US 11,854,006 B2
Method for paying in a motor vehicle by means of a transaction on a cryptocurrency computer network
Hubert Rehborn, Sindelfingen (DE); Frank Starman, Boeblingen (DE); and Micha Koller, Pliezhausen (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/295,664
Filed by DAIMLER AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/080213
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/104184, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 009 168.7 (DE), filed on Nov. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0012728 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/36 (2012.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01)
CPC G06Q 20/389 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60R 16/0231 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3272 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3276 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3674 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01); B60K 2370/16 (2019.05); G06F 16/2379 (2019.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A method for making a payment in a motor vehicle using a transaction on a cryptocurrency computer network, the method comprising:
capturing, by a camera of the motor vehicle, a QR code displayed on a payment receiver device of a payment receiver, wherein the QR code is a representation of a receiver address of the payment receiver;
determining, by the motor vehicle, whether the receiver address has been previously authenticated,
wherein when the receiver address has been previously authenticated, the motor vehicle transmits the receiver address and transaction data to the cryptocurrency computer network without re-authentication, wherein the transaction data relates to the payment;
wherein when the receiver address stored in the database has not been previously authenticated, the method further comprising
transmitting, by the motor vehicle to a central evaluation unit external to the motor vehicle, a request to authenticate the receiver address;
receiving, by the motor vehicle from the central evaluation unit, a response to the authentication request; and
transmitting, responsive to the response being a successful authentication, the receiver address and transaction data to the cryptocurrency computer network,
wherein, when the response is a successful authentication, the successful authentication is displayed by the payment receiver.