Patent decision

BL number

O/0733/23

Concerning rights in

GB1819590.9

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

31 July 2023

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

ImageNPay UK Limited

Provisions discussed

Patents Act Section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention relates to using a user electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) to provide audio/haptic feedback in relation to a digitised transaction card being selected or used to perform a transaction. User preference information relating to the digital wallet application is obtained and communicated to a management server which returns a notification command. The notification command determines what kind of audio or haptic feedback is provided in relation to the specific digitised transaction card (e.g. a particular sound or vibration pattern). When the digital wallet application is executed (for the purpose of selecting the specific digitised transaction card or using it to perform a transaction) the audio/haptic output unit is controlled to provide the audio/haptic feedback determined by the received notification command. The hearing officer found the invention to be excluded as a method of doing business, the presentation of information and as a program for a computer as such.

Full decision O/0733/23 256Kb