Context-aware peer-to-peer transfers of items

US11636462B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Block, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Aaron Y. Ng · San Francisco, US
• Ayokunle Omojola · San Francisco, US
• Jesse Wilson · Waterloo, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 2021
• Grant date: Apr 25, 2023
• Expiry date: Oct 27, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/401
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, techniques include systems and methods for facilitating context-aware peer-to-peer transfers of items utilizing at least one of short-range wireless technologies embodied by user devices or device-accessible contact lists. After receiving a request to transfer an item, a server can cause a device of a first peer user to detect devices of second peer users in the proximity of the device of the first peer user using short-range wireless technology. Based at least in part on the detected nearby devices or a contact list of the first peer user stored by the device of the first peer user, a second peer user to receive the item is determined. Upon receiving confirmation of authorization to transfer the item, requested and provided via an electronic message between the respective devices and the server, the item is disassociated from the first peer user and associated with the second peer user.