Negotiated wireless peripheral systems
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and business techniques are disclosed for use in mobile network communication systems. A mobile unit such as a smart phone is preferably equipped with a wireless local area network connection and a wireless wide area network connection. The local area network connection is used to establish a position-dependent ecommerce network connection with a wireless product or service access device supplied by a vendor. A negotiation sequence is carried out to electronically contract the services of the negotiated wireless peripheral from the vendor using a prepaid ecommerce protocol. The negotiated wireless peripheral is a general product or service vending device and the mobile unit acts as a digital authentication and payment device with digital pre-paid payment capabilities. The techniques are useful in many applications to include ticketing and admission systems to events and other types of services that involve ticketing.
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69 Claims
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45. A method for use in a system including an admission facility configured to control physical access of persons passing through an entry point of a physical facility, and a wireless handheld device that includes a user interface and that is adapted to wirelessly exchange data with the admission facility, the method comprising:
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the admission facility wirelessly receiving admission data from the wireless handheld device;
validating the admission data, and if the validating is successful, generating an admission indication which indicates that a user of the wireless handheld device is allowed to pass beyond the entry point;
determining a particular destination beyond the entry point based upon the admission data; and
wirelessly transmitting to the wireless handheld device a destination indication of the particular destination for display to the user via the user interface of the wireless handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method, comprising:
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wirelessly receiving admission data from a wireless handheld device;
validating the admission data, and if the validating is successful, generating an admission indication which indicates that a user of the wireless handheld device is allowed to pass beyond an entry point of a physical facility;
determining a particular destination beyond the entry point based upon the admission data; and
wirelessly transmitting to the wireless handheld device a destination indication of the particular destination for display to the user via a user interface provided by the wireless handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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