MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE FOR SELECTING A PAYMENT ACCOUNT TO USE WITH A PAYMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM BASED UPON A MICROPHONE OR DEVICE PROFILE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

• US 20120252360A1
• Filed: 03/29/2011
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: BUKURAK, David, ADAMS, NEIL PATRICK, CHIN, Eugene
• Application Number:
  US13/074,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20120252360A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/227 characterised in that multiple accounts are available, e.g. to the payer
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3272 using an audio code
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation

Abstract

A mobile wireless communications device may include a near field communications (NFC) device, a microphone, a memory configured to store access information for each of a plurality of payment accounts, and a processor cooperating with the NFC device, the microphone, and the memory. The processor may be configured to capture a sound using the microphone, determine a given payment account from among the plurality thereof based upon the sound, and send the corresponding access information for the given payment account to a transaction terminal via the NFC device.

Claims

1. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:

a near field communications (NFC) device;

a microphone;

a memory configured to store access information for each of a plurality of payment accounts; and

a processor cooperating with said NFC device, said microphone, and said memory, the processor being configured to

capture a sound using said microphone,

determine a given payment account from among the plurality thereof based upon the sound, and

send the corresponding access information for the given payment account to a transaction terminal via said NFC device.

2. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein each payment account has a respective sound associated therewith, and wherein the captured sound comprises the sound associated with the given payment account.

3. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said memory is configured to store a plurality of sounds, each sound being associated with a respective one of the plurality of payment accounts.

4. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 3 wherein said processor is configured to determine the given payment account associated with the sound by matching the sound to one of the plurality of stored sounds.

5. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 3 further comprising an input device;

wherein said processor is further configured to capture a sound using said microphone and store the captured sound in said memory, and to associate a payment account with the stored sound based upon said input device.

6. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 further comprising a position determining device;

wherein said processor is configured to cooperate with said position determining device to determine a position of the mobile wireless communications device when in proximity to the transaction terminal; and

wherein said processor is configured to also determine the given payment account based upon the geospatial location.

7. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said processor is configured to determine at least one of a date or a time;

and wherein said processor is configured to also determine the given payment account based upon at least one of the date or the time.

8. A method on a mobile wireless communications device, the method comprising:

storing access information for each of a plurality of payment accounts in a memory of the mobile wireless communications device;

capturing a sound using a microphone of the mobile wireless communications device;

determining a given payment account from among the plurality thereof that is associated with the captured sound, using a processor of the mobile wireless communications device; and

sending the corresponding access information for the given payment account to a transaction terminal via a near field communications (NFC) device of the mobile wireless communications device.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein each payment account has a respective sound associated therewith, and wherein the captured sound comprises the sound for the given payment account.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising storing a plurality of sounds in a memory of the mobile wireless communications device, each sound being associated with a respective one of the plurality of payment accounts.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the given payment account that is associated with the captured sound is determined by matching the captured sound to one of the plurality of stored sounds, using the processor.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising capturing a sound using the microphone, storing the captured sound in the memory, and associating a payment account with the captured stored sound based upon an input device of the mobile wireless communications device, using the processor.

13. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:

a near field communications (NFC) device;

a memory configured to store access information for each of a plurality of payment accounts; and

a processor cooperating with said NFC device and said memory, the processor being configured to

operate the mobile wireless communications device according to a given device profile from among a plurality of different device profiles,

determine a given payment account from among the plurality thereof based upon the given device profile, and

send the corresponding access information for the given payment account to a transaction terminal via said NFC device.

14. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 13 wherein the plurality of profiles includes at least work and home profiles.

15. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 13 further comprising an input device;

and wherein said processor is further configured to define at least one of the plurality of different device profiles based upon said input device.

16. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 13 further comprising an input device;

and wherein said processor is further configured to permit selection of the given profile based upon said input device.

17. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 13 further comprising an input device;

and wherein said processor is further configured to associate a payment account with the device profile based upon said input device.

18. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 13 further comprising a position determining device;

wherein said processor is configured to cooperate with said position determining device to determine a position of the mobile wireless communications device when in proximity to a transaction terminal; and

wherein said processor is configured to determine the given payment account based upon the position.

19. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 13 wherein said processor is configured to determine at least one of a date or a time;

and wherein said processor is configured to determine the given payment account based upon at least one of the date or the time.

21. The method of claim 17 wherein the plurality of profiles include at least work and home profiles.

22. The method of claim 17 further comprising defining at least one of the plurality of different device profiles based upon an input device, using the processor of the mobile wireless communications device.

23. The method of claim 17 further comprising permitting selection of the given profile based upon an input device, using the processor of the mobile wireless communications device.

24. The method of claim 17 further comprising associating a payment account with the profile based upon an input device, using the processor of the mobile wireless communications device.

25. The method of claim 17 further comprising determining a position of the mobile wireless communications device when in proximity to a transaction terminal based upon a position determining device of the mobile wireless communications device;

and wherein the given payment account is determined based upon the position.

26. The method of claim 17 further comprising determining at least one of a date or a time;

and wherein the given payment account is determined based upon at least one of the date or the time.

20. A method on a mobile wireless communications device, the method comprising:

storing access information for each of a plurality of payment accounts in a memory of the mobile wireless communications device;

operating the mobile wireless communications device according to a given profile from among a plurality of profiles, using a processor of the mobile wireless communications device;

determining a given payment account from among the plurality thereof that is associated with the given profile, using the processor of the mobile wireless communications device; and

sending the corresponding access information for the given payment account to a transaction terminal via a near field communications (NFC) device of the mobile wireless communications device.