Compact protocol and solution for substantially offline messaging between portable consumer device and base device
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving one or more message codes from a portable device wherein the portable device was used to make a purchase;
receiving transaction information for the purchase;
determining, using a computer, an interface type of an interface device that will provide a message to a user;
analyzing the one or more message codes using a dictionary to determine a meaning corresponding to the one or more message codes;
generating, using the computer, a message from the received one or more message codes using the meaning corresponding to the one or more message codes and the transaction information for the purchase; and
providing the generated message to the user in a format based on the interface type of the interface device.
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Abstract
A method for providing messaging between a portable device and base device is provided. The method included communicating one or more message codes maintained in the portable device to the base device. The base device then composes a message for a user of the portable device using a dictionary of message codes. The message codes have corresponding message values, which are used to generate the message for the one or more message codes. The generated message is then provided to the user.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving one or more message codes from a portable device wherein the portable device was used to make a purchase; receiving transaction information for the purchase; determining, using a computer, an interface type of an interface device that will provide a message to a user; analyzing the one or more message codes using a dictionary to determine a meaning corresponding to the one or more message codes; generating, using the computer, a message from the received one or more message codes using the meaning corresponding to the one or more message codes and the transaction information for the purchase; and providing the generated message to the user in a format based on the interface type of the interface device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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a base device configured to receive one or more message codes from a portable device wherein the portable device was used to make a purchase; and a composer configured to analyze the one or more message codes using a dictionary to determine a meaning corresponding to the one or more message codes; determine an interface type of an interface device and generate a message from the received one or more message codes using the meaning corresponding to the one or more message codes and transaction information for the purchase. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a base device, one or more message codes from a portable device wherein the portable device was used to make a purchase, wherein the one or more message codes comprise at least one variable message word and at least one constant message word, wherein the portable device is a cellular phone capable of interacting with the base device via a wireless connection; generating a message from the received one or more message codes using corresponding values from a dictionary and transaction information for the purchase; and providing the generated message to a user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system comprising:
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a base device configured to receive one or more message codes from a portable device via a wireless connection, wherein the portable device was used to make a purchase, wherein the one or more message codes comprise at least one variable message word and at least one constant message word, wherein the portable device is a cellular phone capable of interacting with the base device via the wireless connection; and a composer configured to analyze the one or more message codes using a dictionary to determine a meaning corresponding to the one or more message codes, generate a message from the received one or more message codes using the meaning corresponding to the one or more message codes and transaction information from the purchase, and further configured to provide the generated message to a user. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A method comprising:
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sending, using a portable device, one or more message codes via a wireless connection, wherein the one or more message codes comprise at least one variable message word and at least one constant message word, wherein the portable device is a cellular phone capable of interacting with a base device via a wireless connection to make a purchase; receiving, by the portable device, a message that is generated from the sent one or more message codes using corresponding values from a dictionary and transaction information from the purchase. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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