PEER TO PEER TRANSFER BETWEEN NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION SMART STICKERS

• US 20120329394A1
• Filed: 09/05/2012
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blaze Mobile, Inc. (iWin, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Blaze Mobile, Inc. (iWin, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fisher, Michelle
• Application Number:
  US13/604,602
• Publication Number:
  US 20120329394A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3226 Use of secure elements separate from M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/425 using two different networks, one for transaction and one for security confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/00 Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A method for configuring a mobile communication device to perform transactions using a second communication channel that is different from a first communication channel through which the mobile communication device sends voice data. The method includes attaching a secure element to the mobile communication device. The secure element includes a memory storing an application, a processor configured to execute the application stored in the memory; and a wireless transceiver configured to send transaction data associated with the executed application through the second communication channel to a terminal that is remote from the mobile communication device.

Claims

1. A method for transferring data between two mobile devices using near field communication, the method comprising:

maintaining a first application and transaction data in a first memory included in a first secure element, the first secure element removably attached and wirelessly coupled to a first mobile device, the first mobile device configured to use a first communication channel;

executing the first application using a first processor included in the first secure element, the first processor configured to use near field communication, wherein the first application is executed in response to a near field communication inductive interaction with a second secure element removably attached and wirelessly coupled to a second mobile device, wherein execution of the first application facilitates the transfer of the transaction data to the second secure element, the second secure element including a second memory and a second processor configured to use near field communication, the second secure element embedded in a second mobile device;

transmitting the transaction data to the second secure element by using a second communication channel different from the first communication channel.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first secure element comprises a sticker.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second secure element includes a wireless transceiver configured to use a third communication to transmit transaction data to the second mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first secure element is physically attached to the exterior of the first mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first secure element is electrically connected to the electrical interior components of the first mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first secure element comprises a radio frequency absorbent material configured to shield the first secure element from interference generated by the interior components of the first mobile device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the radio frequency absorbent material does not prevent the transmission of transaction data to the second secure element of the second mobile communication device,

8. The method of claim 7, wherein an outer shell of the first secure element has a maximum width of 25 mm and a maximum thickness of 5 mm.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein an outer shell of the first secure element is circular.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein an outer shell of the first secure element is associated with an advertisement.

11. A system comprising:

a first memory included in a first secure element, the first memory configured to maintain a first application and transaction data, wherein the first secure element is removably attached and wirelessly coupled to a first mobile device and is configured to use a first communication channel;

a first processor configured to execute the first application included in the first secure element, the first processor configured to use near field communication, wherein the first application is executed in response to a near field communication inductive interaction with a second secure element removably attached and wirelessly coupled to a second mobile device, wherein execution of the first application facilitates the transfer of the transaction data to the second secure element, the second secure element including a second memory and a second processor configured to use near field communication, the second secure element embedded in a second mobile device;

a transmitter configured to sent the transaction data to the second secure element by using a second communication channel different from the first communication channel.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the first secure element comprises a sticker.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the second secure element includes a wireless transceiver configured to use a third communication to transmit transaction data to the second mobile device.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the first secure element is physically attached to the exterior of the first mobile device.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the first secure element is electrically connected to the electrical interior components of the first mobile device.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the first secure element comprises a radio frequency absorbent material configured to shield the first secure element from interference generated by the interior components of the first mobile device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the radio frequency absorbent material does not prevent the transmission of transaction data to the second secure element of the second mobile communication device,

18. The system of claim 17, wherein an outer shell of the first secure element has a maximum width of 25 mm and a maximum thickness of 5 mm.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein an outer shell of the first secure element is circular.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein an outer shell of the first secure element is associated with an advertisement.