IP Library Granted Patent US 12,073,380
Granted Patent B2
US 12,073,380 · App. 16/595,703 · Granted Aug 27, 2024

Method and system for activating a portable contactless-payment object

Inventor: Christoph Winkelmann (Aarberg, CH)
Assignee: Swatch AG
G06Q20/3278G06Q20/20G06Q20/322G06Q20/341G06Q20/352G06Q20/40
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Patent No.
US 12,073,380
App. No.
16/595,703
Granted
Aug 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for activating a portable contactless payment object of the timepiece or piece of jewellery type able to participate in the making of an electronic payment by tokenisation, the method including the following steps: obtaining of a payment token by an electronic device, in particular mobile, coming from a server of a trusted third party providing a payment service by tokens, and configuration of the portable object with a view to use thereof providing a transmission of the token included in the electronic device to the portable object with an activation terminal.

Claims (24)

1. A method for activating a portable contactless payment object, being one of a timepiece or a piece of jewelry, so that the portable contactless payment object can make electronic payments by tokenisation, the method comprising:

obtaining, by an electronic device in response to transmitting a request to obtain a payment token to a server of a trusted third party providing a payment service by tokens, the payment token being discardable data replacing banking data,

activating the portable contactless payment object so that the portable contactless payment object can make the electronic payments, the activating including transmitting, by the electronic device, the payment token to the portable contactless payment object by first transmitting the payment token to an activation terminal having an image of a first graphical representative on a visible external face and communicatively coupled to the electronic device by a communication link, and then transmitting the payment token from the activation terminal to the portable contactless payment object so that the portable contactless payment object is activated, wherein the activating further comprises capturing, by the electronic device, the image included on the visible external face of the activation terminal, the first graphical representation comprising a first matrix code, and establishing the communication link between the electronic device and the activation terminal based on the first matrix code; and

performing, by the portable contactless payment object, a purchase transaction via electronic payment using the received payment token, after the portable contactless payment object is activated in the activating step.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining further comprises digitizing, by the electronic device, a second graphical representation included on the visible external face of the activation terminal, the second graphical representation comprising a second matrix code.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the obtaining further comprises decoding the second matrix code to obtain binary information sequences comprising data relating to a location of a digital file for configuration of the electronic device.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining further comprises generating, by the electronic device configured by the digital file, the request to obtain the payment token, the request comprising data for production of the payment token including at least one banking data item.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining step further comprises transmitting the payment token by the server of the trusted third party to the electronic device.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuring the portable payment object further comprises physically arranging the contactless portable payment object on a data transmission zone defined on or in the activation terminal.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the activating further comprises decoding the first matrix code to obtain binary information sequences including data relating to a configuration of the communication link between the electronic device and the activation terminal.

8. A system for activation of a portable contactless payment object, being one of a timepiece or a piece of jewelry, so that the portable contactless payment object can make electronic payments by tokenization, the system comprising:

an electronic device,

the portable contactless payment object,

a server of a trusted third party providing a payment service by tokens, and

an activation terminal,

wherein the electronic device includes processing circuitry configured to

obtain, in response to transmitting a request to obtain a payment token to a server of a trusted third party providing a payment service by tokens, the payment token being discardable data replacing banking data, and

activate the portable contactless payment object so that the portable contactless payment object can make the electronic payments, the activating including transmitting the payment token to the portable contactless payment object by first transmitting the payment token to an activation terminal having an image of a first graphical representative on a visible external face and communicatively coupled to the electronic device by the communication link, and then transmitting the payment token from the activation terminal to the portable contactless payment object so that the portable contactless payment object is activated, wherein the processing circuitry, in activating the portable contactless payment object, is further configured to capture the image included on the visible external face of the activation terminal, the first graphical representation comprising a first matrix code, and establish the communication link between the electronic device and the activation terminal based on the first matrix code; and

wherein the portable contactless payment object is configured to perform a purchase transaction via electronic payment using the received payment token, after the portable contactless payment object is activated in the activating step.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the activation terminal comprises a second graphical representation on the visible external face, the second graphical representation including a second matrix code.

10. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the activation terminal comprises a data transmission zone.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program, comprising program code instructions for the execution of the steps of the method according to claim 1 , when said computer program is executed by processing circuitry of the electronic device.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a mobile device.

13. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the electronic device is a mobile device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2025
From: SWATCH AG
To: THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LTD.
Reel/Frame 070783/0006 →
CORPORATE ADDRESS CHANGE Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: SWATCH AG
To: SWATCH AG
Reel/Frame 051833/0174 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2019
From: WINKELMANN, CHRISTOPH
To: SWATCH AG
Reel/Frame 050652/0178 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 18201011 · Oct 17, 2018 · regional
Continuity (1)
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