Dongle facilitated wireless consumer payments
First Claim
1. A computing system, comprising:
- one or more communication interfaces comprising one or more dongles operated by participating merchants and allowing communication between the computing system and a plurality of third party mobile electronic devices, the one or more communication interfaces including at least a Bluetooth low energy protocol communication interface;
one or more storage components storing user information, participating merchant information, or any combination thereof; and
one or more processors in communication with the one or more communication interfaces and the one or more storage components, said one or more processors performing automated wireless transactions between third party users of the third party mobile electronic devices and the participating merchants;
wherein;
the one or more communications interfaces receive information for automatically transferring a consumer payment from a remote server;
said automatic wireless transactions are performed using the Bluetooth low energy protocol communication interface; and
said automatic wireless transactions take place when the third party mobile electronic devices are present at the participating merchants without any affirmative activity by the third party users at the participating merchants.
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Abstract
Computing systems and methods for facilitating consumer transactions in retail and other establishments include communication interfaces adapted to couple a computing system to a plurality of third party mobile electronic devices, storage components adapted to store user information, participating merchant information, or any combination thereof, and processors in communication with the communication interfaces and storage components. The processors are adapted to facilitate automatic wireless transactions between third party users of the third party mobile electronic devices and the participating merchants when the third party devices are present at the participating merchants without any affirmative activity by the third party users.
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15 Claims
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1. A computing system, comprising:
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one or more communication interfaces comprising one or more dongles operated by participating merchants and allowing communication between the computing system and a plurality of third party mobile electronic devices, the one or more communication interfaces including at least a Bluetooth low energy protocol communication interface; one or more storage components storing user information, participating merchant information, or any combination thereof; and one or more processors in communication with the one or more communication interfaces and the one or more storage components, said one or more processors performing automated wireless transactions between third party users of the third party mobile electronic devices and the participating merchants; wherein; the one or more communications interfaces receive information for automatically transferring a consumer payment from a remote server; said automatic wireless transactions are performed using the Bluetooth low energy protocol communication interface; and said automatic wireless transactions take place when the third party mobile electronic devices are present at the participating merchants without any affirmative activity by the third party users at the participating merchants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for performing automated wireless transactions, the method comprising:
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communicating with a plurality of third party mobile electronic devices using one or more communication interfaces comprising one or more dongles operated by participating merchants, the one or more communication interfaces including at least a Bluetooth low energy protocol communication interface; storing user information, participating merchant information, or any combination thereof in one or more storage components; performing one or more automated wireless transactions between third party users of the third party mobile electronic devices and the participating merchants; receiving, via the one or more communication interfaces, information for automatically transferring a consumer payment from a remote server; and performing the automatic wireless transactions using the Bluetooth low energy protocol communication interface; wherein said automatic wireless transactions take place when the third party mobile electronic devices are present at the participating merchants without any affirmative activity by the third party users at the participating merchants.
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15. A non-transitory medium having a plurality of machine-readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform a method comprising:
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communicating with a plurality of third party mobile electronic devices using one or more communication interfaces comprising one or more dongles operated by participating merchants, the one or more communication interfaces including at least a Bluetooth low energy protocol communication interface; storing user information, participating merchant information, or any combination thereof in one or more storage components; performing one or more automated wireless transactions between third party users of the third party mobile electronic devices and the participating merchants; receiving, via the one or more communication interfaces, information for automatically transferring a consumer payment from a remote server; and performing the automatic wireless transactions using the Bluetooth low energy protocol communication interface; wherein said automatic wireless transactions take place when the third party mobile electronic devices are present at the participating merchants without any affirmative activity by the third party users at the participating merchants.
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