Contactless Payment System Providing Supplemental Content Associated with the Transaction

• US 20130138521A1
• Filed: 11/30/2011
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Want, Roy, Gossweiler, Richard, McDonough, Colin Albright
• Application Number:
  US13/308,169
• Publication Number:
  US 20130138521A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/326 Payment applications installed on the mobile devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/387 Payment using discounts or coupons relating to marketing G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A wireless communication device configured to transmit and receive near-field communication including data associated with the purchase of a product. Supplemental content associated with the purchased can be identified by the wireless device and/or a merchant device and provided to the wireless device. Supplemental content may include machine-readable and machine-storable work product and instruction, document, electronic media, computer-implemented instructions, or any form of content that can exist in a computer-based environment. The supplemental content may be determined based on information about the user, information about the product or service being purchased, and information about the point-of-sale.

Claims

1. A method for providing data to a wireless device comprising:

transmitting purchase data via near-field communication to the wireless device;

receiving, via near-field communication from the wireless device, purchase authorization data for a purchase transaction at a payment module coupled to a merchant computing device;

identifying, by the merchant computing device, supplemental data associated with the purchase data; and

responsive to receiving the purchase authorization data via near field communication, transmitting the supplemental data associated with the purchase data to the wireless device,

wherein the supplemental data includes at least one of instructions to download content associated with the supplemental data and instructions to update a digital calendar based on at least one of the supplemental data and the purchase data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental data comprises at least one of a document, an electronic media, and computer-implemented instructions.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the supplemental data comprises at least one of an image file, an audio file, a video file, and a link to a website.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the computer-implemented instructions comprise instructions to direct a user interaction with a social media website.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental data is determined based on at least one of a user selection, information associated with a user, information associated with an item being purchased, and information associated with a merchant.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the instructions to update the digital calendar comprise instructions to update the digital calendar associated with a user of another device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein updating the digital calendar associated with the user of the other device comprises:

requesting availability information associated with the user of the other device;

providing an event request to the user of the other device; and

receiving an indication of acceptance of the event request from the user of the other device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental data comprises at least one of a warranty associated with a product, a rebate for the product, a discount applied to the purchase of the product, and a coupon for a future purchase.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental data is provided via near-field communication.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental data is provided by a communication type other than near-field communication.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the supplemental data is provided when the wireless device is at a location other than a location where the purchase data was provided.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating at the payment module an electronic data item comprising receipt data associated with the purchase data, and

storing, by the payment module, the supplemental data and the receipt data in a memory device logically coupled to the merchant device.

6. (canceled)

14. A mobile wireless communication device comprising:

an electronic antenna circuit to transmit and receive data via near-field communication (NFC); and

control circuitry coupled to the electronic antenna circuit to control transmission of the data via near-field communication, the data including purchase authorization data,

wherein the data received by the electronic antenna circuit includes purchase transaction data,

wherein responsive to receiving the purchase transaction data, the control circuitry controls NFC transmission of the purchase authorization data via the electronic antenna circuit,

wherein the control circuitry controls the electronic antenna circuit to receive supplemental data responsive to transmitting the purchase authorization data;

wherein the control circuitry identifies content associated with the supplemental data and instructs the electronic antenna circuit to retrieve the desired content associated with the supplemental data.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the control circuitry identifies desired content based on a user selection, information associated with a user, information associated with an item being purchased, and information associated with a merchant.

16. The device of claim 14, further comprising a memory device logically coupled to the control circuitry for storing the purchase transaction data and the supplemental data.

17. The device of claim 14, wherein the supplemental data comprises instructions to update a digital calendar associated with a user of the wireless communication device based on at least one of the supplemental data and the purchase transaction data.

18. The device of claim 14, wherein the supplemental data comprises instructions to schedule a calendar event on a digital calendar associated with another user.

19. The device of claim 14, wherein the supplemental data comprises at least one of a document, an electronic media, and computer-implemented instructions.

20. The device of claim 14, wherein the supplemental data is received by a communication type other than near-field communication.

21. The device of claim 20, wherein the supplemental data is provided when the wireless device is at predetermined location other than a location where the purchase transaction data was provided.

22. A wireless communication device utilizing near-field communications, the device comprising:

an electronic antenna circuit including an antenna to transmit and receive data via near-field communication between the wireless communication device and a mobile device; and

control circuitry coupled to the electronic antenna circuit, the control circuitry to control transmission of the data to the mobile device, the data including purchase data and supplemental data associated with the purchase data,

wherein the control circuitry provides the supplemental data to the mobile device in response to receipt of purchase authorization data from the mobile device, and

wherein the supplemental data includes at least one of instructions to download content associated with the supplemental data and instructions to schedule a calendar event on a calendar associated with a user of the mobile device.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to identify the supplemental data based on at least one of a user selection, information associated with a user, information associated with an item being purchased, and information associated with a merchant.

24. The device of claim 22, wherein the supplemental data comprises at least one of a document, an electronic media, and computer-implemented instructions.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein the instructions to schedule a calendar event comprise instructions to update a digital calendar associated with a user of the mobile device.

26. The device of claim 22, further comprising a memory device logically coupled to the control circuitry configured to store at least one of the purchase data, the supplemental data, and the purchase authorization data.

27. The device of claim 26, wherein the memory device comprises a cloud computing environment.

28. The device of claim 22, wherein the supplemental data is provided when the mobile device is at location other than a location where the purchase data was provided.