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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
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 authenticating a smart card for a mobile pay function of a mobile device using a smart card is disclosed. The method includes: offering, by a mobile pay circuit of the mobile device, a mobile pay function; receiving, by the mobile pay circuit, an affirmative user input to enable the mobile pay function; wirelessly receiving, by a contactless logic of the mobile device, an authentication code from a smart card, wherein the authentication code includes identifying customer information; automatically populating, by the mobile pay circuit, one or more fields of a graphical user interface provided by the mobile pay circuit with the received identifying customer information; authenticating, by the mobile pay circuit, the smart card using the authentication code; and, enabling, by the mobile pay circuit, the mobile pay function with the smart card upon authenticating the smart card.