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US 12,271,881 · App. 17/343,186 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Consumer device based point-of-sale

Inventors: Tuomas Artman (San Francisco, CA); Jyri Engestrom (San Francisco, CA); Ulf Schwekendiek (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Bytedance Inc.
G06Q20/202G06Q20/20G06Q20/204G06Q20/3224G06Q20/3278G06Q20/36G06Q20/363G06Q20/38215G06Q20/3825G06Q20/3827G06Q20/4012G06Q20/40145G06Q20/3274
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Patent No.
US 12,271,881
App. No.
17/343,186
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and related methods facilitating interactions between a merchant device, a central system and a consumer device are discussed herein. Wallet identifying data may be used to secure messages between the consumer device and the merchant device over a wireless link. For example, the merchant device may include circuitry configured to wirelessly receive the wallet identifying data from a consumer device and to transmit the wallet identifying data to the central system. In response, consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data may be received by the merchant device from the central system. In some embodiments, the consumer identifying data may be associated with a unit of location, such as a dine-in location at a restaurant, to facilitate consumer service.

Claims (42)

1. A merchant device positioned with a merchant environment, the merchant device comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

receive, from a transmitting location device of a plurality of location devices, a wireless transmission including wallet identifying data associated with a consumer device, wherein each location device of the plurality of location devices is associated with a strategic location within the merchant environment;

identify a plurality of expected consumer locations in the merchant environment based on the strategic location associated with the transmitting location device;

access consumer information associated with the consumer device, wherein the consumer information comprises location preference data, wherein the location preference data is indicative of a consumer preferred subset of the plurality of expected consumer locations in the merchant environment; and

associate the consumer device with a predicted location of the consumer preferred subset of the plurality of expected consumer locations in the merchant environment based on the strategic location associated with the transmitting location device and on the location preference data.

2. The merchant device of claim 1 , wherein:

each location device is configured to transmit a location device wireless transmission to the merchant device,

each location device wireless transmission is associated with a signal strength indication describing a signal strength between the consumer device and the location device that is associated with the wireless transmission; and

determining the predicted location comprises performing one or more triangulation operations based on each signal strength.

3. The merchant device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of expected consumer locations comprise a plurality of designated dine-in locations.

4. The merchant device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of location devices are configured to communicate the wallet identifying data to a portable merchant device via a peer-to-peer network connection.

5. The merchant device of claim 1 , wherein the merchant device is configured to transmit the wallet identifying data to a central system.

6. The merchant device of claim 5 , wherein the wallet identifying data includes a random code generated by the central system independent of consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data.

7. The merchant device of claim 6 , wherein the merchant device is further configured to, in response to transmitting the wallet identifying data, receive, from the central system, the consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data.

8. The merchant device of claim 7 , wherein the merchant device is further configured to associate the consumer identifying data with the predicted location.

9. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a merchant device and from a transmitting location device of a plurality of location devices, a wireless transmission including wallet identifying data associated with a consumer device, wherein each location device of the plurality of location devices is associated with a strategic location within a merchant environment;

identifying a plurality of expected consumer locations in the merchant environment based on the strategic location associated with the transmitting location device;

accessing consumer information associated with the consumer device, wherein the consumer information comprises location preference data, wherein the location preference data is indicative of a consumer preferred subset of the plurality of expected consumer locations in the merchant environment; and

associating the consumer device with a predicted location of the consumer preferred subset of the plurality of expected consumer locations in the merchant environment based on the strategic location associated with the transmitting location device and on the location preference data.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein:

each location device is configured to transmit a location device wireless transmission to the merchant device,

each location device wireless transmission is associated with a signal strength indication describing a signal strength between the consumer device and the location device that is associated with the wireless transmission, and

determining the predicted location comprises performing one or more triangulation operations based on each signal strength.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of expected consumer locations comprise a plurality of designated dine-in locations.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of location devices are configured to communicate the wallet identifying data to a portable merchant device via a peer-to-peer network connection.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the merchant device is configured to transmit the wallet identifying data to a central system.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the wallet identifying data includes a random code generated by the central system independent of consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the merchant device is further configured to, in response to transmitting the wallet identifying data, receive, from the central system, the consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the merchant device is further configured to associate the consumer identifying data with the predicted location.

17. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions configured to:

receive, by a merchant device and from a transmitting location device of a plurality of location devices, a wireless transmission including wallet identifying data associated with a consumer device, wherein each location device of the plurality of location devices is associated with a strategic location within a merchant environment;

identify a plurality of expected consumer locations in the merchant environment based on the strategic location associated with the transmitting location device;

access consumer information associated with the consumer device, wherein the consumer information comprises location preference data, wherein the location preference data is indicative of a consumer preferred subset of the plurality of expected consumer locations in the merchant environment; and

associate the consumer device with a predicted location of the consumer preferred subset of the plurality of expected consumer locations in the merchant environment based on the strategic location associated with the transmitting location device and on the location preference data.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein:

each location device is configured to transmit a location device wireless transmission to the merchant device,

each location device wireless transmission is associated with a signal strength indication describing a signal strength between the consumer device and the location device that is associated with the wireless transmission; and

determining the predicted location comprises performing one or more triangulation operations based on each signal strength.

19. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of expected consumer locations comprise a plurality of designated dine-in locations.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of location devices are configured to communicate the wallet identifying data to a portable merchant device via a peer-to-peer network connection.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2024
From: GROUPON, INC.
To: BYTEDANCE INC.
Reel/Frame 068538/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2021
From: ARTMAN, TUOMAS; ENGESTROM, JYRI; SCHWEKENDIEK, ULF
To: GROUPON, INC.
Reel/Frame 056488/0498 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15784015 · Oct 13, 2017
Continuation 13875019 · May 1, 2013
Continuation In Part 13794529 · Mar 11, 2013
Related Publication 20210406857A1 · Dec 30, 2021
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