Systems and techniques for computer-enabled geo-targeted product reservation for secure and authenticated online reservations

US10275823B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• adidas AG · DE

Inventors

• Gordon Gibson Lanpher · Portland, US
• Roger Brandon Beaty · Portland, US
• Jonathan Matthew Shaw · Portland, US
• Katharine Reinhold · Portland, US
• Ryan Robert O. Malia · Portland, US
• Megan Murphy Millard · Portland, US
• Simon Atkins · Portland, US
• Todd Ames · York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 15, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2019
• Expiry date: May 13, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2463/082
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods disclosed herein provide a geo-targeted online reservation system that ensures authenticity of customer devices requesting reservations by generating reservations only if threshold authentication conditions are satisfied. For example, a computing device registered with a server system receives inputs for requesting a reservation of a limited release product and for configuring the product. To authenticate the computing device, the server device transmits an electronic message to the computing device requesting the computing device to respond. A response to the message is one threshold authentication condition for generating the reservation. Upon determining that one or more threshold authentication conditions are satisfied, the server device generates a reservation for the product.