Patents
US 9947004 B2: Wireless client transaction systems and related methods
- Granted
- 2018-04-17
- Filed
- 2013-06-28 application 13931183
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Computer implemented systems and methods, including methods of transacting with wireless clients. Embodiments include, in various combinations, a client ID module, a scanning module configured to scan, or an act of scanning, a wireless channel set at a business locale for wireless signals of a registered customer set, or a combination thereof. Some embodiments identify out of the wireless signals certain wireless packets of a client of the registered customer set, calculate a first client signal strength of the first wireless packets, or both. In certain embodiments, a localization module calculates or is configured to calculate whether the first client is at a transaction area of the business locale, for example, based on the first client signal strength, for instance, without reliance on near field communication technology. Some embodiments include a training module or act, a point of service module or act, or both.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg180417.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Dot Corporation 13 patents | US company or organization | Pasadena, CA | GREEN DOT CORPORATION Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state GREEN DOT CORP SEC filer FUZZY low confidence: same name (legal endings aside), one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pravin Shankar | Santa Clara, CA | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Steven William Streit | Pasadena, CA | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Samuel H. Altman | San Francisco, CA | 12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q20/3224 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G01S | Radio direction-finding; radio navigation; determining distance or velocity by use of radio waves; locating or presence-detecting by use of the reflection or reradiation of radio waves; analogous arrangements using other waves | G01S5/011 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04L | Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication | H04L63/107 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04W | Wireless communication networks | H04W4/021 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-10 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2024-10-10 | GREEN DOT CORPORATION MONROVIA, CA | 68870/246 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2019-10-11 | Security interest Security interest Notice of grant of security interest in patents | GREEN DOT CORPORATION signed 2019-10-10 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT CHARLOTTE, NC | 50712/158 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2019-10-11 | Release of security interest Termination and release of security interest in patents | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2019-10-10 | GREEN DOT CORPORATION PASADENA, CA | 50711/799 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2014-10-27 | Security interest Security interest Notice of grant of security interest in patents | GREEN DOT CORPORATION signed 2014-10-23 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT DALLAS, TX | 34060/392 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2013-09-05 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ALTMAN, SAMUEL HARRIS signed 2013-07-26 SHANKAR, PRAVIN signed 2013-07-26 STREIT, STEVEN WILLIAM signed 2013-07-30 | GREEN DOT CORPORATION PASADENA, CA | 31145/773 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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