US 12,236,448 B2
Payment using rewards points
Peter Ho, Walnut Creek, CA (US)
Assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,948.
Application 18/123,948 is a continuation of application No. 17/140,758, filed on Jan. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,610,220.
Application 17/140,758 is a continuation of application No. 14/813,716, filed on Jul. 30, 2015, granted, now 10,885,541.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/034,391, filed on Aug. 7, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0237525 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2023.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0233 (2013.01) [G06K 19/06028 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G06Q 20/102 (2013.01); G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); G06Q 20/327 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01); G06Q 20/387 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40 (2013.01); G06Q 20/409 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of payment using rewards points, comprising:
receiving, by a mobile device of a customer, a first short-range wireless communication from a point-of-sale device, the first short-range wireless communication including a payment amount for a transaction;
in response to receiving the first short-range wireless communication from the point-of-sale device, prompting, by the mobile device, the customer to tap an authentication device to the mobile device;
detecting, by the mobile device, the authentication device based on a second short-range wireless communication between the mobile device and the authentication device;
in response to detecting the authentication device, retrieving, by the mobile device, authentication data of the customer from the authentication device via the second short-range wireless communication, the authentication data including a credential associated with an account of the customer;
populating, by the mobile device, a graphical user interface displayed to the customer using the payment amount received from the point-of-sale device via the first short-range wireless communication and the authentication data retrieved from the authentication device based on the second short-range wireless communication;
receiving, by the mobile device, a selection from the customer to send the payment amount and the authentication data to an account management system;
sending, by the mobile device, the payment amount and the authentication data to the account management system based on the received selection;
receiving, by the mobile device, a payment option for a transaction based on the customer being authenticated using the authentication data; and
transmitting, by the mobile device, the payment option to a merchant computing system to perform the transaction.