Patent SG-11201903582U-A (SG)
Title: Settlement method, entrance control method, and apparatus
Inventor: ZHOU LE
IPC: G06Q20/32
Filed: 2018-06-25
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 27 December 2018 (27.12.2018) WIP0 I PCT ill~~~~~~~~ 011101010VIIIOH olo olo1111111mmommo oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/237397 Al (51) International Patent Classification: G06Q 20/40 (2012.01) G06Q 20/32 (2012.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/039359 (22) International Filing Date: 25 June 2018 (25.06.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 201710490952.X 23 June 2017 (23.06.2017) CN (71) Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED [ /US]; Fourth Floor, One Capital Place, P.O. Box 847, George Town, Grand Cayman (KY). (72) Inventors: ZHOU, Le; c/o Ants Patent Team, 17F Build- ing B, Huanglong Times Plaza, No. 18 Wantang Road, Hangzhou, 310099 (CN). ZENG, Xiaodong; c/o Ants Patent Team, 17F Building B, Huanglong Times Plaza, No. 18 Wantang Road, Hangzhou, 310099 (CN). CHEN, Li; c/o Ants Patent Team, 17F Building B, Huanglong Times Plaza, No. 18 Wantang Road, Hangzhou, 310099 (CN). ZHANG, Hong; c/o Ants Patent Team, 17F Building B, Huanglong Times Plaza, No. 18 Wantang Road, Hangzhou, 310099 (CN). ZHANG, Xiaobo; c/o Ants Patent Team, 17F Building B, Huanglong Times Plaza, No. 18 Wan- tang Road, Hangzhou, 310099 (CN). YAO, Sihai; c/o Ants Patent Team, 17F Building B, Huanglong Times Plaza, No. 18 Wantang Road, Hangzhou, 310099 (CN). (74) Agent: STALFORD, Terry, J.; Fish & Richardson P.C., P.O. Box 1022, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1022 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, (54) Title: SETTLEMENT METHOD, ENTRANCE CONTROL METHOD, AND APPARATUS S102 S104 S106 S108 W O 20 18/ 237 397 Al 5110 AN ENTRANCE DEVICE OBTAINS A FIRST BIOLOGICAL FEATURE AND AN ACCOUNT IDENTIFIER OF A USER THE ENTRANCE DEVICE ESTABLISHES A CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST BIOLOGICAL FEATURE AND THE ACCOUNT IDENTIFIER, AND STORES THE FIRST BIOLOGICAL FEATURE, THE ACCOUNT IDENTIFIER, AND THE CORRESPONDENCE IN A STORAGE DEVICE A SETTLEMENT DEVICE COLLECTSA SECOND BIOLOGICAL FEATURE OF THE USER THE SETTLEMENT DEVICE DETERMINES THE ACCOUNT IDENTIFIER THAT IS STORED IN THE STORAGE DEVICEAND THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE FIRST BIOLOGICAL FEATURE THAT MATCHES THE SECOND BIOLOGICAL FEATURE THE SETTLEMENT DEVICE PERFORMS SETTLEMENT BY USING THE DETERMINED ACCOUNT IDENTIFIER FIG. 1 (57) : A first biometric feature and an account identifier of a user is obtained by an entrance device. A correspondence between the first bio- metric feature and the account identifier is established by the entrance de- vice. The first biometric feature, the account identifier, and the correspon- dence is stored in a storage device. A settlement device, a second biometric feature of the user is collected by a settlement device. The account iden- tifier that is stored in the storage device and that corresponds to the first biometric feature that matches the second biometric feature is determined by the settlement device. The settlement is performed by the settlement device by using the determined account identifier. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/237397 Al MIDEDIMOHNIIME1010010111100EHINIMMOVOIS MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))