Granted Patent B2

US 12,536,521 · App. 18/629,456 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Inventors: Tuomas Artman (San Francisco, CA); Jyri Engestrom (San Francisco, CA); Ulf Schwekendiek (San Francisco, CA)

Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.

G06Q20/322G06Q20/02G06Q20/0855G06Q20/20G06Q20/36H04W76/10

Abstract

Claims (47)

1 . A payment apparatus for facilitating a secure transaction using a secure communication protocol between the payment apparatus and a peer device, the payment apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer-executable program instructions, the computer-executable program instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the payment apparatus to at least:

initiate a discovering service for establishing a wireless connection with the peer device;

following the initiating of the discovering service, establish the wireless connection with the peer device when the payment apparatus is within a direct wireless communicable range of the peer device;

receive wallet identifying data from the peer device over the wireless connection, wherein the wallet identifying data (i) uniquely identifies the peer device from other peer devices, (ii) is generated based at least in part on a random code that uniquely identifies a payment account of a user associated with the peer device, and (iii) is configured to secure data transfers between the peer device and the payment apparatus;

receive consumer approval data secured with the wallet identifying data from the peer device via the wireless connection;

establish a secure connection with a payment system;

send the consumer approval data secured with the wallet identifying data to the payment system; and

receive a transaction confirmation from the payment system indicating validation of the consumer approval data received from the peer device based on verifying that the consumer approval data was programmatically secured using the wallet identifying data.

2 . The payment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable program instructions are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the payment apparatus to at least:

receive product identifying data; and

transmit an approval request indication to the peer device over the wireless connection to prompt receipt of the consumer approval data.

3 . The payment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the secure connection with the payment system is established over an Internet connection.

4 . The payment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the payment apparatus is configured to store the received consumer approval data secured with the wallet identifying data to a local memory of the payment apparatus in circumstances in which the secure connection with the payment system cannot immediately be established.

5 . The payment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the discovering service is initiated under a Bluetooth protocol for establishing an active personal area network connection.

6 . The payment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the consumer approval data is generated automatically by the peer device based on one or more trigger conditions being satisfied.

7 . The payment apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the one or more trigger conditions comprise one or more of a merchant identifier, merchant location, merchant type, and a monetary amount.

8 . The payment apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the one or more trigger conditions comprise a mobile device location.

9 . A computer-implemented method for facilitating a secure transaction using a secure communication protocol between a payment apparatus and a peer device, the computer-implemented method comprising:

initiating a discovering service for establishing a wireless connection between the payment apparatus and the peer device;

following the initiating of the discovering service, establishing the wireless connection with the peer device when the payment apparatus is within a direct wireless communicable range of the peer device;

receiving wallet identifying data from the peer device over the wireless connection, wherein the wallet identifying data (i) uniquely identifies the peer device from other peer devices, (ii) is generated based at least in part on a random code that uniquely identifies a payment account of a user associated with the peer device, and (iii) is configured to secure data transfers between the peer device and the payment apparatus;

receiving consumer approval data secured with the wallet identifying data from the peer device via the wireless connection;

establishing a secure connection between the payment apparatus and a payment system;

sending the consumer approval data secured with the wallet identifying data from the payment apparatus to the payment system; and

receiving a transaction confirmation from the payment system to the payment apparatus indicating validation of the consumer approval data received from the peer device based on verifying that the consumer approval data was programmatically secured using the wallet identifying data.

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

receiving product identifying data; and

transmitting an approval request indication from the payment apparatus to the peer device over the wireless connection to prompt receipt of the consumer approval data.

11 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the secure connection between the payment apparatus and the payment system is established over an Internet connection.

12 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the computer-implemented method further comprises: storing the received consumer approval data secured with the wallet identifying data to a local memory of the payment apparatus in circumstances in which the secure connection with the payment system cannot immediately be established.

13 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the discovering service is initiated under a Bluetooth protocol for establishing an active personal area network connection.

14 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the consumer approval data is generated automatically by the peer device based on one or more trigger conditions being satisfied.

15 . The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the one or more trigger conditions comprise one or more of a merchant identifier, merchant location, merchant type, and a monetary amount.

16 . The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the one or more trigger conditions comprise a mobile device location.

17 . A computer program product for facilitating a secure transaction using a secure communication protocol, the computer program product comprising computer-executable program instructions, the computer-executable program instructions configured to, when executed by at least one processor, to:

initiate a discovering service for establishing a wireless connection between a payment apparatus and a peer device;

following the initiating of the discovering service, establish the wireless connection between the payment apparatus and the peer device when the payment apparatus is within a direct wireless communicable range of the peer device;

receive wallet identifying data from the peer device over the wireless connection, wherein the wallet identifying data (i) uniquely identifies the peer device from other peer devices, (ii) is generated based at least in part on a random code that uniquely identifies a payment account of a user associated with the peer device, and (iii) is configured to secure data transfers between the peer device and the payment apparatus;

receive consumer approval data secured with the wallet identifying data from the peer device to the payment apparatus via the wireless connection;

establish a secure connection between the payment apparatus and a payment system;

send the consumer approval data secured with the wallet identifying data from the payment apparatus to the payment system; and

receive a transaction confirmation from the payment system indicating validation of the consumer approval data received from the peer device based on verifying that the consumer approval data was programmatically secured using the wallet identifying data.

18 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the computer-executable program instructions are further configured to, when executed by the at least one processor, to:

receive product identifying data; and

transmit an approval request indication to the peer device over the wireless connection to prompt receipt of the consumer approval data.

19 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the secure connection with the payment system is established over an Internet connection.

20 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the computer program product is further configured, when executed by the at least one processor, to: store the received consumer approval data secured with the wallet identifying data to a local memory of the payment apparatus in circumstances in which the secure connection with the payment system cannot immediately be established.

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