MOBILE COMMERCE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A mobile commerce system comprising:
- a multiplicity of Mobile Device—
Point of Sale Communication (MPC)-equipped mobile devices;
a plurality of MPC-enabled Point-of-Sale (POS) devices;
at least one POS configuration server for configuring said plurality of MPC-enabled POS devices;
at least one MPC-equipped mobile device configuration server for configuring said plurality of MPC-equipped mobile devices; and
at least one mobile marketing platform server operative to introduce Transaction Value Certificate (TVC)-related functions and to communicate both with said at least one POS configuration server and said at least one MPC-equipped mobile device configuration server to coordinate operation thereof so that the MPC-enabled POS devices will be “
tap-ready”
for carrying out said TVC-related functions.
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Abstract
A mobile commerce system including a multiplicity of Mobile Device—Point of Sale Communication (MPC)-equipped mobile devices, a plurality of MPC-enabled Point-of-Sale (POS) devices, at least one POS configuration server for configuring the plurality of MPC-enabled POS devices, at least one MPC-equipped mobile device configuration server for configuring the plurality of MPC-equipped mobile devices and at least one mobile marketing platform server operative to introduce Transaction Value Certificate (TVC)-related functions and to communicate both with the at least one POS configuration server and the at least one MPC-equipped mobile device configuration server to coordinate operation thereof so that the MPC-enabled POS devices will be “tap-ready” for carrying out the TVC-related functions.
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18 Claims
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1. A mobile commerce system comprising:
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a multiplicity of Mobile Device—
Point of Sale Communication (MPC)-equipped mobile devices;a plurality of MPC-enabled Point-of-Sale (POS) devices; at least one POS configuration server for configuring said plurality of MPC-enabled POS devices; at least one MPC-equipped mobile device configuration server for configuring said plurality of MPC-equipped mobile devices; and at least one mobile marketing platform server operative to introduce Transaction Value Certificate (TVC)-related functions and to communicate both with said at least one POS configuration server and said at least one MPC-equipped mobile device configuration server to coordinate operation thereof so that the MPC-enabled POS devices will be “
tap-ready”
for carrying out said TVC-related functions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A mobile marketing platform server operative to provide selectable TVC-related instructions and configured to communicate said TVC-related instructions to both at least one POS configuration server and at least one MPC-equipped mobile device configuration server, thereby to coordinate operation thereof so that the MPC-enabled POS devices will be “
- tap-ready”
for carrying out said selected TVC-related functions. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
- tap-ready”
- 10. An MPC-equipped mobile device configuration server configured to receive TVC-related instructions from a mobile marketing platform server and to configure a plurality of MPC-equipped mobile devices to carry out at least some of said TVC-related functions.
- 13. A POS configuration server configured to receive TVC-related instructions from a mobile marketing platform server and to configure a plurality of MPC-enabled POS devices to carry out at least some of said TVC-related functions.
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17. An MPC-enabled POS device comprising:
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a payment card acceptor; a TVC instruction receiving port; a TVC data receiving port; a TVC data transmitting port; and TVC instruction responsive functionality operative to select at least one TVC data source. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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