Patent ID: 11861572
Assignee: CLEAR TOKEN INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A secure electronic payment method for a laundry machine, comprising:
receiving a request from a mobile device of a user for a laundry transaction at a laundry machine processor device for the laundry machine;
receiving, at the laundry machine, an electronic token from the mobile device via a local wireless communications protocol separate from a communications network established between the mobile device and the laundry machine processor device to confirm payment, the electronic token encoding a transaction index and a transaction code;
confirming at the laundry machine, a payment for the laundry transaction identified by the request, by:
reading the transaction index in the electronic token and locating a corresponding index location in a device index stored in memory at the laundry machine;
comparing the transaction code in the electronic token to a stored transaction code at the corresponding index location in the device index at the laundry machine;
confirming validity of the electronic token at the laundry machine if the stored transaction code at the corresponding index location matches the transaction code in the electronic token;
wherein confirming validity is by processing a first command, the first command having at least a command code component, a component with parameters for the command, a validating token index component, and a validating token component; and

executing the laundry transaction in response to a second command after confirming payment for the laundry transaction at the laundry machine.