Dongle facilitated wireless consumer payments
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a non-transitory memory; and
one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to perform operations comprising;
detecting, via a hardware communication interface, a passive check in request for a user device,the passive check in request occurring as a result of a first wireless exchange using a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) protocol between the user device and a beacon installed at a particular location within a merchant establishment while the user device is in proximity to the beacon and without requiring affirmative action by a user on the user device;
identifying a user associated with the user device as being present at the particular location;
responsive to the identifying, determining one or more promotional information items based on the particular location;
presenting the one or more promotional information items on the user device; and
causing, based on an authentication of the user device, a payment to be made from a user payment account identified on the user device to a merchant associated with the merchant establishment.
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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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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a non-transitory memory; and one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to perform operations comprising; detecting, via a hardware communication interface, a passive check in request for a user device, the passive check in request occurring as a result of a first wireless exchange using a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) protocol between the user device and a beacon installed at a particular location within a merchant establishment while the user device is in proximity to the beacon and without requiring affirmative action by a user on the user device; identifying a user associated with the user device as being present at the particular location; responsive to the identifying, determining one or more promotional information items based on the particular location; presenting the one or more promotional information items on the user device; and causing, based on an authentication of the user device, a payment to be made from a user payment account identified on the user device to a merchant associated with the merchant establishment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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detecting, a passive check in request for a user device, the passive check in request occurring as a result of a first wireless exchange using a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) protocol between the user device and a beacon installed at a particular location within a merchant establishment while the user device is in proximity to the beacon and without requiring affirmative action by a user on the user device; identifying a user associated with the user device as being present at the particular location; responsive to the identifying, determining one or more promotional information items based on the particular location; presenting the one or more promotional information items on the user device; and causing, based on an authentication of the user device, a payment to be made from a user payment account identified on the user device to a merchant associated with the merchant establishment. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
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detecting via a hardware communication interface, a passive check in request for a user device, the passive check in request occurring as a result of a first wireless exchange using a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) protocol between the user device and a beacon installed at a particular location within a merchant establishment while the user device is in proximity to the beacon and without requiring affirmative action by a user on the user device; identifying a user associated with the user device as being present at the particular location; responsive to the identifying, determining one or more promotional information items based on the particular location; presenting the one or more promotional information items on the user device; and causing, based on an authentication of the user device, a payment to be made from a user payment account identified on the user device to a merchant associated with the merchant establishment. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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