US 12,248,914 B2
Vendor token generator
James Kassemi, Albuquerque, NM (US); Dave Walz-Burkett, Albuquerque, NM (US); and Chad Person, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to SWOOP IP HOLDINGS LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by SWOOP IP HOLDINGS LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/694,282.
Application 17/694,282 is a continuation of application No. 15/436,146, filed on Feb. 17, 2017, granted, now 11,276,045.
Application 15/436,146 is a continuation of application No. 14/216,227, filed on Mar. 17, 2014, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/794,675, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0198415 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/10 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/027 (2013.01); G06Q 20/102 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3255 (2013.01); G06Q 20/382 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for improving security in an e-commerce transaction between a third party vendor and a customer using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), the method comprising:
receiving an email that contains a token for the e-commerce transaction from a sender, wherein the email is generated in response to the sender activating a mailto link that generates the email containing the token;
decoding the token to form a decoded token, wherein the decoded token identifies the third party vendor and customer email address;
authenticating the sender as the customer based on an email address from which the email is received and the decoded token;
performing the e-commerce transaction when the authenticating is successful and the third party vendor is authorized to generate the token for the e-commerce transaction; and
transmitting a notification to the third party vendor that indicates that e-commerce transaction was successfully processed.