BEACON-BASED CONTACTLESS READER IDENTIFICATION
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for using proximity sensing systems, such as Bluetooth low energy (LE) beacons, to uniquely identify remote computing systems, such as point of sale terminals. A mobile device includes an antenna, a baseband modem, and a contactless frontend, and is able to perform near-field communication transactions. The mobile device antenna receives radio communications from one or more Bluetooth LE beacons, the transmissions including data packets with a unique identifier. The mobile device calculates the signal strength of the one or more Bluetooth LE beacons at a time proximate to when a near-field communication transaction is initiated. The mobile device stores in its memory the data packet associated with the Bluetooth LE beacon broadcasting the strongest signal.
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38 Claims
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19. A system to obtain contactless reader data, comprising:
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a memory, an antenna, and a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory and the antenna, wherein the processor is operable to execute application code instructions that are stored in the memory to cause the system to; initiate a contactless transaction in response to the antenna being placed within a predetermined proximity to a contactless reader; upon initiating the contactless transaction, receive, via the antenna, a radio frequency (RF) broadcast from at least one of a plurality of beacons, each RF broadcast including at least one data packet comprising a unique identifier corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of beacons; calculate a signal strength of each received RF broadcast; and store in the memory, as corresponding to the contactless reader, the at least one data packet comprising a unique identifier corresponding to the beacon calculated as producing the highest signal strength. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method to obtain contactless reader data, comprising:
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initiating, by one or more computing devices, a contactless transaction in response to an antenna of the one or more computing devices being placed within a predetermined proximity to a contactless reader; upon initiating the contactless transaction, receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a radio frequency (RF) broadcast from at least one of a plurality of beacons, each RF broadcast including at least one data packet comprising a unique identifier corresponding to the at least one beacon; calculating, by the one or more computing devices, a signal strength of each received RF broadcast; and storing, by the one or more computing devices in a memory as corresponding to the contactless reader, the at least one data packet comprising a unique identifier corresponding to the beacon calculated as producing the highest signal strength. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable storage device having computer-executable program instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to obtain contactless reader data, the computer-executable instructions comprising; computer-executable instructions to initiate a contactless transaction in response to an antenna of the computer being placed within a predetermined proximity to a contactless reader; computer-executable instructions to receive, upon initiating the contactless transaction, a radio frequency (RF) broadcast from at least one of a plurality of beacons, each RF broadcast comprising a unique identifier corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of beacons; computer-executable instructions to calculate a signal strength of each received RF broadcast; and computer-executable instructions to store in a memory, as corresponding to the contactless reader, the at least one data packet comprising the unique identified corresponding to the beacon calculated as producing the highest signal strength. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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