Bookmark beacon system and method
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1. A method for enabling a point-of-sale device to communicate with a wireless device, comprising the steps of:
- providing a computer network;
providing a network connection between the computer network and the point-of-sale device;
entering information relating to a transaction into the point-of-sale device;
storing the information relating to the transaction at a location on the computer network;
providing a wireless network configured to enable the wireless device to access the computer network;
providing a bookmark beacon associated with the point-of-sale device that transmits a bookmark data packet, wherein the bookmark data packet includes a resource address that identifies the location on the computer network where the information relating to the transaction is stored;
receiving the bookmark data packet on the wireless device;
accessing the computer network with the wireless device, using the bookmark data packet received by the wireless device, wherein the computer network is accessed by the wireless device to transmit a transaction request for the transaction at the point-of-sale device; and
in response to verification of the transaction by the computer network, providing a verification message to the point-of-sale device to complete the transaction, wherein the verification message is transmitted by the computer network to the wireless device and the wireless device transmits the verification message to the bookmark beacon associated with the point-of-sale device.
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Abstract
A bookmark beacon system comprises a computer network, a wireless network configured to enable a wireless device to access the computer network, and a bookmark beacon that transmits a bookmark data packet to the wireless device. The bookmark data packet includes a resource address that enables the wireless device to retrieve information stored on the computer network.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for enabling a point-of-sale device to communicate with a wireless device, comprising the steps of:
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providing a computer network; providing a network connection between the computer network and the point-of-sale device; entering information relating to a transaction into the point-of-sale device; storing the information relating to the transaction at a location on the computer network; providing a wireless network configured to enable the wireless device to access the computer network; providing a bookmark beacon associated with the point-of-sale device that transmits a bookmark data packet, wherein the bookmark data packet includes a resource address that identifies the location on the computer network where the information relating to the transaction is stored; receiving the bookmark data packet on the wireless device; accessing the computer network with the wireless device, using the bookmark data packet received by the wireless device, wherein the computer network is accessed by the wireless device to transmit a transaction request for the transaction at the point-of-sale device; and in response to verification of the transaction by the computer network, providing a verification message to the point-of-sale device to complete the transaction, wherein the verification message is transmitted by the computer network to the wireless device and the wireless device transmits the verification message to the bookmark beacon associated with the point-of-sale device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method performed on a computer network, comprising:
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receiving information, relating to a transaction, entered into a point-of-sale device; storing the information at a computer network location on the computer network; transmitting, through a bookmark beacon associated with the point-of-sale device, to a mobile wireless device, a data packet that includes a resource address of the computer network location; providing the information to the wireless device when the wireless device accesses the computer network location using the data packet received by the wireless device, wherein the computer network location is accessed by the wireless device to transmit a transaction request for the transaction at the point-of-sale device; receiving credit or debit information from the wireless device; approving or denying the transaction based on the credit or debit information; and transmitting the approval or denial to the point-of-sale device, wherein the approval or denial is transmitted by the computer network to the wireless device and the wireless device transmits the approval or denial to the bookmark beacon associated with the point-of-sale device.
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9. A method of completing a point-of-sale (POS) transaction with a wireless device, comprising:
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receiving a bookmark beacon data packet on the wireless device over a short-range wireless link from a bookmark beacon, the bookmark beacon data packet including transaction information and a network address for a computer associated with a financial institution, and the transaction information having been received by the bookmark beacon from a POS device; displaying the transaction information on the wireless device; receiving an acceptance of the POS transaction on the wireless device; in response to receiving the acceptance of the POS transaction, using the network address to transmit a transaction request from the wireless device to the computer associated with the financial institution, the transaction request being transmitted over a wireless network from the wireless device to an internet and over the internet to the computer associated with the financial institution; and in response to verification of the POS transaction by the computer, providing a verification message for the transaction to the POS device to complete the POS transaction, wherein the verification message is received by the wireless device from the computer and the wireless device transmits the verification message to the bookmark beacon associated with the POS device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for completing a point-of-sale (POS) transaction, comprising:
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a POS device to receive sale information relating to the POS transaction; and a bookmark beacon coupled to the POS device to receive the transaction information from the POS device and generate a bookmark beacon data packet that includes the transaction information and a network address for a computer associated with a financial institution, the bookmark beacon including short-range wireless communications circuitry to transmit the bookmark beacon data packet over a short-range wireless link to a wireless device; and the wireless device being configured to display the transaction information from the bookmark beacon data packet, receive an acceptance of the POS transaction, and in response to receiving the acceptance of the POS transaction, use the network address to transmit a transaction request from the wireless device to the computer associated with the financial institution, the transaction request being transmitted over a wireless network from the wireless device to an internet and over the internet to the computer associated with the financial institution and wherein, in response to verification of the POS transaction by the computer, providing a verification message for the transaction to the POS device to complete the POS transaction, the verification message received by the wireless device from the computer and the wireless device transmits the verification message to the bookmark beacon associated with the POS device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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