Embedded payment tokens in digital media objects
AssigneeVisa International Service Association
InventorAnimikh Sen
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Abstract
A token specifying a payment account is issued to a party to which payments are to be made and the token is installed in a specially configured camera. Whenever a photograph is captured by the camera, a copy of the token, among other things, is embedded in the photograph's metadata. The metadata may also include photo-specific information and a selling price. When a buyer selects the photo for purchase, the token may be used to facilitate a payment to the party, such as the photographer. The buyer may initiate the transaction by simply dragging the selected photograph or photographs onto a purchase application which automatically extracts price and the token for initiating the purchase transaction. The seller can view the purchase details in the payment account.
Claims8
A method of capturing and distributing a media object, the method comprising:
- requesting and receiving, via a user interface of a device, a payment token via a communication with a token service, wherein the payment token is associated with a payee for content captured on the device;
- storing the payment token in a secure memory of the device, the device being configured to capture a media item;
- capturing a media item with the device;
- storing the media item in a memory of the device separate from the secure memory;
- automatically adding metadata to the media item to form a media object, the metadata including a detail pertaining to the media item and the payment token;
- receiving, via a user interface of the device, a price of the media item;
- adding the price to the metadata of the media object;
- and
- exporting the media object via a network connection to a site accessible to third parties.
A method of capturing and distributing a media object, the method comprising:
- providing a device configured to capture content using a transducer;
- requesting and receiving a payment token via a communication with a token service, wherein the payment token is associated with a payee for content captured on the device;
- storing the payment token in a secure memory of the device;
- capturing a media item with the device;
- storing the media item in a memory of the device separate from the secure memory;
- automatically adding metadata to the media item to form a media object, the metadata including the payment token and data pertaining to the media item;
- exporting the media object via a network connection to a site;
- retrieving, at a computer, the media object;
- presenting the media object on a user interface of the computer;
- detecting movement of the media object onto an icon of a payment application;
- extracting, via the payment application, the payment token from the media object;
- formatting a payment object via the payment application using the payment token;
- and
- sending the payment object to a payment processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.