PRESENTING WEB PAGES THROUGH MOBILE HOST DEVICES

• US 20090070691A1
• Filed: 09/05/2008
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DeviceFidelity, Inc. (Block, Inc. (f/k/a Square, Inc.))
• Original Assignee: DeviceFidelity, Inc. (Block, Inc. (f/k/a Square, Inc.))
• Inventors: Jain, Deepak
• Application Number:
  US12/205,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20090070691A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07707 the visual interface being a display, e.g. LCD or electronic ink
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07739 comprising a first part capable of functioning as a record carrier on its own and a second part being only functional as a form factor changing part, e.g. SIM cards type ID 0001, removably attached to a regular smart card form factor
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07773 Antenna details antennas for wireless devices, e.g. RFID tags, in general H01Q1/22
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10237 the reader and the record carrier being capable of selectively switching between reader and record carrier appearance, e.g. in near field communication [NFC] devices where the NFC device may function as an RFID reader or as an RFID tag
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3223 Realising banking transactions through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3226 Use of secure elements separate from M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3227 using secure elements embedded in M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/326 Payment applications installed on the mobile devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/352 Contactless payments by cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/355 Personalisation of cards for use
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3574 Multiple applications on card
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3576 Multiple memory zones on card
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0886 the card reader being portable for interacting with a POS or ECR in realizing a payment transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 : Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 : Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/102 : applying security measure for e-commerce data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/32 : Specific management aspects for broadband networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 : using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 : using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 : based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0274 : for an electrical connector module
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7246 : by connection of exchangeable housing parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/103 : using SIMs (USIMs) or calling cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/106 : using commercial credit or debit cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2017/12 : using calling, telephone credit/debit cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2017/14 : using commercial credit/debit cards, e.g. VISA, AMEX
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 : using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 : using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 : Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 : detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0274 : by switching on or off the equipment or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for presenting Web pages through mobile host devices. In some implementations, a payment card includes a physical interface, memory and a Web server module. The physical interface interfaces the card with a mobile host device including a Graphical User Interface (GUI). The card executes wireless transactions independent of the mobile host device and presents and receives information through the GUI of the mobile host device. The memory stores offline Web pages. The Web server module dynamically generates at least one offline Web page in response to at least an event and presents the generated offline Web page to a user using the GUI.

Claims

1. A card, comprising:

a physical interface that interfaces the card with a mobile host device including a Graphical User Interface (GUI), wherein the card executes wireless transactions independent of the mobile host device and presents and receives information through the GUI of the mobile host device;

memory that stores offline Web pages; and

a Web server module that dynamically generates at least one offline Web page in response to at least an event and presents the generated offline Web page to a user using the GUI.

2. The card of claim 1, wherein dynamically generates comprises dynamically updating the at least one of the offline Web pages.

3. The card of claim 1, wherein the physical interface comprises at least one of a SecureDigital (SD) interface, a miniSD interface, a microSD interface, a MMC interface, a firewire, an iDock interface, or a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface.

4. The card of claim 1, wherein the offline Web pages are stored in the memory based, at least in part, on Uniform Resource Locator (URL) addresses.

5. The card of claim 1, wherein the mobile host device presents the generated offline Web page through a browser presented through the GUI, the Web server module transmits the generated offline Web page to the host-device browser using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

6. The card of claim 1, wherein the offline Web pages are rendered in at least one of a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) format, a Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) format, a Wireless Markup Language (WML) format, or a Extensible Markup Language (XML) format.

7. The card of claim 1, the Web server module further transmits a request to identify capabilities of the browser on the mobile host device, wherein the at least one Web page is generated based, at least in part, on the identified capabilities.

8. The card of claim 1, wherein the generated offline Web page includes a hyperlink to a site on the Internet such that the mobile host device accesses an associated Website using an Internet connection of the mobile host device.

9. The card of claim 1, wherein the memory further stores at least one application, the event comprises a first event, the Web server module loads the at least one application onto the host device in response to at least a second event such that the host device executes the at least one application.

10. The card of claim 1, the memory further stores a browser application, the Web server module further transmits loads the browser application onto the mobile host device.

11. The card of claim 1, wherein the at least one application is stored in the secured memory using a URL address.

12. The card of claim 1, further comprising an Operating System (OS) with a runtime environment that executes the Web server module independent of the mobile host device.

13. The card of claim 1, wherein the memory further stores one or more applications configured to dynamically update one or more of the offline Web pages.

14. A method, comprising:

interfacing a card with a mobile host device including a Graphical User Interface (GUI), wherein the card executes wireless transactions independent of the mobile host device and presents and receives information through the GUI of the mobile host device;

storing offline Web pages in the card;

dynamically generating at least one offline Web pages in response to at least an event; and

presenting the generated offline Web page to a user using the GUI of the mobile host device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein dynamically generating comprises dynamically updating the at least one of the offline Web pages.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the interface comprises at least one of a SD interface, a miniSD interface, a microSD interface, a MMC, a firewire interface, an iDock interface, or a USB interface.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the generated offline Web pages are stored based, at least in part, on URL addresses.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the generated offline Web page are presented through a browser, the method further comprising transmitting the generated offline Web page to the host-device browser using HTTP.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the offline Web pages are stored in at least one of an HTML format, an XHTML format, an WML format, or an XML format.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising transmitting a request to the mobile host device to identify capabilities, wherein the offline Web page is generated based, at least in part, on the identified capabilities.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the generated offline Web page includes a hyperlink to a site on the Internet such that the mobile host device accesses an associated Website using an Internet connection of the mobile host device.

22. The method of claim 14, wherein the event comprises a first event, the method further comprising loading at least one application onto the mobile host device in response to at least a second event such that the mobile host device executes the at least one application.

23. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

storing a Web browser application in the card; and

uploading the Web browser application onto the mobile host device.

24. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one application is stored using a URL address.

25. The method of claim 14, executing the Web server module in a runtime environment in the card independent of the mobile host device.

26. The method of claim 14, further storing one or more applications configured to dynamically update one or more of the offline Web pages.

27. A system, comprising:

a means for interfacing a card with a mobile host device including a GUI, wherein the card executes wireless transactions independent of the mobile host device and presents and receives information through the GUI of the mobile host device;

a means for storing offline Web pages in the card;

a means for dynamically generating at least one offline Web pages in response to at least an event; and

a means for presenting the identified offline Web page to a user using the GUI of the mobile host device.