Mobile station service applications using service kiosk with transponder
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1. A method of operating a mobile station comprising:
- receiving data from the transponder;
parsing the data to obtain a remote server address and an identification information;
establishing a connection with a remote server using the remote server address;
transmitting the identification information to the remote server; and
performing a transaction with the remote server wherein the transaction corresponds to the identification information transmitted to the remote server.
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Abstract
In a first embodiment of the present invention, a mobile station (101) interrogates an RFID tag (127) located on a service kiosk (129) and receives data. The mobile station (101) parses the data to obtain a server (123) address and information identifying a service offered by the kiosk (129), and connects with the server (123) using a WLAN AP (103) or a wide are network (107). The mobile station (101) may then perform a transaction such as paying a parking fee, by interacting with an application or applet downloaded from the server (123). The server (123) can command the service kiosk (129) to perform an action such as printing out a receipt for the user.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of operating a mobile station comprising:
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receiving data from the transponder;
parsing the data to obtain a remote server address and an identification information;
establishing a connection with a remote server using the remote server address;
transmitting the identification information to the remote server; and
performing a transaction with the remote server wherein the transaction corresponds to the identification information transmitted to the remote server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A mobile station comprising:
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at least one wireless transceiver;
a transponder reader integrated with a data decoder;
at least one processor connected to the at least one wireless transceiver and to the transponder reader and configured to;
receive data from the transponder reader;
parse the data to obtain a remote server address and an identification information;
establish a connection with a remote server using the remote server address via the at least one wireless transceiver;
transmit the identification information to the remote server using the at least one wireless transceiver; and
perform a transaction with the remote server wherein the transaction corresponds to the identification information transmitted to the remote server. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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