Integrating mobile payment application with other mobile applications while preventing security exposures

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10311425-B2
Application number	US-201414154376-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 14, 2014
Priority date	Jan 14, 2014
Publication date	Jun 4, 2019
Grant date	Jun 4, 2019

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for integrating a mobile payment application with other mobile applications while preventing security exposures. A set of application programming interfaces of mobile applications that may possibly be utilized by a pass created by a mobile payment application is generated in response to receiving an indication that the pass was created. A “pass,” as used herein, refers to a form of mobile payment, such as a gift card. A selection of these application programming interfaces may then be received to interact with the created pass. In this manner, the existing mobile applications are seamlessly integrated with the features of passes. Furthermore, a virtual container is created for the created pass and the selected application programming interfaces to interface with the created pass. By creating such a container, the data to be exposed to the application layer can be controlled.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable storage medium for integrating a mobile payment application with other mobile applications while preventing security exposures, the computer program product comprising the programming instructions for:
receiving an indication that a pass was created by said mobile payment application, wherein said pass corresponds to a form of mobile payment;
generating a view of a set of application programming interfaces exposed to leverage said created pass;
receiving a selection of one or more of said set of application programming interfaces to interact with said created pass thereby allowing one or more existing mobile applications to seamlessly be integrated with features of said created pass; and
creating a virtual container for said created pass and said one or more of said set of application programming interfaces selected to interact with said created pass in order to control data to be exposed to an application layer.

2. The computer program product as recited in claim 1 further comprising the programming instructions for:
encrypting a file storage system for storing said virtual container in a mobile operating system.

3. The computer program product as recited in claim 1 further comprising the programming instructions for:
encrypting communications at a network transport layer.

4. The computer program product as recited in claim 1 further comprising the programming instructions for:
encrypting data of said pass when referenced outside of said virtual container.

5. The computer program product as recited in claim 4 , wherein said form of mobile payment comprises a gift card.

6. The computer program product as recited in claim 5 , wherein a barcode of said gift card is encrypted when referenced outside of said virtual container.

7. The computer program product as recited in claim 1 , wherein said set of application programming interfaces comprises application programming interfaces for enterprise applications.

8. The computer program product as recited in claim 1 , wherein said set of application programming interfaces comprises device application programming interfaces.

9. A system, comprising:
a memory unit for storing a computer program for integrating a mobile payment application with other mobile applications while preventing security exposures; and
a processor coupled to said memory unit, wherein said processor, responsive to said computer program, comprises:
circuitry for receiving an indication that a pass was created by said mobile payment application, wherein said pass corresponds to a form of mobile payment;
circuitry for generating a view of a set of application programming interfaces exposed to leverage said created pass;
circuitry for receiving a selection of one or more of said set of application programming interfaces to interact with said created pass thereby allowing one or more existing mobile applications to seamlessly be integrated with features of said created pass; and
circuitry for creating a virtual container for said created pass and said one or more of said set of application programming interfaces selected to interact with said created pass in order to control data to be exposed to an application layer.

10. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein said processor further comprises:
circuitry for encrypting a file storage system for storing said virtual container in a mobile operating system.

11. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein said processor further comprises:
circuitry for encrypting communications at a network transport layer.

12. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein said processor further comprises:
circuitry for encrypting data of said pass when referenced outside of said virtual container.

13. The system as recited in claim 12 , wherein said form of mobile payment comprises a gift card.

14. The system as recited in claim 13 , wherein a barcode of said gift card is encrypted when referenced outside of said virtual container.

15. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein said set of application programming interfaces comprises application programming interfaces for enterprise applications.

16. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein said set of application programming interfaces comprises device application programming interfaces.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Kaplinger Todd E
• Shachor Gal
• Truty Gregory L

Classifications

• G06Q20/363

  with the personal data of a user · CPC title

• G06Q20/3274

  using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being displayed on the M-device · CPC title

• G06Q20/3221

  Access to banking information through M-devices · CPC title

• G06Q2220/00

  Business processing using cryptography · CPC title

• G06Q20/3672

  initialising or reloading thereof · CPC title