Patent decision

BL number

O/325/19

Concerning rights in

Gb1715687.8

Hearing Officer

Mrs C L Davies

Decision date

7 June 2019

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Google LLC

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 Section 14(3)

Keywords

Sufficiency

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention relates to identifying a user at a particular location. In the application the invention is described in an embodiment concerning a transaction between a customer (user) and a merchant. A merchant and a user register with a payment processing system, which establishes a facial template based on a user image. The user signs into a payment application via a user computing device, which receives an identifier from a merchant beacon device to transmit to the payment processing system. The payment processing system transmits facial templates to the merchant camera device for other users who are also signed in to the payment application in range of the merchant beacon device. The merchant camera device compares a captured facial image against the received facial templates to identify the user. A merchant POS device operator selects an account of the user. The merchant POS device transmits transaction details to the payment processing system, which processes the transaction with an issuer system. The payment processing system receives an approval of the transaction authorization request and transmits a receipt to the merchant POS device.

The Hearing Officer found that the invention claimed was sufficiently disclosed by the application as filed.

Full decision O/325/19 494Kb