US 2018/0322492 A1 · System, Method, and Article of Manufacture to Non-Invasively Authenticate an Authorized User of a Mobile Device and Displaying a Scanning Code Over a Lock Screen Wallpaper of the Mobile Device

Abstract

A method is described as implemented in a mobile device having a lock screen wallpaper, where, when the mobile device is at a business location, a user of the mobile device is authenticated non-invasively (e.g., utilizing the camera of the mobile device, using facial recognition, utilizing the camera of the mobile device and authenticating via facial recognition, etc.). Upon successful authentication, a scanning code is displayed over a lock screen wallpaper of the mobile device, where power is conserved in the mobile device by providing the scanning code without having to unlock the mobile device.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

(a) identifying a mobile device is at a business location;
(b) non-invasively authenticating, via facial recognition, a user of the mobile device as an authorized user of the mobile device, and upon successful authentication;
(c) displaying a scanning code over a lock screen wallpaper of the mobile device, the scanning code encoding payment information for conducting a transaction at the business location;
and
(d) conserving power in the mobile device by providing the scanning code over the lock screen wallpaper of the mobile device, without having to unlock the mobile device.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/030,847Filed 9 Jul 2018

Priority

16 May 2013

Published

8 Nov 2018

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06Q 20/40
Payment protocols; Details thereof: authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and…
G06Q 20/20
Payment architectures: point-of-sale [POS] network systems
G06Q 20/322
Using wireless devices: aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
G06Q 20/3274
Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices: using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being displayed on the M-device

System, Method, and Article of Manufacture to Non-Invasively Authenticate an Authorized User of a Mobile Device and Displaying a Scanning Code Over a Lock Screen Wallpaper of the Mobile Device

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System, Method, and Article of Manufacture to Non-Invasively Authenticate an Authorized User of a Mobile Device and Displaying a Scanning Code Over a Lock Screen Wallpaper of the Mobile Device

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Abstract

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