Presence-of-card code for offline payment processing system

• US 9,020,858 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2012
• Issued: 04/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Jiang, Fan, Lisowiec, Malgorzata Monika, Springer, Michael William, Okonkwo, Aneto Pablo, Leung, Patrick Pui Wah
• Primary Examiner(s): Hewitt, II, Calvin L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Iluonakhamhe, Isidora
• Application Number:
  US13/408,804
• Publication Number:
  US 20130226796A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• Field of Search: 705/50, 705/67
• US Class Current: 705/65
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/00 Payment architectures, schemes or protocols apparatus for performing or posting payment transactions G07F7/08, G07F19/00; electronic cash registers G07G1/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/0655 e-cash managed centrally
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3433 the counter having monetary units
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/349 Rechargeable cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/352 Contactless payments by cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/354 Card activation or deactivation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3552 Downloading or loading of personalisation data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3672 initialising or reloading thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3676 Balancing accounts
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/38215 Use of certificates or encrypted proofs of transaction rights
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3825 Use of electronic signatures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3829 involving key management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/401 Transaction verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/407 Cancellation of a transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40975 using encryption therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system

Abstract

Preventing fraud during an offline transaction by encoding a randomly-generated card verification code onto a smart card. The verification code is transmitted to a contactless device during each transaction, wherein it is cross-referenced with the account number to ensure presence of the card. Also, every transaction record is signed by an access key resident on the contactless device and certified by a signing key resident on a remote system. Funds may be deposited onto the card when the contactless device creates a deposit request, signs the request using an access key and transmits it to the remote system, which in turn processes the request and certifies it with a signing key. Funds may be withdrawn when the contactless device creates a withdrawal record and signs it using an access key. The remote system verifies the signatures and certifies the records using a signing key when the records are later transmitted.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing offline payment processing of purchases, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile communication device via a network connection with a computer managing smart card device accounts, smart card device account numbers and corresponding verification numbers for a plurality of smart card devices;

terminating, by the mobile communication device, the network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts;

establishing, by the mobile communication device, a communication channel with a smart card device while the mobile communication device is without a network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts;

receiving, by the mobile communication device and from the smart card device while the mobile communication device is without a network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts, a smart card device account number, a verification number, and a transaction history comprising a listing of previous deposit transactions and a listing of previous withdrawal transactions;

calculating, by the mobile communication device while the mobile communication device is without a network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts, an amount of previous withdrawals using the listing of previous withdrawal transactions and an amount of previous deposits using the listing of previous deposit transactions; and

authorizing, by the mobile communication device while the mobile communication device is without a network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts, an offline transaction with the smart card device by determining that the smart card device account number and the verification number received from the smart card device matches a smart card device account number and a corresponding verification number received from the computer managing the smart card device accounts and by determining that a current transaction amount is less than or equal to a difference between the amount of previous deposits and the amount of the previous withdrawals.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising establishing the communication channel using a near field communication (NFC) protocol.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device comprises a mobile telephone.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device comprises a stand-alone card reader.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising writing, by the mobile communication device, a transaction record to the smart card device transaction history indicating the current transaction amount debited from the smart card device account balance.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing, by the mobile communication device, a second network connection with the computer managing the smart card device accounts after completing the offline debit transaction with the smart card device without the network connection to the computer; and

transmitting, by the mobile communication device, the smart card device account number, the transaction history, and the transaction record to the computer managing the smart card device accounts via the network connection to update the smart card device account managed by the computer.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

authorizing by the mobile communication device while the mobile communication device is without a network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts, a deposit transaction to credit a transaction amount to the smart card device;

establishing, by the mobile communication device, a network connection with the computer managing the smart card device accounts;

transmitting, by the mobile communication device and to the computer managing the smart card device accounts, a deposit request comprising the smart card device account number and an amount of the deposit transaction;

receiving, by the mobile communication device and from the computer managing the smart card device accounts, a deposit record comprising the amount of the deposit; and

writing, by the mobile communication device, a deposit record to the smart card device transaction history indicating an amount added to the smart card device account balance.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising storing, by the mobile communication device, the smart card device account number and the transaction history until the mobile communication device has a network connection with the computer managing smart card device accounts.

8. A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program instructions embodied therein that when executed by a mobile computing device cause the mobile computing device to perform the steps of;

receiving, via a network connection with a computer managing smart card device accounts, smart card device account numbers and corresponding verification numbers for a plurality of smart card devices;

terminating the network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts;

establishing a communication channel with a smart card device while the mobile communication device is without a network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts;

receiving, from a smart card device while the mobile communication device is without a network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts, a smart card device account number, a verification number, and a transaction history comprising a listing of previous deposit transactions and a listing of previous withdrawal transactions;

calculating, while the mobile communication device is without a network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts, an amount of previous withdrawals using the listing of previous withdrawal transactions and an amount of previous deposits using the listing of previous deposit transactions; and

authorizing, while the mobile communication device is without a network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts, an offline transaction with the smart card device by determining that the smart card device account number and the verification number received from the smart card device matches a smart card device account number and a corresponding verification number received from the computer managing the smart card device accounts and by determining that a current transaction amount is less than or equal to a difference between the amount of previous deposits and the amount of the previous withdrawals.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising the step of:

writing a transaction record to the smart card device transaction history indicating the current transaction amount debited from the smart card device account balance.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising the steps of:

establishing a second network connection with the computer managing the smart card device accounts after completing the offline debit transaction with the smart card device without the network connection to the computer; and

transmitting the smart card device account number, the transaction history, and the transaction record to the computer managing the smart card device accounts via the network connection to update the smart card device account managed by the computer.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising the steps of:

authorizing without a network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts a deposit transaction to credit a transaction amount to the smart card device;

establishing a network connection with the computer managing the smart card device accounts;

transmitting to the computer managing the smart card device accounts a deposit request comprising the smart card device account number and an amount of the deposit transaction;

receiving from the computer managing the smart card device accounts a deposit record comprising the amount of the deposit; and

writing the deposit record to the smart card device transaction history indicating an amount added to the smart card account balance.

17. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising the step of storing the smart card device account number and the transaction history until the mobile communication device has a network connection with the computer managing smart card device accounts.

12. A system for processing withdrawals of funds during offline payment processing of purchases, comprising:

a processor; and

a storage device comprising hardware storing executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to execute the steps of;

receiving, via a network connection with a computer managing smart card device accounts, smart card device account numbers and corresponding verification numbers for a plurality of smart card devices;

terminating the network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts;

establishing a communication channel with a smart card device without a network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts;

receiving, from the smart card device without a network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts, a smart card device account number, a verification number, and a transaction history comprising a listing of previous deposit transactions and a listing of previous withdrawal transactions;

calculating, without a network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts, an amount of previous withdrawals using the listing of previous withdrawal transactions and an amount of previous deposits using the listing of previous deposit transactions; and

authorizing, without a network connection to the computer managing the smart card device accounts, an offline transaction with the smart card device by determining that the smart card device account number and the verification number received from the smart card device matches a smart card device account number and a corresponding verification number received from the computer managing the smart card device accounts and by determining that a current transaction amount is less than or equal to a difference between the amount of previous deposits and the amount of the previous withdrawals.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored in the storage device to cause the processor to execute the step of:

writing a transaction record to the smart card device transaction history indicating the current transaction amount debited from the smart card device account balance.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor is engine further configured to execute instructions stored in the storage device to cause the processor to execute the steps of:

establishing a second network connection with the computer managing the smart card device accounts after completing the offline debit transaction with the smart card device without the network connection to the computer; and

transmitting the smart card device account number, the transaction history, and the transaction record to the computer managing the smart card device accounts via the network connection to update the smart card device account managed by the computer managing the smart card device accounts.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored in the storage device to cause the processor to execute the steps of:

authorizing a deposit transaction to credit a transaction amount to the smart card device;

establish a network connection with the computer managing the smart card device accounts;

transmitting to the computer managing the smart card device accounts a deposit request comprising the smart card device account number and an amount of the deposit transaction;

receiving from the computer managing the smart card device accounts, a deposit record comprising the amount of the deposit and a sum of deposit; and

writing the deposit record to the smart card device transaction history indicating an amount added to the smart card device account balance.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored in the storage device to cause the processor to execute the step of storing the smart card device account number and the transaction history until a network connection with the computer managing smart card device accounts is established.