Securing in-app purchases

US12307491B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Thomas Alsina · Mountain View, US
• Scott T. Boyd · Montara, US
• Michael Kuohao Chu · Cupertino, US
• Augustin J. Farrugia · Cupertino, US
• Gianpaolo Fasoli · Palo Alto, US
• Patrice Gautier · San Francisco, US
• Sean B. Kelly · San Francisco, US
• Payam Mirrashidi · San Francisco, US
• Pedraum R. Pardehpoosh · Palo Alto, US
• Conrad Sauerwald · Mountain View, US
• Kenneth W. Scott · Coronado, US
• Rajit Shinh · San Francisco, US
• Braden Thomas · San Jose, US
• Andrew R. Whalley · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 22, 2024
• Grant date: May 20, 2025
• Expiry date: Jan 22, 2044

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/00
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a unique (or quasi unique) identifier can be received by an application store, or other on-line store, and the store can create a signed receipt that includes data desired from the unique identifier. This signed receipt is then transmitted to a device that is running the application obtained from the on-line store and the device can verify the receipt by deriving the unique (or quasi-unique) identifier from the signed receipt and comparing the derived identifier with the device identifier stored on the device, or the vendor identifier assigned to the application vendor.