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US 2022/0366743 A1Published application
Tokenized access to services
AssigneeFlashParking, Inc.
InventorsHunter Dunbar, William Frank Kirwan, Royce Wellington Higbee
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and hardware for enabling automated authorized access to services. The systems and methods enable a user having a user account to undertake actions equating to a request to access specific services, for an automated system to detect those actions and determine if the user is authorized to access such services and depending on the user's authorization level to either provide or restrict the user's access to such services.
Claims20
A system for tokenized access to services, comprising:
- a database comprising a user account, the user account comprising vehicle information and payment information;
- a vehicle identification system configured to identify a vehicle, and to generate an authorization request responsive to its detection of the vehicle engaging in an action associated with a service;
- a processor configured to associate the vehicle with the user account via the vehicle information, to receive the authorization request from the vehicle identification system, to generate and activate an authorization token configured to permit access to the service responsive to the receipt of the authorization request, to associate the authorization token with the user account, and to validate the authorization token;
- service hardware configured to restrict access to the service prior to validation of the authorization token, to provide access to the service responsive to validation of the authorization token, to transmit a service termination signal to the processor upon completion of the service, and to restrict access to the service responsive to revocation of the authorization token;
- wherein the processor is further configured to generate a service transaction associated with the validated authorization token and link the service transaction to the user account, to revoke the authorization token responsive to receipt of the service termination signal, to finalize the service transaction once the authorization token has been revoked, and to initiate a financial transaction corresponding to the finalized service transaction, wherein said financial transaction uses the payment information;
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- wherein the processor is communicably connected to the vehicle identification system, the database, and the service hardware via a network.
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A method for providing access to services using an authorization token, comprising the steps of:
- restricting access to a service associated with service hardware;
- generating an account comprising vehicle information and payment information;
- generating a request for the service responsive to observation of a vehicle taking an action associated with the service;
- generating an authorization token for the service;
- associating the authorization token with the account;
- activating the authorization token;
- validating the authorization token;
- transmitting the validation of the authorization token to the service hardware;
- permitting access to the service at the service hardware responsive to validation of the authorization token;
- generating a service transaction for the service;
- linking the service transaction to the account;
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- completing a financial transaction for the service transaction using the payment information.
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Service hardware comprising:
- a means for restricting access to a service provided by the service hardware;
- a designated location configured such that a vehicle detected in the designated location generates a request to access the service;
- a transceiver configured to receive one of a validation or a rejection of an authorization token responsive to the request to access the service, and to transmit a service termination signal responsive to completion of the service;
- wherein the means for restricting access to services is further configured to permit access to the service responsive to validation of the authorization token;
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- wherein the service hardware is configured to restrict access to the service prior to validation of the authorization token, to provide access to the service responsive to the validation of the authorization token, and to restrict access to the service responsive to revocation of the authorization token.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.