Wireless technology bridging system

• US 10,631,153 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2018
• Issued: 04/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chatterton, Geoffrey W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gonzales, April G
• Application Number:
  US16/175,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20190239050A1
• Time in Patent Office: 539 Days
• Field of Search: 455 411
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/321 using wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/102 applying security measure for e-commerce
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0492 by using a location-limited connection, e.g. near-field communication or limited proximity of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/18 using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• 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 76/16 Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer

Abstract

A bridged wireless communication system includes a user device that is configured to perform wireless communications natively using a second wireless technology, and a wireless technology bridging system chassis such as, for example, a user device case, coupled to the user device. The wireless technology bridging system chassis houses a first technology wireless controller that is configured to perform wireless communications using a first wireless technology that is different from the second wireless technology, and a second technology wireless controller that is configured to perform wireless communications using the second wireless technology. A bridging engine receives first wireless communications of the first wireless technology through the first technology wireless controller, converts the first wireless communications from the first wireless technology to the second wireless technology, and sends the first wireless communications of the second wireless technology through the second wireless technology controller and to the user device.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

receiving, via a first wireless component of a bridging device, a first wireless communication of a first wireless technology type;

writing at least a portion of the first wireless communication in a record corresponding to a second wireless technology type different from the first wireless technology type; and

emulating a transmission of the record according to the second wireless technology type by causing a second wireless component of the bridging device to broadcast the record at a predetermined interval associated with the second wireless technology type.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the second wireless technology type corresponds to a near field communication (NFC) wireless technology, and wherein the record is an NFC data exchange format (NDEF) record.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the emulating the transmission of the record according to the second wireless technology type further comprises causing the second wireless component to power up at the predetermined interval.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication is associated with a check-in operation with a merchant, and comprises at least one of an identifier of the merchant, a location of the merchant, a timestamp, or an advanced encryption standard (AES) key.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the emulating the transmission of the record according to the second wireless technology type causes an application to launch at a user device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication is received from a user device, and is associated with a mobile payment transaction, and wherein the first wireless communication comprises at least one of an identifier of a funding account, a store identifier, or an amount associated with the mobile payment transaction.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, via the second wireless component, a second wireless communication of the second wireless technology type, wherein the second wireless communication comprises a second record;

extracting data from the second record; and

causing the first wireless component to broadcast at least a portion of the extracted data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication corresponds to a communication between a beacon and a user device, and wherein the operations further comprise writing a state of the communication to the record.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving, via a first wireless component of a bridging device from a first device, a first wireless communication of a first wireless technology type, wherein the first wireless communication comprises a record;

extracting data from the record; and

emulating a transmission of the extracted data from the first device via a second wireless technology type different from the first wireless technology type by causing a second wireless component of the bridging device to broadcast at least a portion of the extracted data according to the second wireless technology type.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining that a size of the extracted data exceeds a predetermined size threshold corresponding to the second wireless technology type, wherein the emulating the transmission of the extracted data from the first device comprises causing the second wireless component to sequentially broadcast different portions of the extracted data.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first wireless communication corresponds to a mobile payment transaction, and is received from a point-of-sale (POS) device associated with a merchant.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving, via the second wireless component from a second device, a second wireless communication of the second wireless technology type;

writing at least a portion of the second wireless communication in a second record corresponding to the first wireless technology type; and

emulating transmission of the second record according to the first wireless technology type by causing the first wireless component of the bridging device to broadcast the second record at a predetermined interval associated with the second wireless technology type.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication are associated with a mobile payment transaction, and wherein the second wireless communication comprises at least one of an identifier of a funding account, a store identifier, or an amount associated with the mobile payment transaction.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the emulating the transmission of the second record according to the first wireless technology type further comprises causing the first wireless component to power up at the predetermined interval.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, via a first wireless component of a bridging device, a first wireless communication of a first wireless technology type;

writing at least a portion of the first wireless communication in a record corresponding to a second wireless technology type different from the first wireless technology type; and

emulating a transmission of the record according to the second wireless technology type by causing the second wireless component of the bridging device to broadcast the record at a predetermined interval associated with the second wireless technology type.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the second wireless technology type corresponds to a near field communication (NFC) wireless technology, and wherein the record is an NFC data exchange format (NDEF) record.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the emulating the transmission of the record according to the second wireless technology type comprises further causing the second wireless component to power up at the predetermined interval.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first wireless communication corresponds to a communication between a beacon and a user device, and wherein the operations further comprise writing a state of the communication to the record, and wherein the state comprises at least one of a waiting for the beacon to respond state, a notification state, a waiting for the user device to respond state, or a beacon no longer detected state.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first wireless communication is received from a user device, and is associated with a mobile payment transaction, and wherein the first wireless communication comprises at least one of an identifier of a funding account, a store identifier, or an amount associated with the mobile payment transaction.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, via the second wireless component, a second wireless communication of the second wireless technology type, wherein the second wireless communication comprises a second record;

extracting data from the second record; and

causing the first wireless component to broadcast at least a portion of the extracted data.