Beacon triggered device to device content transfer

• US 10,210,561 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Vigier, Benjamin, Fugman, Corey G., Krsmanovic, Filip
• Primary Examiner(s): Flynn, Abby J
• Application Number:
  US14/586,571
• Publication Number:
  US 20160092966A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,512 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Techniques and systems for beacon triggered device to device content transfer are disclosed. A described technique includes presenting, at an interactive beacon device, content including an interactive store catalog; receiving, at the interactive beacon device, user input responsive to the content; generating, at the interactive beacon device, a beacon message that can include transaction information based on the user input and the content, the transaction information including a service or product identifier corresponding to a product or service selected from the interactive store catalog; and transmitting, from the interactive beacon device, the beacon message over a short-range communication link to a mobile device. The beacon message can be configured to cause an application on the mobile device to advance a transaction associated with the transaction information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying, on a display screen of an interactive beacon device, a user interface including content comprising an interactive store catalog;

receiving a first user input selecting at least one item displayed in the interactive store catalog;

receiving, at the user interface of the interactive beacon device, a second user input to start a transaction;

generating, at the interactive beacon device, a beacon message that comprises transaction information about the transaction started at the interactive beacon device, wherein the transaction information is based on the user input and the content, wherein the transaction information comprises a service or product identifier corresponding to a product or service selected from the interactive store catalog;

transmitting, from the interactive beacon device, a server message over a long-range communication link to a remote server, the server message comprising information about the transaction started at the interactive beacon device; and

transmitting, from the interactive beacon device, the beacon message over a short-range communication link to a mobile device,

wherein the beacon message is configured to cause an application on the mobile device to advance the transaction started at the interactive beacon device, and

wherein the beacon message is configured to cause the application on the mobile device to obtain payment information from the user to fund the transaction and finalize the transaction with the server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the interactive beacon device comprises a touch-sensitive screen, and wherein receiving the second user input comprises receiving input via the touch-sensitive screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the beacon message is configured to update a list of products on the mobile device related to the second user input and the content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transaction information is first transaction information, the method comprising:

receiving, at the server, second transaction information from the mobile device, wherein the second transaction information is responsive to the first transaction information and one or more inputs provided by the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more inputs comprise payment information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the transaction information comprises a transaction identifier.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the user interface comprises displaying content elements comprising information about respective products, wherein the content elements correspond respectively to different beacon message values.

8. A system comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit beacon messages over a short-range communication link and server messages over a long-range communication link;

a screen; and

a processor configured to (i) display a user interface including content via the screen, the content comprising an interactive store catalog, (ii) receive a first user input selecting at least one item displayed in the interactive store catalog, (iii) receive a second user input to start a transaction, (iv) generate a beacon message that comprises transaction information about the transaction, the transaction information being based on the user input and the content, the transaction information comprising a service or product identifier corresponding to a product or service selected from the interactive store catalog, (v) cause the transmitter to transmit a server message to a remote server over the long-range communication link, the server message comprising information about the transaction, and (vi) cause the transmitter to transmit the beacon message over the short-range communication link to a mobile device, wherein the beacon message is configured to cause an application on the mobile device to advance the transaction, and wherein the beacon message is configured to cause the application on the mobile device to obtain payment information from the user to fund the transaction and finalize the transaction with the server.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the beacon message is configured to cause the application on the mobile device to obtain payment information to fund the transaction.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the beacon message is configured to update a list of products on the mobile device related to the second user input and the content.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the transaction information is first transaction information, the system comprising:

a server configured to receive second transaction information from the mobile device, wherein the second transaction information is responsive to the first transaction information and one or more inputs provided by the mobile device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more inputs comprise payment information.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the transaction information comprises a transaction identifier.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to display content elements comprising information about respective products, wherein the content elements correspond respectively to different beacon message values.