- BL number
- O/268/17
- Concerning rights in
- GB1307841.5
- Hearing Officer
- Mr H Jones
- Decision date
- 5 June 2017
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Barclays Bank plc
- Provisions discussed
- Sections 1(2)(c)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to a method of ensuring that a purchase is delivered to an authorised recipient. The purchase is authorised using a digital wallet, which designates an authorised recipient. A delivery token is sent to the authorised recipient and a corresponding token is sent to the delivery device. At the point of delivery, the recipient of the delivery provides the first token and the delivery device provides the second. If the two match, then the delivery is authorised. On the basis of what was already known, the hearing officer found the contribution to lie in the storage of a different type of transactional information, i.e. the delivery token, in a purchaser’s digital wallet, and then the use of this delivery token to allow authentication of the purchaser at delivery.
The Hearing Officer found that the contribution fell within the excluded category of a method for doing business and refused the application under section 18(3).