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US 12,271,927 · App. 18/597,426 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Consumer presence based deal offers

Inventors: Tuomas Artman (San Francisco, CA); Jyri Engestrom (San Francisco, CA); Ulf Schwekendiek (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Bytedance Inc.
G06Q30/0261G06Q20/3278G06Q20/36G06Q20/382G06Q20/387
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Patent No.
US 12,271,927
App. No.
18/597,426
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and related methods facilitating payments with a mobile device are discussed herein. Circuitry in a networked-based central system, which may be a promotional system or payment system, may be configured to receive payment information from a consumer device. The consumer device may include circuitry configured to receive wallet identifying data from the central system. The wallet identification data may be used to secure messages between the consumer device and another device, such as a merchant device, over a wireless link. In some embodiments, the consumer device may receive promotional offers, such as deal vouchers or rewards, and make payments to the other device via the wireless link.

Claims (56)

1. A networked device comprising processing circuitry configured to:

receive consumer identifying data from a consumer device;

generate anonymous identifying data associated with the consumer identifying data and a private key, wherein the anonymous identifying data and the private key have a mathematical relationship;

send the anonymous identifying data to the consumer device, wherein the anonymous identifying data is sent to a merchant device by the consumer device via a personal area network without action of the networked device, and the merchant device is associated with a merchant;

receive the anonymous identifying data from the merchant device indicating presence of the consumer device at a merchant location associated with the merchant device;

validate the anonymous identifying data received from the merchant device with the mathematical relationship and the private key;

query a promotional database to identify promotional data associated with presence of the consumer device at the merchant location from other promotional data; and

cause transmission of the promotional data associated with presence of the consumer device at the merchant location.

2. The networked device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

receive a request to authorize a payment of a total amount, the total amount to be paid to the merchant by the networked device from a payment account associated with the consumer device;

determine the promotional data associated with presence of the consumer device is associated with a discount;

process the request by applying the discount to the total amount and pay a remaining amount to the merchant from the payment account; and

send a payment confirmation indicating payment of a total cost less the discount to the merchant device after processing the request.

3. The networked device of claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

retain a portion of the remaining amount as a fee for services provided to the merchant device.

4. The networked device of claim 1 , wherein the merchant location associated with the merchant device is a first merchant location, and wherein the promotional data associated with presence of the consumer device at the merchant location incentivizes a consumer to travel to a second merchant location.

5. The networked device of claim 4 , wherein the first merchant location is associated with a first merchant department and the second merchant location is associated with a second merchant department.

6. The networked device of claim 1 , wherein the personal area network used to send the anonymous identifying data from the consumer device to the merchant device is based on a Bluetooth wireless protocol.

7. The networked device of claim 1 , wherein the anonymous identifying data comprises one or more random numbers, codes or tokens.

8. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving consumer identifying data from a consumer device;

generating anonymous identifying data associated with the consumer identifying data and a private key, wherein the anonymous identifying data and the private key have a mathematical relationship;

sending the anonymous identifying data to the consumer device, wherein the anonymous identifying data is sent to a merchant device by the consumer device via a personal area network, and the merchant device is associated with a merchant;

receiving the anonymous identifying data from the merchant device indicating presence of the consumer device at a merchant location associated with the merchant device;

validating the anonymous identifying data received from the merchant device with the mathematical relationship and the private key;

querying a promotional database to identify promotional data associated with presence of the consumer device at the merchant location from other promotional data; and

causing transmission of the promotional data associated with presence of the consumer device at the merchant location.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving a request to authorize a payment of a total amount, the total amount to be paid to the merchant by a networked device from a payment account associated with the consumer device;

determining the promotional data associated with presence of the consumer device is associated with a discount;

processing the request by applying the discount to the total amount and paying a remaining amount to the merchant from the payment account; and

sending a payment confirmation indicating payment of a total cost less the discount to the merchant device after processing the request.

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

retaining a portion of the remaining amount as a fee for services provided to the merchant device.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the merchant location associated with the merchant device is a first merchant location, and wherein the promotional data associated with presence of the consumer device at the merchant location incentivizes a consumer to travel to a second merchant location.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein the first merchant location is associated with a first merchant department and the second merchant location is associated with a second merchant department.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the personal area network used to send the anonymous identifying data from the consumer device to the merchant device is based on a Bluetooth wireless protocol.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the anonymous identifying data comprises one or more random numbers, codes or tokens.

15. A computer program product comprising at least one computer readable non-transitory memory having program code instructions stored thereon, the program code instructions which when executed by an apparatus cause the apparatus to at least:

receive consumer identifying data from a consumer device;

generate anonymous identifying data associated with the consumer identifying data and a private key, wherein the anonymous identifying data and the private key have a mathematical relationship;

send the anonymous identifying data to the consumer device, wherein the anonymous identifying data is sent to a merchant device by the consumer device via a personal area network, and the merchant device is associated with a merchant;

receive the anonymous identifying data from the merchant device indicating presence of the consumer device at a merchant location associated with the merchant device;

validate the anonymous identifying data received from the merchant device with the mathematical relationship and the private key;

query a promotional database to identify promotional data associated with presence of the consumer device at the merchant location from other promotional data; and

cause transmission of the promotional data associated with presence of the consumer device at the merchant location.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprising program code instructions, which when executed by the apparatus further cause the apparatus at least to:

receive a request to authorize a payment of a total amount, the total amount to be paid to the merchant by a networked device from a payment account associated with the consumer device;

determine the promotional data associated with presence of the consumer device is associated with a discount;

process the request by applying the discount to the total amount and pay a remaining amount to the merchant from the payment account; and

send a payment confirmation indicating payment of a total cost less the discount to the merchant device after processing the request.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 , further comprising program code instructions, which when executed by the apparatus further cause the apparatus at least to:

retain a portion of the remaining amount as a fee for services provided to the merchant device.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the merchant location associated with the merchant device is a first merchant location, and wherein the promotional data associated with presence of the consumer device at the merchant location incentivizes a consumer to travel to a second merchant location.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 , wherein the first merchant location is associated with a first merchant department and the second merchant location is associated with a second merchant department.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the personal area network used to send the anonymous identifying data from the consumer device to the merchant device is based on a Bluetooth wireless protocol.

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 May 20, 2024
From: ARTMAN, TUOMAS; ENGESTROM, JYRI; SCHWEKENDIEK, ULF
To: GROUPON, INC.
Reel/Frame 067465/0532 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17303101 · May 20, 2021
Continuation 16264177 · Jan 31, 2019
Continuation 13801610 · Mar 13, 2013
Provisional Application 61715230 · Oct 17, 2012
Related Publication 20240289843A1 · Aug 29, 2024
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