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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2023
Wells Fargo Bank, N.a., San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter Ho, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of payment using rewards is provided. The method includes detecting, by a mobile device of a customer, an authentication device based on a short range wireless communication between the mobile device and the authentication device; in response to detecting the authentication device, retrieving, by the mobile device, authentication data of the customer from the authentication device via the short range wireless communication; populating, by the mobile device, a graphical user interface displayed to the customer using the authentication data retrieved from the authentication device; receiving, by the mobile device, a selection from the customer to send the authentication data to an account management system; sending, by the mobile device, the authentication data to the account management system based on the received selection; and receiving, by the mobile device, a payment option for a transaction based on the customer being authenticated using the authentication data.