DONGLE FACILITATED WIRELESS CONSUMER PAYMENTS
First Claim
1. A computing system, comprising:
- one or more communication interfaces adapted to couple the computing system to a plurality of third party mobile electronic devices, the one or more communication interfaces including at least a Bluetooth low energy protocol communication interface;
one or more storage components adapted to store user information, participating merchant information, or any combination thereof; and
one or more processors in communication with the one or more communication interfaces and the one or more storage components, said one or more processors being adapted to facilitate automated wireless transactions between third party users of the third party mobile electronic devices and participating merchants, wherein said automatic wireless transactions take place when the third party mobile electronic devices are present at the participating merchants without any affirmative activity by the third party users at the participating merchants.
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Abstract
Computing systems and methods for facilitating consumer transactions in retail and other establishments include communication interfaces adapted to couple a computing system to a plurality of third party mobile electronic devices, storage components adapted to store user information, participating merchant information, or any combination thereof, and processors in communication with the communication interfaces and storage components. The processors are adapted to facilitate automatic wireless transactions between third party users of the third party mobile electronic devices and the participating merchants when the third party devices are present at the participating merchants without any affirmative activity by the third party users.
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22 Claims
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1. A computing system, comprising:
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one or more communication interfaces adapted to couple the computing system to a plurality of third party mobile electronic devices, the one or more communication interfaces including at least a Bluetooth low energy protocol communication interface; one or more storage components adapted to store user information, participating merchant information, or any combination thereof; and one or more processors in communication with the one or more communication interfaces and the one or more storage components, said one or more processors being adapted to facilitate automated wireless transactions between third party users of the third party mobile electronic devices and participating merchants, wherein said automatic wireless transactions take place when the third party mobile electronic devices are present at the participating merchants without any affirmative activity by the third party users at the participating merchants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of facilitating payment or credit for a purchase by utilizing an automated wireless process between a vendor device and a purchaser device, the method comprising:
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providing software code to be used on the purchaser device, the software code including information regarding automated wireless processes using said purchaser device, said providing being performed electronically by a processor; enabling the purchaser device to utilize a Bluetooth low energy protocol to detect the presence of the vendor device using the provided software code, said detecting occurring automatically without any affirmative action by the purchaser; and facilitating a wireless communications exchange between the purchaser device and the nearby vendor device, said exchange occurring automatically without any affirmative action by the purchaser using the Bluetooth low energy protocol. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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8. A non-transitory medium having a plurality of machine-readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a server controlled by a service provider, are adapted to cause the server to perform a method comprising:
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providing software code to be used on a third party mobile computing device used by a purchaser, the software code including information regarding automated wireless processes using said third party mobile computing device; enabling the third party mobile computing device to utilize a Bluetooth low energy protocol to detect the presence of the vendor device using the provided software code, said detecting occurring automatically without any affirmative action by the purchaser; and facilitating a wireless communications exchange between the third party mobile computing device and the nearby vendor device, said exchange occurring automatically without any affirmative action by the purchaser.
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9. A Bluetooth low energy dongle for wirelessly facilitating consumer payments, comprising:
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a Bluetooth low energy communication interface adapted to couple the dongle to a plurality of consumer devices using a Bluetooth low energy protocol; a wireless interface adapted to couple the dongle to a remote server over a network; one or more storage components adapted to store at least consumer information and merchant information; and one or more processors in communication with the Bluetooth low energy communication interface, the wireless interface, and the one or more storage components, the one or more processors being adapted to automatically facilitate the consumer payments between the consumer and merchants, wherein the consumer payments take place when the consumer devices are present at the merchants without any affirmative activity by the consumer at merchant locations. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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