IP Library Granted Patent US 11,625,721
Granted Patent B2
US 11,625,721 · App. 17/195,379 · Granted Apr 11, 2023

System and method for transaction authentication

Inventors: Robert Andrew Eckel (Andover, MA); Mohamed Lazzouni (Northborough, MA)
G06Q20/4014G06Q20/3226
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Patent No.
US 11,625,721
App. No.
17/195,379
Granted
Apr 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Some implementations provide a method that includes: generating an association, at a mobile device, between a government-issued identification document of a user and a mode of payment; receiving, at the mobile device, a presentation of the government-issued identification document of the user to support a request for payment; validating whether the presented government-issued identification document is a valid identification of the user; and in response to validating the presented government-issued identification document, proceeding with payment by using the mode of payment.

Claims (61)

1. A method implemented by a mobile device, the method comprising:

obtaining, using a sensor of the mobile device, identifying information from an identification document of an individual;

generating an association by the mobile device between the identifying information about the individual and a mode of payment;

based on the identifying information, determining, by the mobile device, that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for a transaction; and

initiating, via the mobile device, processing of the transaction based on the individual being authorized to use the mode of payment,

wherein determining by the mobile device that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for the transaction comprises:

determining by the mobile device that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment based on data embedded in the identifying information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for the transaction comprises:

obtaining, using the sensor of the mobile device, data corresponding to a biometric of the individual; and

determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment based on the biometric of the individual.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the identification document indicates the identity of the individual; and

determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for the transaction comprises:

determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment based on the identity of the individual indicated by the identification document.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for the transaction comprises:

extracting encrypted data encoded by a digital watermark of the identification document; and

determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment based on a decrypted version of the encrypted data encoded by the digital watermark.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for the transaction comprises:

processing a correlated portion of the identifying information against an authoritative system of record;

validating the identification document based on the result of processing the correlated portion of the identifying information against the authoritative system of record; and

determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment in response to validating the identification document.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating processing of the transaction comprises:

initiating processing of the transaction using funds associated with an account.

7. A system comprising: a mobile device, a processing device, and a non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions that are executable by the processing device to cause performance of operations comprising:

obtaining, using a sensor of the mobile device, identifying information from an identification document of an individual;

generating an association by the mobile device between the identifying information about the individual and a mode of payment;

based on the identifying information, determining, by the mobile device, that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for a transaction; and

initiating, via the mobile device, processing of the transaction based on the individual being authorized to use the mode of payment, wherein determining by the mobile device that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for the transaction comprises:

determining by the mobile device that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment based on data embedded in the identifying information.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for the transaction comprises:

obtaining, using the sensor of the mobile device, data corresponding to a biometric of the individual; and

determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment based on the biometric of the individual.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein:

the identification document indicates the identity of the individual; and

determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for the transaction comprises:

determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment based on the identity of the individual indicated by the identification document.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for the transaction comprises:

extracting encrypted data encoded by a digital watermark of the identification document; and

determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment based on a decrypted version of the encrypted data encoded by the digital watermark.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for the transaction comprises:

processing a correlated portion of the identifying information against an authoritative system of record;

validating the identification document based on the result of processing the correlated portion of the identifying information against the authoritative system of record; and

determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment in response to validating the identification document.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein initiating processing of the transaction comprises:

initiating processing of the transaction using funds associated with an account.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions for implementing a method by a mobile device, the instructions being executable by a processing device to cause performance of operations comprising:

obtaining, using a sensor of the mobile device, identifying information from an identification document of an individual;

generating an association by the mobile device between the identifying information about the individual and a mode of payment;

based on the identifying information, determining, by the mobile device, that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for a transaction; and

initiating, via the mobile device, processing of the transaction based on the individual being authorized to use the mode of payment,

wherein determining by the mobile device that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for the transaction comprises:

determining by the mobile device that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment based on data embedded in the identifying information.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for the transaction comprises:

obtaining, using the sensor of the mobile device, data corresponding to a biometric of the individual; and

determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment based on the biometric of the individual.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 14 , wherein determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for the transaction comprises:

obtaining, using the sensor of the mobile device, identifying information from an identification document that indicates an identity of the individual; and

determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment based on the identity of the individual indicated by the identification document.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment for the transaction comprises:

extracting encrypted data encoded by a digital watermark of the identification document; and

determining that the individual is authorized to use the mode of payment based on a decrypted version of the encrypted data encoded by the digital watermark.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2025
From: IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA LLC
To: IDEMIA CIVIL IDENTITY NA LLC
Reel/Frame 073792/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 21, 2021
From: MORPHOTRUST USA, LLC
To: IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA LLC
Reel/Frame 058964/0111 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: MORPHOTRUST USA, INC.
To: MORPHOTRUST USA, LLC
Reel/Frame 055716/0837 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2021
From: ECKEL, ROBERT ANDREW; LAZZOUNI, MOHAMED
To: MORPHOTRUST USA, INC.
Reel/Frame 055601/0902 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16428498 · May 31, 2019
Continuation 14220547 · Mar 20, 2014
Provisional Application 61806156 · Mar 28, 2013
Related Publication 20210264427A1 · Aug 26, 2021