Granted Patent B2

US 12,317,078 · App. 18/471,706 · Granted May 27, 2025

Inventor: Ari Kahn (Mt. Shasta, CA)

Assignee: STARKEYS LLC

H04W12/08H04M15/8228

Abstract

Claims (84)

1. A method comprising:

causing, by at least one processor of at least one entity computing device associated with an entity, to display a payment interface element in a graphical user interface of a user computing device associated with a user, the payment interface element being presented for paying for access to at least one access-restricted resource;

wherein the at least one entity computing device is operatively interacting with an access controlling platform;

wherein the payment interface element comprises a cellular billing payment method and a purchase price;

instructing, by the at least one processor of at least one entity computing device, the access controlling platform, in response to detecting a user selection of the cellular billing payment method, to generate an expectation data record as an access control mechanism to access an access-restricted resource until the payment of the purchase price, the expectation data record comprising:

an access code and

an identity linked to the user computing device;

receiving, by the at least one processor of at least one entity computing device, from the access controlling platform, an access authorization indication that is indicative of at least of:

i) the access controlling platform receiving a mobile originating communication having data that comprises:

a particular access code and

a particular identity,

ii) the particular access code matching to the access code,

iii) the particular identity matching to an identity linked to the user computing device, and

iv) a payment of the purchase price has been successfully processed or has been denied based on

a cellular network hosted access controlling schema and

a cellular account associated with an identity linked to the user computing device; and

performing, by the at least one processor of at least one entity computing device, in response to the access authorization indication, at least one of:

unlocking the at least one access-restricted resource for accessing by the user, or

instructing the user computing device, at least one other computing device controlling the access-restricted resource, or both, to unlock the at least one access-restricted digital resource for accessing by the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one access-restricted resource is at least one product, at least one service, or a combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one product is a digital content.

4. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein the at least one product is at least one physical product;

wherein the at least one entity computing device is a physical vending machine; and

wherein the unlocking of the at least one access-restricted resource results in providing the at least one physical product to the user.

5. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein the at least one product is at least one physical product;

wherein the at least one other computing device is a physical vending machine; and

wherein the instructing to unlock the at least one access-restricted resource for accessing by the user results in providing the at least one physical product to the user.

6. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein, when the payment of the purchase price has been successfully processed, the cellular account has been debited to an amount of the purchase price based on the cellular network hosted access controlling schema.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cellular account is a prepaid cellular account; and

wherein, when the access authorization indication is further indicative that the payment of the purchase price has been denied, the method further comprises:

causing, by the at least one processor of the at least one entity computing device, to display an announcement on the graphical user interface of the user computing device to indicate an insufficient cellular credit associated with the user.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the access authorization indication is further indicative that the access controlling platform has not received the mobile originating communication with a pre-determined time period.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identity is:

a cellular identity or

derived from the cellular identity; and

wherein the cellular identity identifies:

a cellular device that is programmatically associated with the computing device or the computing device that is a cellular service-enabled device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular access code comprises a symbolic prefix.

11. A system comprising:

at least one processor of at least one entity computing device associated with an entity;

a non-transitory computer readable medium storing software instructions that, when being executed by the at least one processor, instruct the at least one entity computing device to:

cause to display a payment interface element in a graphical user interface of a user computing device associated with a user, the payment interface element being presented for paying for access to at least one access-restricted resource;

wherein the at least one entity computing device is operatively interacting with an access controlling platform;

wherein the payment interface element comprises a cellular billing payment method and a purchase price;

instruct the access controlling platform, in response to detecting a user selection of the cellular billing payment method, to generate an expectation data record as an access control mechanism to access an access-restricted resource until the payment of the purchase price, the expectation data record comprising:

an access code and

an identity linked to the user computing device;

receive, from the access controlling platform, an access authorization indication that is indicative of at least of:

i) the access controlling platform receiving a mobile originating communication having data that comprises:

a particular access code and

a particular identity,

ii) the particular access code matching to the access code,

iii) the particular identity matching to an identity linked to the user computing device, and

iv) a payment of the purchase price has been successfully processed or has been denied based on

a cellular network hosted access controlling schema and

a cellular account associated with an identity linked to the user computing device; and

perform, in response to the access authorization indication, at least one of:

unlocking the at least one access-restricted resource for accessing by the user, or

instructing the user computing device, at least one other computing device controlling the access-restricted resource, or both, to unlock the at least one access-restricted resource for accessing by the user.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one access-restricted resource is at least one product, at least one service, or a combination thereof.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the at least one product is a digital content.

14. The system of claim 12 ,

wherein the at least one product is at least one physical product;

wherein the at least one entity computing device is a physical vending machine; and

wherein the unlocking of the at least one access-restricted resource results in providing the at least one physical product to the user.

15. The system of claim 12 ,

wherein the at least one product is at least one physical product;

wherein the at least one other computing device is a physical vending machine; and

wherein the instructing to unlock the at least one access-restricted resource for accessing by the user results in providing the at least one physical product to the user.

16. The system of claim 11 ,

wherein, when the payment of the purchase price has been successfully processed, the cellular account has been debited to an amount of the purchase price based on the cellular network hosted access controlling schema.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the cellular account is a prepaid cellular account; and

wherein, when the access authorization indication is further indicative that the payment of the purchase price has been denied, the software instructions further instruct the at least one entity computing device to:

cause to display an announcement on the graphical user interface of the user computing device to indicate an insufficient cellular credit associated with the user.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the access authorization indication is further indicative that the access controlling platform has not received the mobile originating communication with a pre-determined time period.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the particular access code comprises a symbolic prefix.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the identity is:

a cellular identity or

derived from the cellular identity; and

wherein the cellular identity identifies:

a cellular device that is programmatically associated with the computing device or the computing device that is a cellular service-enabled device.

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