System, method and article of manufacture to conserve power in a mobile device by temporarily displaying a scanning code for conducting a cloud-based transaction without unlocking a mobile device

• US 10,433,246 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2016
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RAID One IP LLC
• Original Assignee: Avant-Garde IP, LLC
• Inventors: Soundararajan, Ramraj
• Primary Examiner(s): Ade, Garcia
• Application Number:
  US15/134,752
• Publication Number:
  US 20160234776A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,258 Days
• Field of Search: 705 16
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3221 Access to banking information through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3274 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being displayed on the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0209 in terminal devices terminal devices per se H04W88/02
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Power is conserved in a mobile device having a lock screen wallpaper by: (1) identifying the mobile device is at a business location, (2) temporarily replacing lock screen wallpaper in the mobile device to an image having a scanning code, the scanning code encoding payment information for a cloud-based transaction at the business location, (3) activating a display of the mobile device and rendering the image having the scanning code as the lock screen wallpaper on the activated display of the mobile device which remains in the screen locked state; and (4) conserving power in the mobile device by providing the image having the scanning code as the lock screen wallpaper of the mobile device, without having to unlock the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method to conserve power in a mobile device having a lock screen wallpaper, the method comprising:

identifying the mobile device is at a business location;

temporarily replacing lock screen wallpaper in the mobile device to an image having a scanning code, the scanning code encoding payment information for conducting a cloud-based transaction at the business location;

activating a display of the mobile device and rendering the image having the scanning code as the lock screen wallpaper on the activated display of the mobile device which remains in the screen locked state; and

conserving power in the mobile device by providing the image having the scanning code as the lock screen wallpaper of the mobile device, without having to unlock the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the scanning code is a QR code.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the scanning code is a barcode.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises receiving an indication of a completion of the cloud-based transaction and, upon receiving the indication, reverting the lock screen wallpaper to a default lock screen wallpaper.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises receiving an indication of a completion of the cloud-based transaction and, upon receiving the indication, updating the lock screen wallpaper to another image showing a balance left on an account associated with the scanning code.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises reverting the lock screen wallpaper to a default lock screen wallpaper upon leaving the business location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of identifying the mobile device is at the business location is based on GPS data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of identifying the mobile device is at the business location is based upon any of the following interactions with a device at the business location:

(a) a near field communication (NFC) interaction, (b) an RFID interaction, or (c) a Bluetooth interaction.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein step of identifying the mobile device is at the business location is based upon either an NFC or RFID interaction with a device at the business location, and the device at the business location is an NFC tag in case of NFC interaction or an RFID tag in case of RFID interaction.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the NFC tag or RFID tag is either integrated into a point-of-sale terminal or is attached to a point-of-sale terminal at the business location.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the scanning code encodes user defined customization data in addition to the payment information.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is any of the following:

a mobile phone, a tablet, a portable gaming device or a digital music player.

13. A method to conserve power in a mobile device comprising:

identifying the mobile device is at a business location;

temporarily replacing lock screen wallpaper in the mobile device to an image having a scanning code, the scanning code encoding payment information for conducting a cloud-based transaction at the business location, wherein a payment provider automatically covers transaction cost with issuer linked funds and, in a separate transaction, the payment provider charging purchaser'"'"'s selected, cloud-linked account in a card-not-present transaction;

activating a display of the mobile device and rendering the image having the scanning code as the lock screen wallpaper on the activated display of the mobile device which remains in the screen locked state; and

conserving power in the mobile device by providing the image having the scanning code as the lock screen wallpaper of the mobile device, without having to unlock the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the scanning code is a QR code.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the scanning code is a barcode.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises receiving an indication of a completion of the cloud-based transaction based on the scanning code and, upon receiving the indication, reverting the lock screen wallpaper to a default lock screen wallpaper.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises reverting the lock screen wallpaper to a default lock screen wallpaper upon leaving the business location.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of identifying the mobile device is at the business location is based on GPS data.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the mobile device is any of the following:

a mobile phone, a tablet, a portable gaming device or a digital music player.

20. A mobile device comprising:

a processor;

a display;

storage storing computer readable programmable code, which when executed by the processor implements a method to conserve power in the mobile device having a lock screen wallpaper, the storage comprising computer readable program code to;

identify the mobile device is at a business location;

temporarily replace lock screen wallpaper in the mobile device to an image having a scanning code, the scanning code encoding payment information for conducting a cloud-based transaction at the business location; and

activate a display of the mobile device and render the image having the scanning code as the lock screen wallpaper on the activated display of the mobile device which remains in the screen locked state,

wherein power is conserved in the mobile device by providing the image having the scanning code as the lock screen wallpaper of the mobile device, without having to unlock the mobile device.

21. The mobile device of claim 20, wherein the scanning code is a QR code.

22. The mobile device of claim 20, wherein the scanning code is a barcode.

23. The mobile device of claim 20, wherein the mobile device is any of the following:

a mobile phone, a tablet, a portable gaming device or a digital music player.