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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50 Claims
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1-44. -44. (canceled)
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45. A method for use in a management server that controls a system that includes of a multiplicity of geographically dispersed wireless service devices that each respectively provide a negotiated wireless service to a multiplicity of users of respective wireless handheld devices, the method comprising:
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executing, via a particular one of the wireless service devices, in response to a wireless interaction between the management server and a particular one of the wireless handheld devices, a handshake sequence to verify that the user of the particular wireless handheld device is authorized to receive a particular negotiated wireless service provided by the particular wireless service device; and in the event of an affirmative result of the handshake sequence, the management server transmitting to the particular negotiated wireless service device, an indication to provide the particular negotiated wireless service to the user of the particular wireless handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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