Method and system for improving client server transmission over fading channel with wireless location and authentication technology via electromagnetic radiation

• US 8,285,211 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2010
• Issued: 10/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Innovation Sciences, LLC
• Original Assignee: Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc. (Innovation Sciences, LLC)
• Inventors: Wang, Tiehong, Wang, Tiejun, Zeng, Guang
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar, Kamran
• Assistant Examiner(s): DEAN, JR, JOSEPH E
• Application Number:
  US12/926,716
• Publication Number:
  US 20110173073A1
• Time in Patent Office: 672 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3227 using secure elements embedded in M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/367 involving electronic purses or money safes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0185 Product, service or business identity fraud
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0226 Incentive systems for frequent usage, e.g. frequent flyer miles programs or point systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0492 by using a location-limited connection, e.g. near-field communication or limited proximity of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 : Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Wireless personal area network (Zigbee, Bluetooth, UWB) and wireless identification technologies (Near Field Communication (NFC), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)) are implemented in particular client server functions and communications. Connected with an Authentication Server, a wireless HUB authenticates user identification and provides the user with access to secure data communication with a wireless terminal such as a cellular phone or a PDA. A Location Server provides user locations via methods such as RSSI, TDOA, and GPS and sends location information to a Center Control Server and the Authentication Server. With location information, the Center Control Server initiates and optimizes secure information processes and coordinates the functions of servers and user terminals.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating location based electronic commerce, the method comprising:

receiving location related information of a wireless device;

sending a commercial transaction related information to the wireless device based on a correlation between the commercial transaction related information and location of the wireless device;

wherein the commercial transaction related information comprises information about a group transaction with a price discount for a participating party;

receiving information from the wireless device about the commercial transaction relation information; and

providing the wireless device with confirmation information for the commercial transaction;

the conformation information being provided in connection with communication, through a secure communication channel, of payment information for the commercial transaction after recognition of a unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier corresponding to the wireless device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier is an RFID Tag and the short range electromagnetic (EM) radiation communication identifier is transmitted through an NFC channel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the secure communication channel is one of a Bluetooth, a UWB, a WWAN, a cellular network, a wired network, an NFC, and a WLAN communication.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the commercial transaction related information comprises one or more of the following:

a. location information of a transaction party;

b. credibility rating of a transaction party;

c. product information and analysis including one or more of historical price, features, quality, discount, promotion, and accessories;

d. commercial promotion or market competition information and analysis including one or more of current price competition or promotion discount;

e. information relating to communication among transaction parties such as online status;

f. information relating to credit or reward from an item supply party;

g. a number for calculating a user'"'"'s reward such as a system credit for trading goods or services, wherein the number increases with acceleration based on the accumulation or frequency of a user'"'"'s participation in transactions;

h. group transaction information including group formation status information;

i. a transaction message indicating a suggested supply; and

j. status or modification of one or more of group transaction and group formation.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the location related information includes one or more of:

a. cellular/GPS location information;

b. IP address information;

c. Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA),

d. Direction Difference of Arrival (DDOA)

e. ZIP code

f. Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), and

g. profile information provided by users.

6. The method of claim 1, the unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier is received and recognized by a wireless HUB.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the wireless HUB is housed within one of a kiosk, a set top box, and a TV.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the wireless HUB separately collects utility information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier is associated with the payment information.

36. The method of claim 1, wherein the group transaction requires a minimal group size.

40. The method of claim 1, wherein a password from the wireless device is used to authenticate the participating party'"'"'s identity.

50. The method of claim 2, wherein the secure communication channel is separate from the NFC channel.

69. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving one or more of the following:

a. a group inclusion request message pertaining to the group formation event;

b. a transaction message indicating one or more items requested;

c. a transaction offer indicating one or more items supply;

d. acceptance of a suggested supply transaction or confirmation of the transaction;

e. modification on transaction information such as group formation requirement or request or modification on other transaction variables;

f. financial information of a transaction party.

82. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a user'"'"'s account identification information.

10. An electronic system for facilitating location based e-commerce activities, the system comprising:

a memory device for storing financial account information;

a location determining device that determines location information comprising respective geographic positions of a plurality of wireless devices; and

a secure communications device that uses a unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier corresponding to the wireless device in connection with establishing a secure communication channel for transmitting the financial account information for payment regarding a commercial transaction wherein the location information of one or more of the plurality of wireless devices is used to correlate the one or more wireless device to the commercial transaction;

wherein the commercial transaction comprises a group transaction with a price discount for a transaction party participating the group transaction.

43. The system of claim 10, wherein the financial account information is associated with the wireless terminal.

44. The system of claim 10, wherein the financial account information is associated with the unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier.

45. The system of claim 10, wherein the group transaction requires a minimal group size.

49. The system of claim 10, wherein a password from the wireless device is used to authenticate the participating party'"'"'s identity.

51. The system of claim 10, wherein the unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier is an RFID Tag and the short range electromagnetic (EM) radiation communication identifier is transmitted through an NFC channel.

52. The system of claim 10, wherein the secure communication channel is one of a Bluetooth, a UWB, a WWAN, a cellular network, a wired network, an NFC, and a WLAN communication.

53. The system of claim 51, wherein the secure communication channel is separate from the NFC channel.

55. The system of claim 10, wherein the location related information includes one or more of

a. cellular/GPS location information;

b. IP address information;

c. Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA),

d. Direction Difference of Arrival (DDOA)

e. ZIP code

f. Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), and

g. profile information provided by users.

70. The system of claim 10, further comprising receiving one or more of the following:

a. a group inclusion request message pertaining to the group formation event;

b. a transaction message indicating one or more items requested;

c. a transaction offer indicating one or more items supply;

d. acceptance of a suggested supply transaction or confirmation of the transaction;

e. modification on transaction information such as group formation requirement or request or modification on other transaction variables;

f. financial information of a transaction party.

11. A terminal device, comprising:

a processor;

an identification unit for retaining a unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier unique to the terminal device;

a memory, the memory containing program code executable by the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving a commercial transaction related information;

wherein the commercial transaction related information comprises information about a group transaction with a price discount for a transaction party participating the group transaction;

wherein the commercial transaction related information is correlated with location of the terminal device;

sending information about the commercial transaction;

applying the short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier unique to the terminal device in connection with establishing a secure communication channel for transmitting payment information for the commercial transaction; and

receiving confirmation information regarding the commercial transaction.

54. The terminal device of claim 11, further comprising sending one or more of the following:

a. a group inclusion request message pertaining to the group formation event;

b. a transaction message indicating one or more items requested;

c. a transaction offer indicating one or more items supply;

d. acceptance of a suggested supply transaction or confirmation of the transaction;

e. modification on transaction information such as group formation requirement or request or modification on a transaction related variable;

f. financial information of a transaction party.

67. The terminal device of claim 11, wherein the commercial transaction related information comprises one or more of the following:

a. location information of a transaction party;

b. credibility rating of a transaction party;

c. product information and analysis including one or more of historical price, features, quality, discount, promotion, and accessories;

d. commercial promotion or market competition information and analysis including one or more of current price competition or promotion discount;

e. information relating to communication among transaction parties such as online status;

f. information relating to credit or reward from an item supply party;

g. a number for calculating a user'"'"'s reward such as a system credit for trading goods or services, wherein the number increases with acceleration based on the accumulation or frequency of a user'"'"'s participation in transactions;

h. group transaction information including group formation status information;

i. a transaction message indicating a suggested supply; and

j. status or modification of one or more of group transaction and group formation.

72. The terminal device of claim 11, wherein the group transaction requires a minimal group size.

73. The terminal device of claim 72, wherein the minimal group size changes according to market information.

74. The terminal device of claim 72, wherein the minimal group size is one.

75. The terminal device of claim 11, wherein the unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier is used together with a password from the terminal device to authenticate the participating party'"'"'s identity.

76. The terminal device of claim 11, further comprising sending a user'"'"'s account identification information.

77. The terminal device of claim 11, wherein the payment information is associated with the unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier.

78. The terminal device of claim 11, wherein the terminal device comprising a user application for communication of transaction information including one or more of

a. supply information,

b. an item requested,

c. time limit of group formation,

d. request or requirement relating to group formation,

e. a group inclusion request message pertaining to group formation event;

f. a transaction message indicating one or more items requested;

g. acceptance of the suggested supply transaction or confirmation of the transaction;

h. market competition information;

i. modification on transaction information such as group formation request or requirement for group transaction;

j. payment information.

79. The terminal device of claim 11, wherein the unique short range electromagnetic (EM) radiation communication identifier is an RFID Tag and the short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier is transmitted through an NFC channel.

80. The terminal device of claim 11, wherein the secure communication channel is one of a Bluetooth, a UWB, a WWAN, a cellular network, a wired network, an NFC, and a WLAN communication.

81. The terminal device of claim 79, wherein the secure communication channel is separate from the NFC channel.

12. The claim of the terminal device of 11, further comprising storing the payment information.

13. A method for facilitating electronic communication among transaction parties, the method comprising:

receiving, from at least one item supply party, at least an offer of a group transaction for an item or service with a price discount for a transaction party participating the group transaction;

receiving location related information of a client terminal of the transaction party;

sending information pertaining to the group transaction, including a time limit of the group transaction, to the client terminal of the transaction party, based on a correlation between the group transaction and location of the client terminal of the transaction party;

receiving information about the group transaction from the client terminal of the transaction party; and

providing confirmation information regarding the group transaction, the confirmation information being provided in connection with communication of payment information regarding the group transaction through a secure communication channel, the payment information is associated with a wireless terminal with a unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the group transaction offer is associated with a request for an item or service from an item request group comprising a plurality of individuals requesting the same one or more item or service.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the group transaction is associated with one or more item supply parties, wherein one item supply party is an exclusive item supply party, and supply transaction information from the exclusive item supply party is not provided to the others of the item supply parties.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the information pertaining to the group transaction is selected and only provided to one or more selected item supply parties meeting a criterion at same time or at different time.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving an immediate transaction indication with respect to the one or more items requested, wherein:

the immediate transaction indicates a threshold acceptance value; and

when one of the suggested supply transaction meets the threshold acceptance value, the suggested supply transaction is immediately accepted at the threshold acceptance value.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the immediate transaction indication is provided together with an immediate acceptance value; and

the acceptance of the suggested supply transaction is followed by the transfer of the immediate acceptance value to the corresponding item supply party.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising receiving information of an item transaction method, wherein the item transaction method operates one or more of the following:

specific credit circulated among the transaction parties;

a currency; and

an exchange of goods or services between any two or more transaction parties.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the information of pertaining to the group transaction includes group formation status and group formation information comprising a group size and a time limit of group formation.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the group size and/or the time limit alters based on the information pertaining to the transaction including one or more of:

progress of the group formation;

a suggested supply from an item supply party;

market competition among the item request parties and/or item supply parties;

product related information; and

a transaction request from an item request party.

22. The method of claim 13, wherein the unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier is associated with the payment information.

23. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing a user application on the client terminal for communication information related with the group transaction and/or online status of the transaction parties.

24. The method of claim 13, the information pertaining to the group transaction comprising one of more of the following:

a. location information of a transaction party;

b. credibility rating of a transaction party;

c. product information and analysis including one or more of historical price, features, quality, and accessories;

d. market and competition information and analysis including one or more of current price competition and promotion discount;

e. information relating to communication among transaction parties such as online status;

f. information relating to credit or reward from an item supply party;

g. a number for calculating a reward such as a system credit, wherein the number increases with acceleration based on the accumulation or frequency of the transaction party'"'"'s participation in the transactions processed by the system;

h. requirement about the group formation such as quantity of the items for a joining party;

i. a transaction message indicating a suggested supply; and

j. status or modification of one or more of group transaction and group formation.

25. The method of claim 13, wherein the location related information includes one or more of:

a. cellular/GPS location information;

b. IP address information;

c. Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA),

d. Direction Difference of Arrival (DDOA)

e. ZIP code

f. Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), and

g. profile information provided by users.

26. The method of claim 13, wherein the location related information is used for security management including one or more of:

user identification, user activity restriction, and rejecting the user'"'"'s item transaction request or financial transaction request.

27. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

transferring a value, for the payment of a transaction item, from an account of a first transaction party requesting the item, to a first account of a system provider;

transferring the value from a second account of the system provider, to an account of a second transaction party supplying the item;

wherein the first and second transaction parties are involved with fulfilling the item transaction;

wherein the first and second accounts of the system provider are in different nation states;

wherein the transferring of the value from the second account of the system provider to the account of the second transaction party is made either upon a request from the item supply party or is made periodically, and

the value is the accumulated payments for one or more item transactions.

28. The method of claim 13, further comprising receiving one or more of the following:

a. a group inclusion request message pertaining to the group formation event;

b. a transaction message indicating one or more items requested;

c. a transaction offer indicating one or more items supply;

d. acceptance of a suggested supply transaction or confirmation of the transaction;

e. modification on transaction information such as group formation requirement or request or modification on a transaction related variables;

f. financial information of a transaction party.

29. The method of claim 13, wherein the client terminal is one or more of:

a computer;

a server/computer system;

a wireless device;

a PDA; and

a cellular telephony device.

31. The method of claim 13, wherein the information pertaining to the group transaction is conveyed by an alert message to the client terminal.

56. The method of claim 13, wherein the group transaction requires a minimal group size.

30. The method of 29, wherein the client terminal comprising a user application for communication of transaction information including one or more of:

a. supply information,

b. an item requested,

c. time limit of group formation,

d. request or requirement relating to group formation,

e. a group inclusion request message pertaining to group formation event;

f. a transaction message indicating one or more items requested;

g. acceptance of the suggested supply transaction or confirmation of the transaction;

h. market competition information;

i. modification on transaction information such as group formation request or requirement for group transaction;

j. payment information.

32. An electronic commerce system comprising:

means for receiving, from at least one item or service supply party, at least one group transaction offer for an item or service with a price discount for a transaction party participating the group transaction;

means for receiving location related information from a client terminal of the transaction party;

means for sending information pertaining to the group transaction offer including a time limit for the group transaction, to the client terminal of the transaction party, based on a correlation between the group transaction offer and location of the client terminal;

means for receiving information about the group transaction from the client terminal;

means for providing the client terminal with confirmation information for the group transaction, the confirmation information being provided in connection with communication of payment information regarding the group transaction through a secure communication channel, the payment information for the group transaction is associated with a user'"'"'s wireless terminal with a unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier.

33. An electronic system for facilitating location based e-commerce activities, the system comprising:

a memory device configured to store financial account information, the financial account information is associated with a wireless terminal with a unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier;

a location determining device that determines location information comprising respective geographic positions of a plurality of client terminals;

a secure communications device that transmits the financial account information for payment regarding a commercial transaction through a secure communication channel;

wherein the location information of the client terminal is used to correlate the one or more client terminals to the commercial transaction;

wherein the commercial transaction comprises a group transaction with a price discount for a transaction party participating the group transaction.

58. The system of claim 33, wherein the financial account information is associated with the unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier.

59. The system of claim 33, wherein the group transaction requires a minimal group size.

63. The system of claim 33, wherein a password from the client terminal is used to authenticate the participating party'"'"'s identity.

64. The system of claim 33, wherein the unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier is an RFID Tag and the short range electromagnetic (EM) radiation communication identifier is transmitted through an NFC channel.

65. The system of claim 33, wherein the secure communication channel is one of a Bluetooth, a UWB, a WWAN, a cellular network, a wired network, an NFC, and a WLAN communication.

66. The system of claim 64, wherein the secure communication channel is separate from the NFC channel.

68. The system of claim 33, wherein the location related information includes one or more of

a. cellular/GPS location information;

b. IP address information;

c. Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA),

d. Direction Difference of Arrival (DDOA)

e. ZIP code

f. Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), and

g. profile information provided by users.

71. The system of claim 33, further comprising receiving one or more of the following:

a. a group inclusion request message pertaining to the group formation event;

b. a transaction message indicating one or more items requested;

c. a transaction offer indicating one or more items supply;

d. acceptance of a suggested supply transaction or confirmation of the transaction;

e. modification on transaction information such as group formation requirement or request or modification on other transaction variables;

f. financial information of a transaction party.

83. The system of claim 33, further comprising receiving a user'"'"'s account identification information.

34. A non-transitory computer readable medium configured for facilitating electronic communication among transaction parties, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code that is executable to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from at least one item supply party, at least an offer of a group transaction for an item or service with a price discount for a transaction party participating the group transaction;

sending information pertaining to the group transaction, including a time limit of the group transaction, to a client terminal of the transaction party, based on a correlation between the group transaction and location of the client terminal of the transaction party; and

receiving information about the group transaction from the client terminal; and

providing confirmation information for the group transaction, the confirmation information being provided in connection with communication of payment information regarding the group transaction through a secure communication channel, the payment information is associated with a wireless terminal with a unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier.

35. A non-transitory computer readable medium configured for facilitating location based electronic commerce, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code that is executable to perform operations comprising:

sending commercial transaction related information to the wireless device based on a correlation between the commercial transaction related information and location of a wireless device;

wherein the commercial transaction related information comprises information about a group transaction with a price discount for a participating party;

receiving information about the commercial transaction from the wireless device; and

providing the wireless device with confirmation information for the commercial transaction;

the conformation information being provided in connection with communication, through a secure communication channel, of payment information for the commercial transaction after recognition of a unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier corresponding to the wireless device.

37. The method of 36, wherein the minimal group size changes according to market information.

38. The method of 36, wherein the minimal group size is one.

39. The method of 1, wherein the unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier is used together with a password from the wireless device to authenticate the participating party'"'"'s identity.

41. The method of 1, further comprises storing the payment information.

42. The method of 1, the payment information is associated with the unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier.

46. The system of 45, wherein the minimal group size changes according to market information.

47. The system of 45, wherein the minimal group size is one.

48. The system of 10, wherein the unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier corresponding to the wireless device is used together with a password from the wireless device to authenticate the participating party'"'"'s identity.

57. The method of 56, wherein the minimal group size is one.

60. The system of 59, wherein the minimal group size changes according to market information.

61. The system of 59, wherein the minimal group size is one.

62. The system of 33, wherein the unique short range electromagnetic radiation communication identifier is used together with a password to authenticate the participating party'"'"'s identity.