SECURE CODE GENERATION FOR CUSTOMER TRACKING

• US 20150161417A1
• Filed: 05/14/2014
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Melt
• Original Assignee: The Melt
• Inventors: KAPLAN, Jonathan, LLACUNA, Jay Amando Domingo, DEMARTA, Stanley Peter
• Granted Patent: US 9,189,659 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 5/00 Methods or arrangements for verifying the correctness of markings on a record carrier; Column detection devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1417 2D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0234 Rebates after completed purchase
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0238 at point-of-sale [POS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety

Abstract

Techniques for securely managing user-specific benefits. An authentication server receives a request for a user-identification code from a computing device. The authentication server generates the user-identification code. The authentication server also generates an expiration date associated with the user-identification code. The authentication server transmits the user-identification code and the expiration date to the computing device. The authentication server also validates the user-identification code received from a code scanning system.

Claims

1. A method for securely managing user-specific benefits, the method comprising:

receiving a request for a user-identification code from a computing device;

generating the user-identification code;

generating an expiration date associated with the user-identification code;

transmitting the user-identification code and the expiration date to the computing device; and

validating the user-identification code received from a code scanning system.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

determining that the expiration date associated with the user-identification code received from the code scanning system has passed; and

in response, indicating that the user-identification code is invalid.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the user-identification code is currently registered at a second location that is different from a location store that is associated with the code scanning system; and

in response, indicating that the user-identification code is invalid.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the expiration date associated with the user-identification code has not passed, and that the user-identification code is not registered at a second location that is different from a first location that is associated with the code scanning system, upon receiving the user-identification code from the code scanning system, and

in response, indicating that the user-identification code is valid.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising storing an indication that the user-identification code is registered at the first location in response to determining that the user-identification code is valid.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising storing an expiration date associated with the indication that the user-identification code is registered at the first location.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request for a list of user that are registered at a first location that is associated with the code scanning system; and

in response, generating the list of user that are registered.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising storing user-identification information associated with the user-identification code.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein at least a portion of the list of users is based on the user-identification information and the user-identification code.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising validating secondary user-identification information after validating the user-identification code.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the secondary user-identification information comprises one of a media access control address, facial recognition information, or personal appearance information.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein validating the secondary user-identification information comprises validating alternative secondary user-identification information that is associated with a user that does not own the computing device.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:

receiving a request for a user-identification code from a computing device;

generating the user-identification code;

generating an expiration date associated with the user-identification code;

transmitting the user-identification code and the expiration date to the computing device; and

validating the user-identification code received from a code scanning system.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, further storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:

determining that the expiration date associated with the user-identification code received from the code scanning system has passed; and

in response, indicating that the user-identification code is invalid.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, further storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:

determining that the user-identification code is currently registered at a second location that is different from a first location that is associated with the code scanning system; and

in response, indicating that the user-identification code is invalid.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, further storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:

determining that the expiration date associated with the user-identification code has not passed, and that the user-identification code is not registered at a second location that is different from a first location that is associated with the code scanning system, upon receiving the user-identification code from the code scanning system, and

in response, indicating that the user-identification code is valid.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, further storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the step of storing an indication that the user-identification code is registered at the first location in response to determining that the user-identification code is valid.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, further storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the step of storing an expiration date associated with the indication that the user-identification code is registered at the first location.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, further storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:

receiving a request for a list of users that are registered at a first location that is associated with the code scanning system; and

in response, generating the list of users that are registered.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, further storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the step of storing user-identification information associated with the user-identification code.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein at least a portion of the list of users is based on the user-identification information and the user-identification code.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, further storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the step of validating secondary user-identification information after validating the user-identification code.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the secondary user-identification information comprises one of a media access control address, facial recognition information, or personal appearance information.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein validating the secondary user-identification information comprises validating alternative secondary user-identification information that is associated with a user that does not own the computing device.

25. A system for securely managing user-specific;

benefits, the system comprising;

an authentication server configured to;

receive a request for a user-identification code from a computing device;

generate the user-identification code;

generate an expiration date associated with the user-identification code;

transmit the user-identification code and the expiration date to the computing device; and

validate the user-identification code received from a code scanning system.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the authentication server is further configured to:

determine that the expiration date associated with the user-identification code received from the code scanning system has passed; and

in response, indicate that the user-identification code is invalid.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the authentication server is further configured to validate secondary user-identification information after validating the user-identification code.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the secondary user-identification information comprises one of a media access control address, facial recognition information, or personal appearance information.

29. The system of claim 27, wherein the authentication server is configured to validate the secondary user-identification information by validating alternative secondary user-identification information that is associated with a user that does not own the computing device.