Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Embedded payment tokens in digital media objects
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Application No.: US16979692Application Date: 2018-03-14
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Publication No.: US11587157B2Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: Animikh Sen
- Applicant: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
- Current Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Loeb & Loeb LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2018/022390 WO 20180314
- International Announcement: WO2019/177602 WO 20190919
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00 ; G06Q30/0601 ; G06Q20/32 ; G06Q20/12

Abstract:
A token specifying a payment account is issued to a party to which payments are to be made and the token is installed in a specially configured camera. Whenever a photograph is captured by the camera, a copy of the token, among other things, is embedded in the photograph's metadata. The metadata may also include photo-specific information and a selling price. When a buyer selects the photo for purchase, the token may be used to facilitate a payment to the party, such as the photographer. The buyer may initiate the transaction by simply dragging the selected photograph or photographs onto a purchase application which automatically extracts price and the token for initiating the purchase transaction. The seller can view the purchase details in the payment account.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210049675A1 EMBEDDED PAYMENT TOKENS IN DIGITAL MEDIA OBJECTS Public/Granted day:2021-02-18
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