IP Library Granted Patent US 12,456,341
Granted Patent B2
US 12,456,341 · App. 18/108,782 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Health based digital functionality and access control

Inventor: Patrick Doherty (Town and Country, MO)
Assignee: SATURDAY CAPITAL, LLC
G07C9/257G01K7/02G07C9/253H04L67/12
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Patent No.
US 12,456,341
App. No.
18/108,782
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure includes embodiments for restricting or varying digital access or digital functionality based on health data. In one example, a method to vary functionality for an application is disclosed. The method includes receiving health data corresponding to a health status of a user, determining that the health status does not satisfy a health standard for an organization, and disabling at least one function for an application communicating with one or more devices of the organization based on the health status.

Claims (36)

1. A method to vary functionality for an application comprising:

receiving health data corresponding to a health condition of a user;

determining that the health condition does not satisfy a health standard; and

disabling at least one function for the application communicating with one or more devices based on the health condition, wherein:

the application corresponds to a payment application or an access application, or

the at least one function comprises a payment function, or an access function to enable access to an access restricted location, or

the determining that the health condition does not satisfy the health standard and disabling the at least one function for the application communicating with the one or more devices based on the health condition are performed locally on a user device corresponding to the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the health standard comprises a health standard for an organization, and the one or more devices are associated with the organization.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one function is a secured data transmission to a local device corresponding to the organization.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the secured data transmission is via near field communication protocol.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the local device is one of a payment portal for the organization or a security access device.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the user is a customer of the organization.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the application is specific to the organization and disabling at least one function includes preventing data transmission of data to the one or more devices of the organization.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the health standard comprises a personal health standard.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one function comprises a digital environment generated by the one or more devices.

10. A user device comprising:

a radio to transmit and receive data to and from other computing devices;

a processing element in communication with the radio; and

a non-transient memory that stores instructions, which when executed by the processing element cause the processing element to:

determine a health condition of a user corresponding to the user device does not satisfy a health standard;

varying a functionality of a software application stored in the non-transient memory, at least by disabling access of the software application to the radio; and

displaying a notification to the user regarding the varied functionality.

11. The user device of claim 10 , wherein the health standard comprises a health standard for an organization, and the user device is associated with the organization.

12. The user device of claim 11 , wherein the user is not an employee of the organization.

13. The user device of claim 10 , wherein determining the health condition of the user comprises receiving a temperature reading of the user and evaluating the temperature reading relative to a febrile threshold.

14. The user device of claim 11 , wherein the software application enables payment to the organization or access to a location controlled by the organization.

15. The user device of claim 10 , wherein the health standard comprises a personal health standard.

16. The user device of claim 15 , wherein the at least one function comprises a digital environment generated by the user device.

17. A method of restricting digital access for a user comprising:

determining that the user has a health condition that does not satisfy a standard;

matching the user with an account accessing an application enabling the digital access; and

transmitting a disable signal to a user device corresponding to the user and executing the application, wherein;

the disable signal disables at least one function of the application,

the application corresponds to a payment application or an access application, or

the at least one function comprises a payment function, or an access function to enable access to an access restricted location, or

the determining that the health condition does not satisfy the standard and disabling the at least one function for the application is performed locally on the user device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2025
From: DOHERTY, PATRICK
To: SATURDAY CAPITAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 071825/0968 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation In Part 17465576 · Sep 2, 2021
Continuation 16925066 · Jul 9, 2020
Provisional Application 63408629 · Sep 21, 2022
Provisional Application 63349228 · Jun 6, 2022
Provisional Application 63310411 · Feb 15, 2022
Provisional Application 63028040 · May 21, 2020
Related Publication 20230186706A1 · Jun 15, 2023
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