# US 11,308,749 B2 · Systems and methods for electronic voting at a location associated with a financial instituion using a mobile device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,308,749 B2 - Document ID: US11308749B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/077,427 - Filed: 2020-10-22 - Published: 2021-07-01 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-30 - Assignees: Capital One Services, LLC - Applicants: Capital One Services, LLC - Inventors: Joshua Edwards; Michael Mossoba; Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11308749B2 ## CPC - G07C 13/00: Voting apparatus - G06Q 20/1085: {involving automatic teller machines [ATMs]} - G06Q 40/02: Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance (credit or loans G06Q40/03) - G07F 19/207: {Surveillance aspects at ATMs} - G06Q 2230/00: Voting or election arrangements - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract Electronic voter registration information from a voting jurisdiction can be received. The electronic voter registration information can be matched to verified identity information for a customer of the financial institution. A vote selection for an election can be accepted at a mobile computer device of the customer. The vote selection can be sent to the financial institution. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a financial institution server device, electronic voter registration information from a voting jurisdiction, the electronic voter registration information valid for an election of the voting jurisdiction; matching the electronic voter registration information to verified identity information for a customer of a financial institution stored in a database communicably coupled to the financial institution server device; accepting, at a mobile computer device of the customer, a vote selection for the election; sending, from the mobile computer device of the customer, the vote selection to the financial institution server device; storing, in the database communicably coupled to the financial institution server device, the vote selection. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile computer device comprises: a laptop computer, a mobile phone, a mobile tablet computer, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein sending the vote selection comprises sending the vote selection via a mobile application associated with the financial institution. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving authentication information from the customer; and securely transmitting the vote selection to a voting jurisdiction server device associated with a voting jurisdiction upon authentication of the customer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the electronic voter registration information comprises receiving at least one of: an account number for the customer, or other information for the customer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein matching the electronic voter registration information to the verified identity information for the customer comprises matching at least one of the received account number or received other information to an account number or other information that is stored by the financial institution for the customer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: capturing, by a sensor, biometric data of the first customer; and storing the biometric data in an auditing database. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: capturing, by a camera coupled to the mobile computer device, photo data of the customer, or video data of the customer, or both. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: capturing, by a camera coupled to the mobile computer device, data showing the customer making the vote selection. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: storing information indicating that the customer is registered to vote at a polling location associated with the financial institution. ### Claim 11 A computer-implemented system comprising: a memory storing instructions; and a processor that, when executing the instructions, is configured for: receiving, at a financial institution server device, electronic voter registration information from a voting jurisdiction, the electronic voter registration information valid for an election of the voting jurisdiction; matching the electronic voter registration information to verified identity information for a customer of a financial institution stored in a database communicably coupled to the financial institution server device; accepting, at a mobile computer device of the customer, a vote selection for the election; sending, from the mobile computer device, the vote selection to the financial institution server device; and storing, in the database communicably coupled to the financial institution server device, the vote selection. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, further comprising: receiving authentication information from the customer; and securely transmitting the vote selection to a voting jurisdiction server device associated with the voting jurisdiction upon authentication of the customer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein receiving the electronic voter registration information from the voting jurisdiction comprises receiving at least one of: an account number for the customer, or other information for the customer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein matching the electronic voter registration information to the verified identity information for the customer comprises matching at least one of the received account number or received other information to an account number or other information that is stored by the financial institution for the customer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured for: capturing, by a sensor, biometric data of the customer; and storing the biometric data in an auditing database. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein receiving sending the vote selection comprises sending the vote selection via a mobile application associated with the financial institution. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured for: capturing, by a camera coupled to the mobile computer device, photo data of the customer, or video data of the customer, or both. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the mobile computer device comprises: a laptop computer, a mobile phone, a mobile tablet computer, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, further comprising: capturing, by a camera coupled to the mobile computer device, data showing the customer making the vote selection. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured for: storing information indicating that the customer is registered to vote at a polling location associated with the financial institution.