IP Library Granted Patent US 10,244,566
Granted Patent B2
US 10,244,566 · App. 15/986,735 · Granted Mar 26, 2019

Systems and methods for reusing generic tokens using bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons

Inventor: John Hastings Granbery (Los Altos, CA)
Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
H04W76/11H04M17/305H04W4/80H04W40/244
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,244,566
App. No.
15/986,735
Granted
Mar 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for reusing generic tokens using a Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) beacon. The systems and methods include a user device including a wireless transceiver, a memory for storing a generic token, and one or more processors coupled to the memory and the wireless transceiver. The wireless transceiver is configured to communicate with a beacon using a BLE communications protocol, receive a beacon identifier from the beacon, send a check in request to the beacon, and receive token differences from the beacon. The processors are configured to recreate a custom token based on the stored generic token and the received token differences. The beacon is configured to forward the check in request to a server. The server is configured to verify the user device and create the custom token and the token differences between the custom and generic tokens for return to the user device via the beacon.

Claims (43)

1. A service provider system comprising:

one or more computer-readable memories storing program instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the program instructions to cause the system to perform operations comprising:

transmitting a generic token to a user device;

receiving, from a beacon device, information corresponding to the user device, wherein the received information includes a check-in request;

utilizing the received information to verify an identity of a user of the user device;

in response to verifying the identity of the user of the user device, checking in the user;

in response to checking in the user, creating a custom token corresponding to the user;

determining one or more token differences between the custom token and the generic token; and

transmitting the determined one or more token differences to the beacon device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the determined one or more token differences to the beacon device causes the beacon device to transmit the one or more token differences to the user device.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the transmitting the determined one or more token differences to the beacon device further causes the user device to recreate the custom token based on the one or more token differences and the generic token.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the utilizing the received information to verify the identity of the user of the user device includes accessing an account database to verify one or more credentials associated with the user, the one or more credentials included in the received information.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the custom token is usable to perform a transaction based on the user device being located within a threshold distance of the beacon device.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more token differences include information corresponding to a merchant name, or a venue name.

7. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising transmitting a public key to the user device, the public key utilized by the user device to verify information received from the beacon device corresponds to a specific service provider.

8. A method comprising:

transmitting a generic token to a user device;

receiving, from a beacon device, information corresponding to the user device, wherein the received information includes a check-in request;

utilizing the received information to verify an identity of a user of the user device;

in response to verifying the identity of the user of the user device, checking in the user;

in response to checking in the user, creating a custom token corresponding to the user;

determining one or more token differences between the custom token and the generic token; and

transmitting the determined one or more token differences to the user device, via the beacon device, and causing the user device to recreate the custom token based on the one or more token differences and the generic token.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising causing the user device to replace the generic token with the recreated custom token.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the recreated custom token is valid for a first time period.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the utilizing the received information to verify the identity of the user of the user device includes accessing an account database to verify one or more credentials associated with the user, the one or more credentials included in the received information.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the custom token is usable to perform a transaction based on the user device being located within a threshold distance of the beacon device.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more token differences includes information corresponding to a merchant name.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more token differences includes a location information and a time information.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions, the program instructions when executed cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

transmitting a generic token to a user device;

receiving, from a beacon device, information corresponding to the user device, wherein the received information includes a check-in request;

utilizing the received information to verify an identity of a user of the user device;

in response to verifying the identity of the user of the user device, checking in the user;

in response to checking in the user, creating a custom token corresponding to the user;

determining one or more token differences between the custom token and the generic token; and

transmitting the determined one or more token differences to the beacon device.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the transmitting the determined one or more token differences to the beacon device causes the beacon device to transmit the one or more token differences to the user device and further causes the user device to recreate the custom token based on the one or more token differences and the generic token.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the utilizing the received information to verify the identity of the user of the user device includes accessing an account database to verify one or more credentials associated with the user, the one or more credentials included in the received information.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the recreated custom token is valid for a first time period.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more token differences include information corresponding to a merchant name.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising transmitting a public key to the user device, the public key utilized by the user device to verify information received from the beacon device corresponds to a specific service provider.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2021
From: HASTINGS, JOHN HASTINGS
To: EBAY INC.
Reel/Frame 055020/0151 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2021
From: EBAY INC.
To: PAYPAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 055020/0240 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15482983 · Apr 10, 2017
Continuation 14794086 · Jul 8, 2015
Provisional Application 62024878 · Jul 15, 2014
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