Hands-free transactions
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method to broadcast beacon signals to user computing devices and to receive, in response, data from the user computing devices via intermediary processing systems without a required input of the user, comprising:
- transmitting, by one or more computing devices associated with a merchant computing system, a beacon signal comprising a beacon identifier to a user computing device associated with a user, the beacon signal comprising information suitable to allow the user computing device to generate a token;
receiving, by an application operating on the user computing device, the beacon signal comprising the beacon identifier from the one or more computing devices associated with the merchant computing system;
generating, by the application operating on the user computing device, the token without input from the user in response to receiving the transmitted beacon signal from the one or more computing devices associated with the merchant computing system, the token comprising the beacon identifier and an identification of a user account associated with the user;
transmitting, by the application operating on the user computing device, the token to a payment processing system associated with the user account associated with the user;
receiving, by the one or more computing devices associated with the merchant computing system and from the payment processing system associated with the user account associated with the user, a communication comprising the token generated by the application operating on the user computing device;
receiving, by the one or more computing devices associated with the merchant computing system, an input specifying transaction details for a pending transaction and a selection of the token to associate with the transaction;
transmitting, by the one or more computing devices associated with the merchant computing system and to the payment processing system associated with the user account, a transaction request, the transaction request comprising the token generated by the application operating on the user computing device and at least a portion of the transaction details; and
receiving, by the one or more computing devices associated with a merchant computing system, an authorization for the transaction request from the payment processing system based on the token provided in the transaction request.
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Abstract
Conducting hands-free transactions comprises a server at a payment processing system, a user computing device, and a merchant computing device. The payment processing system registers a merchant system as a hands-free payment participant and provides a beacon identifier. The payment processing system receives a communication from a hands-free payment application on a user computing device, the communication comprising a transaction token, an identification of a user account, and the beacon identifier received by the user computing device via a wireless communication from a device associated with the merchant system and transmits the transaction token to the merchant system computing device. The payment processing system receives from the merchant system computing device, a transaction request, the transaction request comprising the token and transaction data associated with the transaction request and conducts the transaction between the user account and the merchant system based on the received token and transaction request.
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Citations
25 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method to broadcast beacon signals to user computing devices and to receive, in response, data from the user computing devices via intermediary processing systems without a required input of the user, comprising:
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transmitting, by one or more computing devices associated with a merchant computing system, a beacon signal comprising a beacon identifier to a user computing device associated with a user, the beacon signal comprising information suitable to allow the user computing device to generate a token; receiving, by an application operating on the user computing device, the beacon signal comprising the beacon identifier from the one or more computing devices associated with the merchant computing system; generating, by the application operating on the user computing device, the token without input from the user in response to receiving the transmitted beacon signal from the one or more computing devices associated with the merchant computing system, the token comprising the beacon identifier and an identification of a user account associated with the user; transmitting, by the application operating on the user computing device, the token to a payment processing system associated with the user account associated with the user; receiving, by the one or more computing devices associated with the merchant computing system and from the payment processing system associated with the user account associated with the user, a communication comprising the token generated by the application operating on the user computing device; receiving, by the one or more computing devices associated with the merchant computing system, an input specifying transaction details for a pending transaction and a selection of the token to associate with the transaction; transmitting, by the one or more computing devices associated with the merchant computing system and to the payment processing system associated with the user account, a transaction request, the transaction request comprising the token generated by the application operating on the user computing device and at least a portion of the transaction details; and receiving, by the one or more computing devices associated with a merchant computing system, an authorization for the transaction request from the payment processing system based on the token provided in the transaction request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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8. A system to broadcast beacon signals to user computing devices and to receive, in response, data from the user computing devices via intermediary processing systems without a required input of the user, comprising:
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a merchant storage device; and a merchant processor communicatively coupled to the merchant storage device, wherein the merchant processor executes application code instructions that are stored in the merchant storage device to cause the system to; transmit a beacon signal comprising a beacon identifier to a user computing device associated with a user, the beacon signal comprising information suitable to allow the user computing device to generate a token; receive, from a payment processing system associated with a user account associated with the user, a communication comprising a token generated by the application operating on the user computing device; receive an input specifying transaction details for a pending transaction and a selection of the token generated by the application operating on the user computing device to associate with the transaction; transmit to a payment processing system associated with the user account a transaction request, the transaction request comprising the token and at least a portion of the transaction details; and receive an authorization for the transaction request from the payment processing system based on the token provided in the transaction request, and an application operating on the user computing device, wherein the application executes application code instructions to; receive the beacon signal comprising the beacon identifier from the merchant processor; verify the beacon identifier; generate the token without input from the user in response to receiving the transmitted beacon signal from the merchant processor, the token comprising the beacon identifier and an identification of the user account associated with the user; transmit the token generated by the application operating on the user computing device to the payment processing system associated with the user account associated with the user; and receive a notification that the transaction has been conducted based on the transmitted token. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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16. A computer program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable storage device having computer-executable program instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to broadcast beacon signals to user computing devices and to receive, in response, data from the user computing devices via intermediary processing systems without a required input of the user, the computer-executable program instructions comprising; computer-executable program instructions to transmit a beacon signal comprising a beacon identifier to a user computing device associated with a user, the beacon signal comprising instructions to the user computing device to generate a token and communicate the token to the one or more computing devices associated with a merchant computing system via a payment processing system; computer-executable program instructions to receive, from the payment processing system associated with a user account associated with the user, a communication comprising the transaction token, the token having been generated by the user computing device in response to receiving the transmitted beacon signal from the one or more computing devices associated with the merchant computing system and having been communicated from the user computing device to the payment processing system, and the token comprising an identification of the user account associated with the user and the beacon identifier; computer-executable program instructions to receive an input specifying transaction details for a pending transaction and a selection of the token generated by the user computing device to associate with the transaction; computer-executable program instructions to transmit to a payment processing system associated with the user account a transaction request, the transaction request comprising the token generated by the user computing device and at least a portion of the transaction details; and computer-executable program instructions to receive an authorization for the transaction request from the payment processing system based on the token provided in the transaction request. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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