Exchanging identifiers between wireless communication to determine further information to be exchanged or further services to be provided
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for facilitating a transaction between a first wireless device and a second wireless device utilizing a server, comprising the steps of:
- communicating an identifier associated with said second wireless device to said first wireless device using a short range wireless connection, said first wireless device providing said identifier to said server, said server establishing location information associated with said first and said second wireless devices,determining authentication information relating to said second wireless device or an entity associated with said second wireless device, transferring said authentication information between the server and the first wireless device andsaid server providing authorization to said first wireless device or said second wireless device to proceed with said transaction based at least in part upon said identifier, said authentication information and the location information of said first and second wireless device.
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Abstract
A server facilitates a transaction between a first wireless device and a second wireless device. An identifier associated with the second wireless device has been sent to the first wireless device using a short range wireless connection; the server receives the identifier. The server then determines location information associated with both the first and said second wireless devices. If the location of the first and second wireless devices is appropriate for authorizing the transaction, the server then determines authentication information relating to the second wireless device. The server then provides authorization to the first or second wireless device to proceed with the transaction. The authorization may be based at least in part upon the identifier, the authentication information and the locations of said first and second wireless devices.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating a transaction between a first wireless device and a second wireless device utilizing a server, comprising the steps of:
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communicating an identifier associated with said second wireless device to said first wireless device using a short range wireless connection, said first wireless device providing said identifier to said server, said server establishing location information associated with said first and said second wireless devices, determining authentication information relating to said second wireless device or an entity associated with said second wireless device, transferring said authentication information between the server and the first wireless device and said server providing authorization to said first wireless device or said second wireless device to proceed with said transaction based at least in part upon said identifier, said authentication information and the location information of said first and second wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for a server to exchange information comprising:
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receiving, from a first wireless device, a second wireless device identifier associated with a second wireless device, said second wireless device identifier having been sent from the second wireless device and received by the first wireless device using a short range wireless connection; determining location information associated with the first and second wireless devices; authenticating the second wireless device, said authenticating depending upon authentication information transferred between the first wireless device and the server; and providing authorization to the first wireless device or the second wireless device depending on (a) the second wireless device identifier;
(b) the authentication information and (c) the location information.
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25. A method for facilitating a transaction between a first wireless device and a second wireless device utilizing a server, comprising the steps of:
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communicating an identifier associated with said second wireless device to said first wireless device using a short range wireless connection, said first wireless device providing said identifier to said server, said server establishing location information associated with said first and said second wireless devices, and authenticating the second wireless device, said authenticating depending upon authentication information transferred between the first wireless device and the server; and said server providing authorization to said first wireless device to proceed with said transaction based at least in part upon said identifier, the location information of said first and second wireless devices, and the authentication information, said location information of the second wireless device having been established using a wide area wireless link utilizing a GPS receiver in the second wireless device.
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26. A method for facilitating a multiple step electronic commerce transaction between a first wireless device and one or more of a second wireless device and a merchant device utilizing a server, comprising the steps of:
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receiving an identifier associated with said second wireless device or information derived from an identifier associated with said second wireless device, from said first wireless device, said identifier having been received by said first wireless device from said second wireless device using a short range wireless transmission, said server establishing location information associated with said first wireless device based at least in part upon said identifier or information derived from said identifier; and the server sending to the first wireless device, a list containing one or more merchants in proximity to the first wireless device which are enabled to receive wireless payment associated with a service facilitated by said server, said proximity being determined based upon the locations of the first wireless device and the locations of the one or more merchants; and the server receiving a message from the first wireless device indicating a merchant with which to engage in subsequent steps of a multiple step electronic commerce transaction; determining authentication information relating to a consumer associated with said first wireless device; and the server sending the authentication information to a merchant device associated with said indicated merchant comprising a picture depicting the consumer associated with the first wireless device and further associated with an account with the service facilitated by said server; said server receiving authorization information from the merchant device to proceed with said transaction based at least in part upon said authentication information and upon the proximity of said consumer associated with the first wireless device and the merchant device, wherein said authorization information comprises information indicating that a user of the merchant device has compared the picture with the consumer associated with the first wireless device and that they match; the server sending one or more messages to the first wireless device or the second wireless device confirming a completion of a purchase associated with said multiple step electronic commerce transaction. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A method for facilitating a multiple step electronic commerce transaction involving a loyalty program between a first wireless device, a second wireless device, and a merchant device utilizing a server, comprising the steps of:
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receiving an identifier associated with said second wireless device or information derived from an identifier associated with said second wireless device, from said first wireless device, said identifier having been received by said first wireless device from said second wireless device using 802.11WiFi standards, the server sending a list of one or more merchants to the first wireless device based on said identifier or information derived from said identifier and the location and the proximity of merchants to the first wireless device, after a search of merchants performed by said server, the server receiving confirmation of a purchase by the first wireless device or an entity associated with the first wireless device from a merchant device, wherein the first wireless device or the entity associated with the first wireless device had first selected a merchant from said list of one or more merchants, wherein said merchant is associated with said merchant device and wherein said first wireless device or said entity associated with said first wireless device has shared account information and participation in a loyalty program with said merchant device or said entity associated with said merchant device, and the server sending a reward for said purchase associated with said loyalty program to the first wireless device.
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Specification