METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SERVICES USING BEARER TAGS
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to at least perform the following:
- detecting a tap of a user equipment on or near a bearer tag;
initiating determination of service information, related to one or more services, from the bearer tag;
generating one or more service management requests to manage the one or more services according to the service information; and
initiating transmission of the one or more service management requests to a services platform for management of the one or more services according to a billing arrangement,wherein managing the one or more services comprises at least activating, modifying, discovering, accessing, or setting up the one or more services, and the management of the one or more services comprises at least of activation, modification, discovery, accessing, or setting up of the one or more services.
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Abstract
An approach is provided for managing one or more services corresponding to a bearer tag (e.g., near field communication (NFC) tag, radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, contactless card, or barcode). A request to manage a service is initiated by reading service information from a bearer tag corresponding to the one or more services. A services platform initiates management of the one or more services based on the service information according to a predetermined or recurring billing arrangement.
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14 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to at least perform the following:
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detecting a tap of a user equipment on or near a bearer tag; initiating determination of service information, related to one or more services, from the bearer tag; generating one or more service management requests to manage the one or more services according to the service information; and initiating transmission of the one or more service management requests to a services platform for management of the one or more services according to a billing arrangement, wherein managing the one or more services comprises at least activating, modifying, discovering, accessing, or setting up the one or more services, and the management of the one or more services comprises at least of activation, modification, discovery, accessing, or setting up of the one or more services. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that if executed cause the apparatus to at least perform the following:
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detect a tap of a user equipment on or near a bearer tag; initiate determination of service information, related to the one or more services, from the bearer tag; generate one or more service management requests to manage the one or more services according to the service information; and initiate transmission of the one or more service management requests to a services platform for management of the one or more services according to a billing arrangement, wherein managing the one or more services comprises at least activating, modifying, discovering, accessing, or setting up the one or more services, and the management of the one or more services comprises at least of activation, modification, discovery, accessing, or setting up of the one or more services. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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