has been authenticated, determining, by the mobile wallet bank computer system, the identity of a merchant from a plurality of merchants based on at least a portion of the product code, sending, by the mobile wallet bank computer system, the received product code to a merchant computer, sending, by the mobile wallet bank computer system, information regarding the product and merchant bank information, and transferring, by the mobile wallet device, a payment for the product to a merchant bank from an account held by the user based on the information sent.

Claims (36)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile wallet bank computer system via a user interface of a mobile wallet device on a mobile device, at least one of a product code from a user selected code capture interface of the user interface that identifies a product and a product image of the product from a user selected product capture interface of the user interface, after a user of the mobile wallet device has been authenticated;

determining, by the mobile wallet bank computer system, the identity of a merchant from a plurality of merchants based on at least one of a portion of the product code and the product image;

separate from performing a payment transaction for the product, sending, by the mobile wallet bank computer system, a mobile wallet identifier of the mobile wallet device to a merchant computer associated with the identified merchant to determine a discount based on an amount of funds spent by the user via the mobile wallet device with the identified merchant within a predetermined period of time based on the mobile wallet identifier;

sending, by the mobile wallet bank computer system, at least one of the received product code and the product image to the merchant computer;

receiving, by the mobile wallet bank computer system, the discount from the merchant computer, wherein the discount comprises a discount amount based on the amount of funds spent by the user via the mobile wallet device with the identified merchant within the predetermined amount of time;

sending, by the mobile wallet bank computer system to the mobile wallet device, information regarding the product, the discount, and merchant bank information;

transferring, by the mobile wallet bank computer system, a payment for the product to a merchant bank from an account held by the user; and

responsive to transferring the payment, causing, by the mobile wallet bank computer system, a deactivation of a product security tag associated with the product.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the merchant bank information comprises sending merchant bank account identifiers.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the product includes a size of the product.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the product code includes a merchant identifier and a product identifier.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the product identifier represents a bar code that may be scanned at a merchant location.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the product code is presented on a mobile website, billboard, television, catalog, aisle, direct mail, or a checklane within a store.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein after transferring the payment and deactivation of the product security tag, the product is shipped to the user.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein after transferring the payment and deactivation of the product security tag, the user may walk out of a store without scanning the product code from the product at a checkout location within the store.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the product code for each individual product is different than the product code for other similar products.

10. A mobile wallet bank computer system comprising a processor coupled to machine readable storage media having instructions stored therein that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

receive, via a user interface of a mobile wallet device on a mobile device, at least one of a product code from a user selected code capture interface of the user interface that identifies a product and a product image of the product from a user selected product capture interface of the user interface, after a user of a mobile wallet device has been authenticated;

determine an identity of a merchant based at least partially on at least one of a portion of the product code and the product image;

separate from performing a payment transaction for the product, send a mobile wallet identifier of the mobile wallet device to a merchant computer associated with the identified merchant to determine a discount based on an amount of funds spent by the user via the mobile wallet device with the identified merchant within a predetermined period of time based on the mobile wallet identifier;

send at least one of the received product code and the product image to the merchant computer;

receive the discount from the merchant computer, wherein the discount comprises a discount amount based on the amount of funds spent by the user via the mobile wallet device with the identified merchant within the predetermined amount of time;

send, to the mobile wallet device, information regarding the product, the discount, and merchant bank information;

transfer payment for the product to a merchant bank from an account held by the user; and

responsive to transferring the payment, cause a deactivation of a product security tag associated with the product.

11. The mobile wallet bank computer system of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to schedule a shipment of the product from the merchant to a user address.

12. The mobile wallet bank computer system of claim 10 , wherein the merchant bank information comprises merchant bank account identifiers.

13. The mobile wallet bank computer system of claim 10 , wherein the information regarding the product comprises a size of the product.

14. The mobile wallet bank computer system of claim 10 , wherein the product code includes a merchant identifier and a product identifier.

15. The mobile wallet bank computer system of claim 14 , wherein the product identifier represents a bar code that may be scanned at a merchant location.

16. The mobile wallet bank computer system of claim 10 , wherein the product code is presented on a mobile website, billboard, television, catalog aisle, direct mail, or a checklane within a store.

17. The mobile wallet bank computer system of claim 10 , wherein after transferring the payment and deactivation of the product security tag, the product is shipped to the user.

18. The mobile wallet bank computer system of claim 10 , wherein after transferring the payment and deactivation of the product security tag, the user may walk out of a store without scanning the product code from the product at a checkout location within the store.

19. The mobile wallet bank computer system of claim 10 , wherein the product code for each individual product is different than the product code for other similar products.

20. The mobile wallet bank computer system of claim 10 , wherein the mobile wallet bank computer system is communicatively coupled to the merchant computer, the mobile wallet device, or a combination thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2017
From: KURANI, ASHISH BHOOPEN; LOWRY, MELISSA; ELLIS, STEPHEN M.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 041013/0723 →
Continuity (1)
Continuation 14090229 · Nov 26, 2013
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