The Toronto-dominion Bank

Asad Joheb

Milos Dunjic

David Samuel Tax

Vipul Kishore Lalka

Jonathan Joseph Prendergast

Kushank Rastogi

Arthur Carroll Chow

Armon Rouhani

Keith Sanjay Ajmani

Sara Hatherly

Lionel Johnson

Yubing Liu

Christopher Mark Jones

Thomas Osman Kelly

Lisa Marie Bast

Ravivarma Raveenthran

Mohit Sharma

Madeline Redmond

Ajmani Keith Sanjay,

According to an aspect there is provided an ambient commerce system. The ambient commerce system may include a sensor at an ambient commerce premises. The ambient commerce system may further include a processor coupled to the sensor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may store processor-executable instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to: detect, based on an output of the sensor at the ambient commerce premises, engagement of an entity with a first item satisfying first predetermined criteria; identify the entity; determine based on account data for the identified entity, a resource parameter for the identified entity; and when the resource parameter satisfies second predetermined criteria, generate a notification on an electronic device associated with the entity. Identifying the entity may include image recognition, such as facial recognition.

Enabling feature based on a sensed condition at ambient commerce premises

A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving an authentication request to authenticate a first entity to a service; in response to receiving the authentication request: generating a message for requesting the first entity to initiate a transfer of resources from a first data record; and transmitting the message to a first server that requires user authentication for the first entity to access the message; and generating a response to the authentication request based on a completion status of the requested transfer.

Systems and methods for authenticating end users of a web service

A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a first request to initiate a first resource transfer for transferring a first defined quantity of resources from a transferor data record to a transferee data record; determining that the first resource transfer is of a first type; in response to determining that the first resource transfer is of a first type, performing verification of the transferee data record by: transmitting, to a first server associated with the transferee data record, a second request to initiate a second resource transfer for transferring a second defined quantity of resources from the transferee data record to the transferor data record; receiving, from the first server, a response message associated with the second request, the response message authorizing the second resource transfer; and verifying the transferee data record based on the response message, and after verifying the transferee data record, initiating a third resource transfer for transferring a third defined quantity from the transferor data record to the transferee data record.

System and methods for secure processing of real-time resource transfers

A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, via a client device, a resource transfer request for resources to be transferred to a transferee account; generating a secure data object based on request data of the resource transfer request, the secure data object including a first hash computed based on an input string comprising a transferee account identifier; signing the secure data object using a private key of a transferee resource account management system; and sending the signed secure data object to a messaging address associated with a transferor account.

System and method for secure distribution of resource transfer request data

Methods and systems for performing a partial pass-through transfer are described. In an aspect, a method includes: receiving, from a first computing system, pass-through transfer definition data to be associated with a first logical storage area, the pass-through transfer definition data including a trigger condition for a pass-through transfer and an apportionment value for the pass-through transfer; storing a representation of the pass-through transfer definition data in association with the first logical storage area; detecting a first data transfer to the first logical storage area, the first data transfer representing a transfer of a resource; determining that the first data transfer satisfies the trigger condition; and in response to determining that the first data transfer satisfies the trigger condition: identifying a portion of the resource based on the apportionment value; and initiating a second data transfer.

Partial pass-through data transfer system

According to an aspect there is provided an ambient commerce system. The ambient commerce system may include a sensor at an ambient commerce premises. The ambient commerce system may include a processor coupled to the one or more sensors. The ambient commerce system may include a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may store processor-executable instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to: detect, based on an output of one or more of the sensors, engagement of an entity with a restricted item; identify the entity; obtain at least a portion of a profile for the entity; determine, based on the at least a portion of the profile for the identified entity, eligibility for the entity to acquire the restricted item; and selectively generate, based on the determined eligibility for the entity, a notification on an electronic device associated with the entity.

Restricted item eligibility control at ambient commerce premises

An electric vehicle charger includes a power supply and a controller. The power supply is for supplying electric power over a charging connection to an electric vehicle. The charging connection employs charging conductors to supply electric power from the power supply to the electric vehicle for charging. The power supply is adapted to send data to and receive data from the electric vehicle over the charging conductors according to a power-line communications protocol. The controller coupled to the power supply to control supply of electric power to the electric vehicle, The controller is adapted to, prior to initiating supply of electric power by the power supply to the electric vehicle for charging, communicate with the electric vehicle to identify a payment method associated with the electric vehicle and with the payment network to authorize the payment method for payment for electric power supplied to the electric vehicle for charging.

Electric vehicle charger and related methods

A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving an authentication request to authenticate a first entity with a first service; in response to receiving the authentication request: identifying an access-restricted first data record associated with the first entity; generating a message associated with a first transfer of resources between the first data record and a designated second data record, the message identifying one of the first and second data records as a recipient data record for the first transfer and defining a first quantity of resources to transfer; and transmitting the message to a first server associated with the first entity, the first server requiring user authentication to access the message; determining a completion status of the first transfer; and generating a response to the authentication request based on the completion status of the first transfer.

A processor-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: generating a secure data object associated with a request for transfer of resources, the secure data object indicating one or more resource transfer parameters including account information for a transferee account at a resource account management system, wherein the secure data object includes a first hash computed based on the one or more resource transfer parameters; signing the secure data object using a private key associated with the resource account management system; and sending the secure data object to a messaging address associated with a transferor of the requested resources.

The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented systems, apparatuses, and processes that manage cryptographically secure exchanges of data using a permissioned distributed ledger. For example, an apparatus obtains parameter values characterizing an exchange of data and transmits the parameter values to a first computing system, which executed instructions included within a distributed ledger. The executed additional instructions cause the first computing system to access rules data recorded onto the distributed ledger and establish a consistency between the parameter values and at least a portion of the accessed rules data. The apparatus receives, from the first computing system, confirmation data indicative of the established consistency, and based on the confirmation data, transmit a request to execute the data exchange in accordance with at least the portion of the parameter values to a second computing system.

Enforcing restrictions on cryptographically secure exchanges of data using permissioned distributed ledgers

The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented systems, apparatuses, and processes that monitor and reconcile indirectly initiated exchanges of data between network-connected devices and computing systems using a permissioned distributed ledger. For example, an apparatus may obtain and transmit first transaction information characterizing a data exchange to a first computing system. The first computing system may submit a portion of the first transaction information to a second computing system through a programmatic interface inaccessible to the apparatus, and the second computing system may execute the data exchange in accordance with at least the portion of the first transaction information. The apparatus may also obtain at least one element of a distributed ledger that includes encrypted second transaction information characterizing the execution of the data exchange, decrypt the encrypted second transaction data and perform operations that reconcile the first transaction information and the decrypted second transaction information.

Reconciliation of indirectly executed exchanges of data using permissioned distributed ledgers

The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented systems, apparatuses, and processes that manage cryptographically secure exchanges of data using a permissioned distributed ledger. For example, an apparatus may obtain parameter data and additional content associated with a data exchange. The apparatus may generate first data that includes at least a portion of the additional content accessible to a first computing system, and may generate second data that includes at least a portion of the parameter data. The apparatus may provide the first data to a peer computing system, which records encrypted information associated with the first data within an element of a distributed ledger accessible at the first computing system. The apparatus may also provide the second data to a second computing system, which executes the data exchange in accordance with at least the portion of the parameter data.

Managing cryptographically secure exchanges of data using permissioned distributed ledgers

Methods and computer systems for processing bulk transfer files are described. In an aspect, a transfer processing system is configured for: receiving a bulk transfer file from a remote device, the bulk transfer file defining a plurality of requested transfers associated with a database; classifying one or more of the requested transfers defined in the bulk transfer file as being likely to fail processing by passing the requested transfers defined in the bulk transfer file to a classifier trained to identify transfers likely to fail processing based on training data, the training data including a plurality of prior requested transfers and associated completion indicators indicating the prior requested transfers that failed processing; and providing, in real time or near real time, a notification to the remote device of the requested transfers identified as likely to fail processing.

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Asad Joheb