US 2022/0022017 A1Published application

Bluetooth low energy (ble) pre-check in

AssigneePaypal, Inc.

InventorsKent Griffin, John Hastings Granbery, Hill Ferguson, David Marcus, Michael Charles Todasco

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Abstract

One or more Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) beacons in communication with a remote server that provides check in capabilities and payment capabilities may be installed at a location. The BLE beacons may connect with a user's mobile device when the user enters the location and allow the user to check in to the location and authorize payments to be made at the location. Once the user is checked in to the location, the user may be provided with additional functionality, benefits, offers, and applications related to the location and facilitated by the check in. Further, the user may be pre-checked in into a next location when the user is at a current location.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a non-transitory memory;
and
one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
detecting, via communication with a first device corresponding to a first location, that a user is located at the first location;
based on detecting that the user is located at the first location, accessing a database to identify a location history corresponding to the user;
determining a second location based on the identified location history corresponding to the user;
in response to determining the second location, providing, via a user interface of a user device of the user, a digital offer for the second location;
and
in response to detecting an input corresponding to the digital offer, automatically processing an electronic transaction corresponding to the second location before a detection of the user device at the second location.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/490,653Filed 30 Sep 2021
Priority: 6 Sep 2013
Published: 20 Jan 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification42 codes

H04W 4/80
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services using short range communication, e.g. near-field…
G06F 21/10
Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity: protecting distributed…
G06F 21/31
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: user authentication
G06F 21/35
Involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards: communicating wirelessly

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Application61/874,587Us provisional application · filed 6 Sep 2013
Application14/479,200Continuation · filed 5 Sep 2014
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