Consumer device presence-based transaction session

US11037129B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Groupon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Chen · San Francisco, US
• Robert James Skillington · Melbourne, AU
• Jay Walter Robinson · Palo Alto, US
• Tuomas Artman · San Francisco, US
• Cristian Matias Sepulveda · San Francisco, US
• Joshua Isaac Zloof · San Francisco, US
• Leslie Jean Chicoine · San Francisco, US
• Mahmudul Arefin Din · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 15, 2021
• Expiry date: Feb 26, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/42
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, apparatus, and methods for providing a consumer device presence-based transaction sessions are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for an apparatus configured to establish consumer device presence-based transaction sessions. The apparatus and consumer device may wirelessly communicate for a variety interactions within the transaction session. For example, consumers may be allowed to provide one or more instances of consumer approval data for payment. The transaction session may be closed upon receipt of consumer approval data or may be kept open based on wirelessly polling for consumer device presence. Based on the lack of consumer device presence, the apparatus may be configured to close the transaction session and subsequently facilitate a transaction. In various embodiments, the apparatus may be a merchant device or a server. For example, the apparatus may be a server of a central system configured to facilitate transaction sessions between merchant devices and consumer devices.