Systems and methods for generating and using a digital pass

• US 9,240,010 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2011
• Issued: 01/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Liberty Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: III Holdings 1, LLC
• Inventors: Parekh, Anup Anil, King, Kate T., Alderfer, Kimberly, Aidasani, Dilip, Rolinson, Stuart, Rajwani, Abbas-Ali Hassan
• Primary Examiner(s): Coppola, Jacob C.
• Application Number:
  US13/193,464
• Publication Number:
  US 20130030910A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,636 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0609 Buyer or seller confidence or verification
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00

Abstract

A system, method, and article of manufacture for generating a digital pass is disclosed. The method may comprise retrieving a plurality of identity attributes, and grouping a subset of identity attributes in the plurality of identity attributes to generate at least one digital pass. The method may further comprise grouping a subset of static identity attributes and a subset of dynamic identity attributes to generate a digital pass.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transmitting to a merchant system, by a computer-based system comprising a processor for receiving personalized data based upon a digital pass of a first user, a portion of the digital pass, wherein the digital pass comprises a group of identity attributes;

receiving, by the computer-based system, data based upon the portion of the digital pass transmitted, wherein the data is personalized by the merchant system based upon the portion of the digital pass;

based on a privacy preference for a respective particular identity attribute for each one of a plurality of other users, determining, by the computer-based system, that each given user included in a first group of the plurality of other users permits a first merchant to transmit a reward to the given user of the first group and that each given user of a second group of the plurality of other users does not permit any merchant to transmit any reward to the given users of the second group, wherein each user of the first group and the second group of the plurality of other users has a respective digital pass including the respective particular identity attribute, and wherein the first merchant is included in at least one preapproved merchant for each user included in the first group; and

based on information indicating that each user of the first group and the second group of the plurality of other users shares a common identity attribute with the first user, wherein the common identity attribute is not the particular identity attribute, transmitting, by the computer-based system, a particular reward from the first merchant to the first user and each user of the first group, without transmitting the particular reward from the first merchant to any user of the second group, in response to an expenditure of funds with a second merchant by a second user of a different digital pass.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the computer-based system, at least one of:

a location of the first user or biometric data associated with the first user.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving, by the computer-based system, an uploaded list of items; and

transmitting, by the computer-based system, directions to a mobile device associated with the first user based upon the location and the uploaded list, wherein the directions include instructions instructing the first user to view an item in the uploaded list.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the privacy preference is indicative of a public accessibility.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting, by the computer-based system, the privacy preference for the particular identity attribute to private;

and

in response to the setting, preventing, by the computer-based system, the first merchant from transmitting additional rewards to the first user, wherein the preventing does not prevent the first merchant from transmitting the additional rewards to each user of the first group.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising transferring funds, by the computer-based system, from a transaction account associated with the digital pass to a second transaction account associated with the different digital pass.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

applying, by the computer-based system, a spending rule authorized by the first user to the expenditure of funds by the second user; and

based on the applying, the computer-based system authorizing the expenditure.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the common identity attribute is indicative of a hobby, an interest, a location, a group affiliation, an employer, or a social network of the first user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the portion of the digital pass transmitted includes at least one of:

the particular identity attribute or the common identity attribute.

10. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by a computer-based system comprising a processor to cause the computer-based system to perform operations comprising:

transmitting to a merchant system a portion of a digital pass of a first user, wherein the digital pass comprises a group of identity attributes;

receiving data based upon the portion of the digital pass transmitted, wherein the data is personalized by the merchant system based upon the portion of the digital pass;

based on a privacy preference for a respective particular identity attribute for each one of a plurality of other users, determining that each given user included in a first group of the plurality of other users permits a first merchant to transmit a reward to the given user of the first group and that each given user of a second group of the plurality of other users does not permit any merchant to transmit any reward to the given user of the second group, wherein each user of the first group and the second group of the plurality of other users has a respective digital pass including the respective particular identity attribute, and wherein the first merchant is included in at least one preapproved merchant for each user included in the first group; and

based on information indicating that each user of the first group and second group of the plurality of other users shares a common identity attribute with the first user, wherein the common identity attribute is not the particular identity attribute, transmitting a particular reward from the first merchant to the first user of the digital pass and each user of the first group, without transmitting the particular reward from the first merchant to any user of the second group, in response to an expenditure of funds with a second merchant by a second user of a different digital pass.

11. The article of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise receiving at least one of:

a location of the first user or biometric data associated with the first user.

12. The article of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an uploaded list of items; and

transmitting directions to a mobile device associated with the first user based upon the location and the uploaded list, wherein the directions include instructions instructing the first user to view an item in the uploaded list.

13. The article of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise:

based on the privacy preference, determining that the particular identity attribute is accessible by the first merchant.

14. The article of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise changing the privacy preference;

and

based on the changing, preventing the first merchant from transmitting additional rewards to the first user.

15. The article of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise transferring funds from a transaction account associated with the digital pass to a second transaction account associated with the different digital pass.

16. The article of claim 10, wherein the portion of the digital pass transmitted includes at least one of:

the particular identity attribute or the common identity attribute.

17. A system comprising:

a processor;

a non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor,

the non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that are executable by the processor to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

transmitting to a merchant system, a portion of a digital pass of a first user;

receiving data based upon the portion of the digital pass transmitted, wherein the data is personalized by the merchant system based upon the portion of the digital pass;

based on a privacy preference of a respective particular identity attribute for each one of a plurality of other users, determining that each given user included in a first group of the plurality of other users permits a first merchant to transmit a reward to the given user of the first group and that each given user of a second group of the plurality of other users does not permit any merchant to transmit any reward to the given user of the second group, wherein each user of the first group and the second group of the plurality of other users has a respective digital pass including the respective particular identity attribute, and wherein the first merchant is included in at least one preapproved merchant for each user included in the first group; and

based on information indicating that each user of the first group and the second group of the plurality of other users shares a common identity attribute with the first user, wherein the common identity attribute is not the particular identity attribute, transmitting a particular reward from the first merchant to a first user of the digital pass and each user of the first group, without transmitting the particular reward from the first merchant to any user of the second group, in response to an expenditure of funds with a second merchant by a second user of a different digital pass.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise receiving at least one of:

a location of the first user or biometric data associated with the first user.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an uploaded list of items; and

transmitting directions to a mobile device associated with the first user based upon the location and the uploaded list, wherein the directions include instructions instructing the first user to view an item in the uploaded list.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a publically accessible identity attribute based upon the biometric data, wherein the privacy preference for the publically accessible identity attribute is indicative of public accessibility.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise setting a privacy preference from public to private.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise transferring funds from a transaction account associated with the digital pass to a second transaction account associated with the different digital pass.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein the portion of the digital pass transmitted includes at least one of:

the particular identity attribute or the common identity attribute.