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(11) EP 4 824 788 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
21.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/43

(21) Application number: 24904623.6

(22) Date of filing: 26.11.2024
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G10L 21/0272(2013.01)
G11B 27/02(2006.01)
G10L 25/00(2013.01)
G11B 20/10(2006.01)
H04H 60/04(2008.01)
G10L 21/00(2013.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
G10L 25/30; G10L 25/81; G10L 25/84; G10L 21/0272
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2024/057522
(87) International publication number:
WO 2025/128325 (19.06.2025 Gazette 2025/25)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
GE KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 15.12.2023 US 202318541788

(71) Applicant: PayPal, Inc.
San Jose CA 95131 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • QI, Panpan
    San Jose, California 95131 (US)
  • CHEN, Zhe
    San Jose, California 95131 (US)
  • TANG, Quan Jin Ferdinand
    San Jose, California 95131 (US)

(74) Representative: Nordmeyer, Philipp Werner 
Maucher Jenkins Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Liebigstraße 39
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


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