PayPal Assigned Two Patents

Card storage handler for tracking of card data storage across service provider platforms
PayPal, Inc., San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (11,176,539) developed by Mohamed, Riaz Ebrahim, Singapore, Singapore, for a “card storage handler for tracking of card data storage across service provider platforms.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “There are provided systems and methods for a card storage handler for tracking of card data storage across service provider platforms. A transaction processor may provide a card storage handler that allows for tracking of data storage across different online platforms utilizing a public key of an asymmetric key pair. A user may utilize a device to generate and store the asymmetric key pair. The device may provide the transaction processor with the public key, and a card storage handler may be generated that tracks card data storage on the different online platforms. When the user enters their card data and public key to a service provider, the service provider may issue an API call using that data to the transaction processor. The transaction processor may generate a record of the storage and may allow for encrypted record retrieval by the device using the key pair.”

The patent application was filed on November 8, 2018 (16/184,857).

Quantity sensing storage
PayPal, Inc., San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (11,144,877) developed by Tineo, Brandon Alexander, Antioch, CA, for a “quantity sensing storage system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A quantity sensing storage device enables automatic ordering of a product using an ordering engine that monitors quantity signals generated by a quantity sensor that is configured to provide the quantity signals based on a quantity of a first set of a product stored at the quantity sensing storage device. Base on the quantity of the first set, the ordering engine determines whether an order threshold has been satisfied. The quantity sensing storage device automatically provides instructions to a service provider device via a wireless communication subsystem to order a second set of the product in response to determining that the order threshold has been satisfied. The ordering engine continuously updates the order threshold such that when the second set of the product is received by a user of the quantity sensing storage device, an optimal portion of the first set of the product remains stored in the storage enclosure.”

The patent application was filed on October 6, 2017 (15/727,261).