US 11,657,383 B2
System and method for communicating a token to a mobile device
Gahl Berkooz, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Thorsten Weber, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Filed by ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/93,308.
Prior Publication US 2022/0147971 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/206 (2013.01); G06Q 20/322 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
issuing a token, the token defining a bond for a transaction associated with a vehicle and associated with an entity;
transferring the token to a mobile device;
communicating a key associated with the token from the vehicle to a mobile device, the communicating further comprising:
displaying, on a display device of the vehicle, a visual image associated with the key;
capturing, by the mobile device, an image of the visual image associated with the key; and
processing, by the mobile device, the visual image to at least one of receive the token from at least one server via a network or enable the token to be used by the mobile device; and
communicating the token from the mobile device directly to a point of sale (POS) device to enable completion of the transaction associated with the vehicle.