Granted Patent B2

US 11,763,294 · App. 17/321,143 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Inventor: Thomas Purves (San Francisco, CA)

Assignee: Visa International Service Association

G06Q20/363H04L67/306H04L67/535H04L67/568

Abstract

Claims (46)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a persistent state server, at least one selection from a first user device associated with a user;

creating and storing, at the persistent state server remote from the first user device, a first cookie associated with one or more states of a user account of the user that reflects the at least one selection from the first user device;

receiving, at the persistent state server from a second user device remote from the persistent state server, a request for state data related to the one or more states of the user account;

identifying, by the persistent state server, the first cookie in response to the request for state data;

determining, by the persistent state server, a platform type of the second user device;

generating, by the persistent state server, a second cookie compliant with the platform type of the second user device based on the first cookie, the second cookie including instructions to present the at least one selection on the second user device via the platform type of the second user device; and

in response to receiving the request for state data, sending the generated second cookie from the persistent state server to the second user device for

launching, by the persistent state server, a target for executing the second cookie.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cookie stores a state of the user's selection history associated with the user account.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first cookie contains multiple states.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising providing cloud-based storage to a merchant associated with the at least one selection such that the user can retrieve any of the multiple states associated with the merchant.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cookie is stored in a database associated with the user account.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising providing a user interface for searching the database.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cookie is used to recognize that the user has previously paid for the at least one selection.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cookie includes at least one of a timestamp of when at least one selection took place, a merchant associated with the at least one selection, purchase status, or a platform type of the first user device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein multiple states of a user's selection history are combined into the first cookie.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising providing a preview window to facilitate viewing the multiple states included in the first cookie.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause an apparatus at least to perform:

receiving, at a persistent state server, at least one selection from a first user device associated with a user;

creating and storing, at the persistent state server remote from the first user device, a first cookie associated with a one or more states of a user account of the user that reflects the at least one selection from the first user device;

receiving, at the persistent state server from a second user device remote from the persistent state server, a request for state data related to the one or more states of the user account;

identifying, by the persistent state server, the first cookie in response to the request for state data;

determining, by the persistent state server, a platform type of the second user device;

generating, by the persistent state server, a second cookie compliant with the platform type of the second user device based on the first cookie, the second cookie including instructions to present the at least one selection on the second user device via the platform type of the second user device; and

in response to receiving the request for state data, sending the generated second cookie from the persistent state server to the second user device for

launching, by the persistent state server, a target for executing the second cookie.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first cookie stores a state of the user's selection history associated with the user account.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the first cookie contains multiple states.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 further comprising providing cloud-based storage to a merchant associated with the at least one selection such that the user can retrieve any of the multiple states associated with the merchant.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first cookie is stored in a database associated with the user account.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising instructions causing the apparatus to perform providing a user interface for searching the database.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first cookie is used to recognize that the user has previously paid for the at least one selection.

18. A platform-specific cookie generating apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor disposed in communication with said memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor issues instructions to:

receive, at a persistent state server, at least one selection from a first user device associated with a user;

create and store, at the persistent state server remote from the first user device, a first cookie associated with a one or more states of a user account of the user that reflects the at least one selection;

receive, at the persistent state server from a second user device remote from the persistent state server, a request for state data related to the one or more states of the user account;

identify, by the persistent state server, the first cookie in response to the request for state data;

determine, by the persistent state server, a platform type of the second user device;

generate, by the persistent state server, a second cookie compliant with the platform type of the second user device based on the first cookie, the second cookie including instructions to present the at least one selection on the second user device via the platform type of the second user device; and

in response to receiving the request for state data, sending the generated second cookie from the persistent state server to the second user device for

launch, by the persistent state server, a target for executing the second cookie.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the first cookie stores a state of the user's selection history associated with the user account.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the first cookie contains multiple states.

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