MOBILE DEVICE CONDUIT FOR A TRANSACTION DEVICE

• US 20150120878A1
• Filed: 10/31/2013
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NCR Atleos Corp.
• Original Assignee: NCR Corporation (NCR Voyix Corporation)
• Inventors: Horgan, Kevin, Chisholm, Gordon David
• Granted Patent: US 9,964,994 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/165 the additional display being small, e.g. for presenting status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/209 Monitoring, auditing or diagnose of functioning of ATMs
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/001 Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/023 Arrangements for display, data presentation or advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/026 for alarm, monitoring and auditing in vending machines or means for indication, e.g. when empty
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/71 Hardware identity

Abstract

Methods and a system for a mobile device conduit of a transaction device are provided. A connection from a mobile device to a transaction device is made. Information is gathered from the transaction device and/or supplied to the transaction device from and/or to the mobile device. In an embodiment, the transaction device is used to remote a display of the mobile device to the transaction device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

establishing, via a mobile device, a communication session with a transaction device; and

acquiring, via the mobile device, information associated with a resource of the transaction device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising, processing, from the mobile device the information to remote an interface display of the mobile device to the transaction device during the communication session.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising, relaying, from the mobile device, the information to a remote network resource independent of the mobile device and the transaction device via a second communication session.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising, acquiring, at the mobile device, results from the remote network resource in response to the relayed information.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising, instructing, from the mobile device, a second resource on the transaction device to terminate in response to the results.

6. The method of claim 4 further comprising, remoting, from the mobile device, the results to a display of the transaction device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing further includes identifying the transaction device as a stand-alone Self-Service Terminal (SST).

8. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing further includes creating the communication session via one of:

a wired and a wireless connection between the mobile device and the transaction device and authenticating the communication session.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing further includes determining how to establish the communication session based on an identifier associated with the transaction device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring further includes identifying the resource and a type of information for the information based on evaluation of a policy.

11. A method, comprising:

connecting, at a transaction device, to a mobile device; and

processing, by the transaction device, a request from the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein connecting further includes permitting the transaction device to become a thin client controlled based on a policy by the mobile device.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein connecting further includes communicating a device identifier to the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein processing further includes dynamically installing one or more services that interrogate the transaction device in response to the request.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein processing further includes terminating a specific resource on the transaction device in response to the request.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein processing further includes remoting display details from the mobile device to a display of the transaction device in response to the request.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein remoting further includes permitting the display of the transaction device to act as an interface for the mobile device.

18. A system, comprising:

a server having a remote server service programmed within memory and/or a non-transitory computer-readable medium for execution on one or more processors of the server;

wherein the remote server service is configured to interact with a transaction device via a network connection supplied by a mobile device acting as a conduit between the remote server service and the transaction device.

19. The system of claim 18 further comprising, a mobile device service programmed within memory and/or a non-transitory computer-readable medium for execution on one or more processors of the mobile device, the mobile device service configured to connect with the transaction device and with the remote server service to act as an intermediary between the transaction device and the remote server service.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the mobile device is one of:

a smartphone, a laptop, a tablet, and a wearable device.