Digital Wallet Balance Indicators for Fast Private Balance Checks

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users of electronic devices with digital wallets face difficulties in quickly determining their available balance for financial transactions, often needing to log into multiple accounts and facing undesirable public exposure of account balances.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device with a digital wallet balance module that automatically detects triggers to initiate a balance inquiry, converts balances into graphical indicators, and displays them on the screen, while maintaining privacy and controlling display conditions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If users log into multiple digital wallet accounts to check balances, then they can obtain accurate balance information, but the process becomes tedious and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebalance information accuracyVSAvoidtime to check balance
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple digital wallet balance checks into a single aggregated balance indicator displayed on the lock screen. Instead of requiring users to log into each individual wallet account, the system merges balance information from multiple accounts into one consolidated visual representation, resolving the contradiction by maintaining accuracy while eliminating the time-consuming login process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary balance aggregation and displays the combined balance indicator on the lock screen before users need to check their balances. By pre-fetching and consolidating balance data from multiple accounts in the background, the system eliminates the need for users to manually log into each account, thus obtaining accurate balance information quickly without time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If digital wallet balances are displayed on the lock screen, then users can quickly check balances, but account information may be exposed in public settings

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebalance checking speedVSAvoidprivacy exposure
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different display qualities based on location context. The balance indicator is displayed with full visibility at home locations (where privacy is less concerning) and hidden or obscured at work locations (where privacy is more important). This local differentiation resolves the contradiction by enabling quick balance checking at home while preventing privacy exposure in public or professional settings.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts the display state of the balance indicator based on real-time location context. When the device detects the user is at a work location, the balance indicator is automatically hidden; when at home, it is displayed. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to provide quick balance checking when appropriate while preventing privacy exposure when needed, resolving the contradiction between productivity and privacy protection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Ease of operation

If the device automatically displays balance indicators, then users can quickly see their balances, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebalance checking convenienceVSAvoidsystem automation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically fetching, aggregating, and displaying balance information from multiple digital wallet accounts without user intervention. The background service automatically monitors locations, determines display appropriateness, and manages the balance indicator visibility. This automation provides ease of operation while containing complexity within the system rather than requiring complex user actions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12579537B2Digital wallet balance display in an electronic device
Publication Date: 2026.03.17 MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
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AI summary

An electronic device, a method and a computer program product for indicating a digital wallet balance from at least one digital wallet account. The method includes detecting, via at least one processor, a trigger to initiate indication of a digital wallet balance. In response to detecting the trigger to initiate indication of the digital wallet balance, the method further includes sending a balance inquiry for the digital wallet balance of each of the at least one digital wallet account and receiving, in response to the balance inquiry, the digital wallet balance for each of the at least one digital wallet account. The method further includes converting the digital wallet balance into a first balance indicator corresponding to the digital wallet balance and outputting the first balance indicator within a first graphical user interface presented on the display.