Method and system for purchasing of goods and services via image recognition

US9495699B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Zavida Mangaru · Valley Stream, US
• Brian Dobson · Maple Grove, US
• Lisa Maria Bongiovi · Middle Village, US
• John Gioacchini · Yorktown Heights, US
• Jennifer Diane Smith · Tarrytown, US
• Miroslaw Michalski · Morristown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2016
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0641
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for facilitating an image-based transaction includes: capturing, by a first input device, an image of a product to be sold; receiving, by a second input device, product data corresponding to the product to be sold; identifying, by a processing device, a transaction identifier; encoding, by the processing device, the captured image with at least the identified transaction identifier; adding, to the encoded image, an indication of availability of the product to be sold such that user interaction with the encoded image will initiate a payment transaction for the product to be sold based on at least the encoded transaction identifier; and transmitting, by a transmitting device, at least the received product data, the identified transaction identifier, and the encoded image including the indication of availability.