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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2018
Applicant:

Visa International Service Association, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventor:

Robert Yost, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/00 (2015.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described herein is a platform and method for enabling electronic devices to initiate device-related services automatically (e.g., without user interaction), which may be services related to a primary function of the electronic device. In some embodiments, this may involve receiving a number of details from the electronic device (which may include performance metrics), identifying one or more third-party entities capable of providing a service, identifying a format or structure (e.g., a template) associated with the one or more third-party entities, populating the identified format with the details from the electronic device, and obtaining the service from one of the third-party entities.


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