IP Library Granted Patent US 10,755,534
Granted Patent B2
US 10,755,534 · App. 16/719,747 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Monitoring method and system for offline payment machine

Inventors: Linqing Wang (Hangzhou, CN); Renjiang Miu (Hangzhou, CN); Zongru Zhan (Hangzhou, CN); Xuyang Wan (Hangzhou, CN); Huanmi Yin (Hangzhou, CN); Hong Zhang (Hangzhou, CN); Zhe Han (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
G07F19/209G06Q20/1085G07D11/28G07D11/32G07F19/206H04L9/008
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Patent No.
US 10,755,534
App. No.
16/719,747
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for monitoring a payment machine are provided. One of the methods includes: monitoring a payment machine's interaction with a terminal; and in response to determining that the payment machine is obtaining payment information from the terminal, sending, in a low-power-consumption communication mode, attribute information of the payment machine to the terminal, causing the terminal to send the attribute information to a server for monitoring an operation status of the payment machine.

Claims (50)

1. A method for monitoring a payment machine, implemented by a monitoring device, comprising:

monitoring a payment machine's interaction with a mobile terminal for collecting payment information from the mobile terminal, wherein the interaction is independent of the monitoring device;

determining a communication time interval based on a transaction time associated with the interaction between the payment machine and the mobile terminal, wherein the communication time interval is shorter than the transaction time;

obtaining current geographic position information of the payment machine and a current timestamp;

in response to determining that the payment machine is collecting payment information from the mobile terminal, sending, in a low-power-consumption communication mode and at the determined communication time interval, attribute information of the payment machine to the mobile terminal, causing the mobile terminal to send the attribute information to a server for monitoring an operation status of the payment machine, wherein the attribute information comprises:

the obtained geographic position information and the timestamp, and

a unique identification ID and an expected deployment location of the payment machine that are written in an internal memory of the monitoring device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the payment machine is offline.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attribute information of the payment machine further comprises one or more of a machine model, production date, hardware function, a firmware version, and expected scenario information of the payment machine.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, subsequent to obtaining current geographic position information of the payment machine and a current timestamp:

updating the attribute information of the payment machine with the obtained current geographic position information and the current timestamp.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending, in a low-power-consumption communication mode, attribute information of the payment machine to the mobile terminal comprises:

sending the attribute information of the payment machine using Bluetooth, NB-IoT, or CAT M1.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending attribute information of the payment machine to the mobile terminal comprises:

sending encrypted cyphertext of the attribute information of the payment machine to the mobile terminal.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the payment machine is within a predetermined distance from the monitoring device.

8. A method for monitoring a payment machine, comprising:

interacting, by the payment machine with a mobile terminal, to collect payment information from the mobile terminal, wherein the interaction is independent of a monitoring device;

sending, by the payment machine, the payment information to a host for processing an offline payment;

monitoring, by the monitoring device, the payment machine's interaction with the mobile terminal to obtain the payment information;

determining, by the monitoring device, a communication time interval based on a transaction time associated with the interaction between the payment machine and the mobile terminal, wherein the communication time interval is shorter than the transaction time;

obtaining, by the monitoring device, current geographic position information of the payment machine and a current timestamp;

sending, by the monitoring device, in a low-power-consumption communication mode, attribute information of the payment machine to the mobile terminal, wherein the attribute information comprises:

the obtained geographic position information and the timestamp, and

a unique identification ID and an expected deployment location of the payment machine that are written in an internal memory of the monitoring device; and

sending, by the mobile terminal, the attribute information to a server for monitoring an operation status of the payment machine.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the attribute information of the payment machine further comprises one or more of a machine model, production date, hardware function, a firmware version, and expected scenario information of the payment machine.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein at least part of the attribute information of the payment machine is stored on the monitoring device during pre-deployment.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the payment machine is deployed within a predetermined distance from the monitoring device.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising, subsequent to obtaining current geographic position information of the payment machine and a current timestamp:

updating the attribute information of the payment machine with the obtained current geographic position information and the current timestamp on the monitoring device.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the sending, by the monitoring device, in a low-power-consumption communication mode, attribute information of the payment machine to the mobile terminal comprises:

sending the attribute information of the payment machine using Bluetooth, NB-IoT, or CAT M1.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the sending, by the monitoring device, attribute information of the payment machine to the mobile terminal comprises:

sending encrypted cyphertext of the attribute information of the payment machine to the mobile terminal.

15. A device for monitoring a payment machine, comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable memories coupled to the one or more processors and configured with instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

monitoring a payment machine's interaction with a mobile terminal for collecting payment information from the mobile terminal, wherein the interaction is independent of the monitoring device;

determining a communication time interval based on a transaction time associated with the interaction between the payment machine and the mobile terminal, wherein the communication time interval is shorter than the transaction time;

obtaining current geographic position information of the payment machine and a current timestamp;

in response to determining that the payment machine is collecting payment information from the mobile terminal, sending, in a low-power-consumption communication mode and at the determined communication time interval, attribute information of the payment machine to the mobile terminal, causing the mobile terminal to send the attribute information to a server for monitoring an operation status of the payment machine, wherein the attribute information comprises:

the obtained geographic position information and the timestamp, and

a unique identification ID and an expected deployment location of the payment machine that are written in an internal memory of the monitoring device.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the attribute information of the payment machine further comprises one or more of a machine model, production date, hardware function, a firmware version, and expected scenario information of the payment machine.

17. The device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise, subsequent to obtaining current geographic position information of the payment machine and a current timestamp:

updating the attribute information of the payment machine with the obtained current geographic position information and the current timestamp.

18. The device of claim 15 , wherein the sending, in a low-power-consumption communication mode, attribute information of the payment machine to the mobile terminal comprises:

sending the attribute information of the payment machine using Bluetooth, NB-IoT, or CAT M1.

19. The device of claim 15 , wherein the sending attribute information of the payment machine to the mobile terminal comprises:

sending encrypted cyphertext of the attribute information of the payment machine to the mobile terminal.

20. The device of claim 15 , wherein the payment machine is within a predetermined distance from the monitoring device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2020
From: ADVANTAGEOUS NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053796/0281 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2020
From: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
To: ADVANTAGEOUS NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053702/0392 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2019
From: WANG, LINQING; MIU, RENJIANG; ZHAN, ZONGRU; WAN, XUYANG; YIN, HUANMI; ZHANG, HONG; HAN, ZHE
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 051325/0897 →