Method and system for communicating location of a mobile device for hands-free payment
First Claim
1. A method for performing point of sale transactions between a mobile device and a point of sale device, the method comprising:
- accepting a transaction request from the mobile device to initiate a point of sale transaction between the mobile device and the point of sale device without the point of sale device receiving payment information from the mobile device, wherein the transaction request is accepted after determining that the mobile device is registered to perform point of sales transactions based on a verification of identification credential information associated with the mobile device, and wherein a mobile device registration for performing point of sales transactions comprises identification credential information for the mobile device and payment information associated with the identification credential information; and
executing the accepted transaction request to complete the point of sale transaction between the mobile device and the point of sale device after determining that the mobile device is within a geo-fence around the point of sale device, and without requiring the transaction request to include the payment information for the transaction.
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Abstract
Certain aspects of a method and system for communicating location of a mobile device for hands-free payment may include a peer-to-peer ad-hoc network that comprises a plurality of mobile devices, a plurality of access points, and a plurality of point of sale (POS) devices. A first mobile device may determine its location coordinates and communicate them to a selected POS device via the peer to peer ad-hoc network. At least one of the plurality of mobile devices and/or the plurality of access points may be within a defined proximity of the selected POS device. In some instances, the first POS device may receive via one or more intermediate mobile devices in the peer-to-peer ad-hoc network, location coordinates and payment transaction information of a selected mobile device. At least one of the intermediate mobile devices may be within a defined proximity of the first POS device.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for performing point of sale transactions between a mobile device and a point of sale device, the method comprising:
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accepting a transaction request from the mobile device to initiate a point of sale transaction between the mobile device and the point of sale device without the point of sale device receiving payment information from the mobile device, wherein the transaction request is accepted after determining that the mobile device is registered to perform point of sales transactions based on a verification of identification credential information associated with the mobile device, and wherein a mobile device registration for performing point of sales transactions comprises identification credential information for the mobile device and payment information associated with the identification credential information; and executing the accepted transaction request to complete the point of sale transaction between the mobile device and the point of sale device after determining that the mobile device is within a geo-fence around the point of sale device, and without requiring the transaction request to include the payment information for the transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A point of sale device for performing point of sale transactions, the point of sale device comprising:
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a transceiver to receive a transaction request from a mobile device that initiates a point of sale transaction between the mobile device and the point of sale device; and a processor coupled with the transceiver to; accept the transaction request from the mobile device without receiving payment information from the mobile device, wherein the transaction request is accepted after determining that the mobile device is registered to perform point of sales transactions based on a verification of identification credential information associated with the mobile device, and wherein a mobile device registration for performing point of sales transactions comprises identification credential information for the mobile device and payment information associated with the identification credential information, and execute the accepted transaction request to complete the point of sale transaction between the mobile device and the point of sale device after determining that the mobile device is within a geo-fence around the point of sale device, and without requiring the transaction request to include the payment information for the transaction. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that when executable by a computer processing system causes the computer processing system to perform operations for performing point of sale transactions between a mobile device and a point of sale device, the operations comprising:
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accepting a transaction request from the mobile device to initiate a point of sale transaction between the mobile device and the point of sale device without the point of sale device receiving payment information from the mobile device, wherein the transaction request is accepted after determining that the mobile device is registered to perform point of sales transactions based on a verification of identification credential information associated with the mobile device, and wherein a mobile device registration for performing point of sales transactions comprises identification credential information for the mobile device and payment information associated with the identification credential information; and executing the accepted transaction request to complete the point of sale transaction between the mobile device and the point of sale device after determining that the mobile device is within a geo-fence around the point of sale device, and without requiring the transaction request to include the payment information for the transaction. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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