Methods and systems for providing digital identification cards for mobile applications

• US 10,296,980 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2016
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Government Employees Insurance Company (Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Governmemt Employees Insurance Company
• Inventors: Meoli, Peter, Slocum, Matthew, James, Anthony, Switzer, Derek
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheema, Umar
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tolchinsky, Gregory P
• Application Number:
  US15/082,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20160210699A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,149 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/00 Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof printing processes to produce identification or security features B41M3/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for providing digital identification cards are disclosed. In one aspect, the disclosed embodiments may provide digital identification cards, such as proof of insurance cards, to mobile devices that are compliant with one or more standards set by identification-requiring organizations, such as a department of motor vehicles. Certain disclosed embodiments may update digital identification cards based on changes to user information or formatting information associated with one or more identification-requiring organizations.

Claims

1. A device for providing a digital identification card to a mobile device associated with a user, the device comprising:

a memory storing software instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the software instructions to perform a set of operations, the operations comprising;

receiving, from the mobile device, a request for a digital identification card,

requesting, from a digital identification server, identification information associated with a user, further comprising an address of the user, and further associated with the mobile device;

identifying an identification-requiring organization for the digital identification card based on the identification information associated with the user,

receiving, from the digital identification server, formatting information for the digital identification card, the formatting information reflecting a visual appearance of the digital identification card compliant with a standard of the identified identification-requiring organization for the visual appearance of identification cards, wherein the formatting information includes a set of fields such that each field is associated with a respective set of display parameters, and wherein the set of display parameters includes a location for the field,

generating the digital identification card based on the identification information and the formatting information;

detecting, by determining that the digital identification card is governed by a second identification-requiring organization, a triggering event that updates the identification information or formatting information;

updating the digital identification card in response to detecting the triggering event by receiving the updated identification information from the mobile device,

generating data for displaying the digital identification card on the mobile device according to the updated formatting information and identification information associated with the user, and

providing, to the mobile device, the data for displaying the digital identification card.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein detecting the triggering event comprises at least one of:

determining that the digital identification card is governed by a second identification-requiring organization different from the identification-requiring organization, wherein the second identification-requiring organization is determined based on a detected update to the identification information associated with the user, or

detecting an update to the standard of the identification-requiring organization, wherein the updated standard alters at least one display parameter of at least one field in the set of fields to form the updating formatting information.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein detecting the triggering event includes detecting an update to the standard of the identification-requiring organization, and wherein detecting the update to the standard comprises:

transmitting a request to a system associated with the identification-requiring organization; and

receiving, in response to the transmitted request, the updated standard forming the updated formatting information.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the request is transmitted on a periodic basis.

5. The device of claim 2, wherein detecting the triggering event includes detecting an update to the standard of the identification-requiring organization, and wherein detecting the update to the standard comprises automatically receiving the updated standard from a system associated with the identification-requiring organization.

6. The device of claim 2, wherein a field in the set of fields is a text field, and wherein the set of display parameters for the text field further includes at least two of:

a font color, a transparency, or a font type.

7. A computer-implemented method for providing a digital identification card to a mobile device associated with a user, the method comprising the following operations performed via one or more processors:

receiving, from the mobile device, a request for a digital identification card,

requesting, from a digital identification server, identification information associated with a user, further comprising an address of the user, and further associated with the mobile device;

identifying an identification-requiring organization for the digital identification card based on the identification information associated with the user,

receiving, from the digital identification server, formatting information for the digital identification card, the formatting information reflecting a visual appearance of the digital identification card compliant with a standard of the identified identification-requiring organization for the visual appearance of identification cards, wherein the formatting information includes a set of fields such that each field is associated with a set of display parameters, and wherein the set of display parameters includes a location, a text to display, and a font type for the field,

generating the digital identification card based on the identification information and the formatting information;

detecting, by determining that the digital identification card is governed by a second identification-requiring organization, a triggering event that updates the identification information or formatting information;

updating the digital identification card in response to detecting the triggering event by receiving the updated identification information from the mobile device;

generating data for displaying the digital identification card on the mobile device according to the updated formatting information and identification information associated with the user, and

providing, to the mobile device, the data for displaying the digital identification card.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein detecting the triggering event comprises at least one of:

determining that the digital identification card is governed by a second identification-requiring organization different from the identification-requiring organization, wherein the second identification-requiring organization is determined based on a detected update to the identification information associated with the user, or

detecting an update to the standard of the identification-requiring organization, wherein the updated standard alters at least one display parameter of at least one field in the set of fields to form the updating formatting information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein detecting the triggering event includes detecting an update to the standard of the identification-requiring organization, and wherein detecting the update to the standard comprises:

transmitting a request to a system associated with the identification-requiring organization; and

receiving, in response to the transmitted request, the updated standard forming the updated formatting information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the request is transmitted on a periodic basis.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein detecting the triggering event includes detecting an update to the standard of the identification-requiring organization, and wherein detecting the update to the standard comprises automatically receiving the updated standard from a system associated with the identification-requiring organization.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein a field in the set of fields is a text field, and wherein the set of display parameters for the text field further includes at least two of:

a font color, a transparency, or a font type.

13. A tangible, nontransitory computer-readable medium storing instruction that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method for providing a digital identification card to a mobile device associated with a user, the method comprising:

receiving, from the mobile device, a request for a digital identification card,

requesting, from a digital identification server, identification information associated with a user, further comprising an address of the user, and further associated with the mobile device;

identifying an identification-requiring organization for the digital identification card based on the identification information associated with the user,

receiving, from the digital identification server, formatting information for the digital identification card, the formatting information reflecting a visual appearance of the digital identification card compliant with a standard of the identified identification-requiring organization for the visual appearance of identification cards, wherein the formatting information includes a set of fields such that each field is associated with a set of display parameters, and wherein the set of display parameters includes a location, a text to display, and a font type for the field,

generating the digital identification card based on the identification information and the formatting information;

detecting, by determining that the digital identification card is governed by a second identification-requiring organization, a triggering event that updates the identification information or formatting information;

updating the digital identification card in response to detecting the triggering event by receiving the updated identification information from the mobile device,

generating data for displaying the digital identification card on the mobile device according to the updated formatting information and identification information associated with the user, and

providing, to the mobile device, the data for displaying digital identification card.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein detecting the triggering event comprises at least one of:

determining that the digital identification card is governed by a second identification-requiring organization different from the identification-requiring organization, wherein the second identification-requiring organization is determined based on a detected update to the identification information associated with the user, or

detecting an update to the standard of the identification-requiring organization, wherein the updated standard alters at least one display parameter of at least one field in the set of fields to form the updating formatting information.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein detecting the triggering event includes detecting an update to the standard of the identification-requiring organization, and wherein detecting the update to the standard comprises:

transmitting a request to a system associated with the identification-requiring organization; and

receiving, in response to the transmitted request, the updated standard forming the updated formatting information.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein detecting the triggering event includes detecting an update to the standard of the identification-requiring organization, and wherein detecting the update to the standard comprises automatically receiving the updated standard from a system associated with the identification-requiring organization.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein a field in the set of fields is a text field, and wherein the set of display parameters for the text field further includes at least two of a font color, a transparency, or a font type.