ELECTRONIC WALLET FOR A WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICE
First Claim
1. An electronic wallet for a wireless mobile device, the electronic wallet comprising:
- wallet invocation means responsive to an external trigger originating externally from the wallet;
user authentication means for authenticating a user of the electronic wallet upon invocation of the wallet in response to the external trigger; and
means for returning card information stored in the wallet for automatic population of a form specified by the external trigger.
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Abstract
There is disclosed an electronic wallet for a wireless mobile device, and a method of operating the electronic wallet. In an embodiment, the electronic wallet comprises wallet invocation means responsive to an external trigger originating externally from the wallet; user authentication means for authenticating the user of the electronic wallet upon invocation of the wallet by the external trigger; and means for returning card information stored in the wallet in dependence upon a form specified by the external trigger invoking the wallet. The external trigger may be a webpage accessed via an Internet web browser on the wireless mobile device, the webpage having a wallet trigger instruction embedded therein. The wallet trigger instruction may be an extension embedded into the header of the webpage accessed via the Internet web browser. The webpage may further include field ID tags mapping specific data fields in the wallet to form input fields provided in the webpage.
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22 Claims
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1. An electronic wallet for a wireless mobile device, the electronic wallet comprising:
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wallet invocation means responsive to an external trigger originating externally from the wallet; user authentication means for authenticating a user of the electronic wallet upon invocation of the wallet in response to the external trigger; and means for returning card information stored in the wallet for automatic population of a form specified by the external trigger. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of providing payment information from an electronic wallet for a wireless mobile device, comprising:
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invoking the wallet in response to an external trigger originating externally from the wallet; authenticating the user of the electronic wallet upon invocation of the wallet by the external trigger; and returning card information stored in the wallet for automatic population of a form specified by the external trigger. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A data processor readable medium storing data processor code that when loaded onto a wireless mobile device adapts the device to provide payment information from an electronic wallet for a wireless mobile device, the data processor readable medium comprising:
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code for invoking the wallet in response to an external trigger originating externally from the wallet; code for authenticating the user of the electronic wallet upon invocation of the wallet by the external trigger; and code for returning card information stored in the wallet for automatic population of a form specified by the external trigger. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of providing payment information from an electronic wallet for a wireless mobile device, comprising:
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invoking the wallet in response to an external trigger originating externally from the wallet; authenticating the user of the electronic wallet upon invocation of the wallet by the external trigger, the external trigger being a wallet trigger instruction embedded in one of a webpage accessed via an Internet web browser or a third party software application executing on the wireless mobile device; and returning card information stored in the wallet for automatic population of a form specified by the external trigger.
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