Secure communication protocols for proximity-based validation in distributed multi-device frameworks

US11538018B2 · kind B2 · 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: May 14, 2021
• Grant date: Dec 27, 2022
• Expiry date: May 14, 2041

Classification

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

Abstract

Various systems, apparatuses, and methods are described herein for enabling secure communication protocols for proximity-based validation in distributed multi-device frameworks. Distributed multi-device frameworks present unique challenges when it comes to ensuring that user communications between various devices and over variable-security communication mediums remain secure. To address the noted challenges, some embodiments of the present invention provide for an apparatus configured to establish secure communications with a central system using wallet identifying data that is configured to secure data transfers between the apparatus and the central system. In accordance with some embodiments, devices communicating on proposed networks are arranged in a manner and using a network architecture that is configured to optimize overall network security and system integrity.