Information processing method, mobile device, and information processing program

• US 9,524,621 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jinno, Yutaka, Akashika, Hideki
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US14/428,253
• Publication Number:
  US 20150248823A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,271 Days
• Field of Search: 340/505, 340/692
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/352 Contactless payments by cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission

Abstract

A mobile terminal inputs a sound effect output from a communication device through a microphone in response to completion of access to an IC module, and determines whether a sound pattern of the input sound effect indicates a preset sound pattern. When it is determined that the sound pattern of the input sound effect indicates the preset sound pattern, the mobile terminal transmits specific information to a specific destination.

Claims

1. An information processing method that is performed by a mobile device comprising a sound input unit, a communication unit, and a control unit, the information processing method comprising:

receiving, by the sound input unit, sound output from an access device in response to completion of access between an IC module that is provided in the same body as or a different body from the mobile device and communicates with the access device by an electromagnetic wave, and the access device that communicates with the IC module by the electromagnetic wave;

determining, by the control unit, whether the received sound indicates a specific pattern;

making, by the control unit, a trigger a result of the determining, the result indicating that the received sound indicates the specific pattern, and directly acquiring, by the control unit, based on the trigger, information that is written in the IC module based on communication between the IC module and the access device; and

transmitting, by the communication unit, specific information to a specific destination based on the acquired information.

2. The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether to transmit the specific information, based on the information acquired,

wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the specific information to the specific destination only in response to the determining to transmit the specific information based on the information acquired.

3. The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising:

deciding a certain destination among a plurality of predetermined destinations as the specific destination to which the specific information is to be transmitted, based on the information acquired,

wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the specific information to the specific destination decided.

4. The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising:

deciding certain information among a plurality of information being transmission candidates as the specific information, based on the information acquired,

wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the specific information decided to the specific destination.

5. The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the access device is fixedly installed, based on the information acquired,

wherein the transmitting comprises, in response to the determining that the access device is not fixedly installed, transmitting the specific information comprising location information that is acquired by a GPS function of the mobile device, to the specific destination.

6. The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising:

sensing access of the IC module by the access device by monitoring a state of the IC module; and

switching a microphone function for receiving the sound from off to on in response to the sensing of the access.

7. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the specific information to the specific destination only in response to the receiving of the sound indicating that a payment of a transaction is normally completed.

10. The information processing method according to claim 2, further comprising:

sensing access of the IC module by the access device by monitoring a state of the IC module; and

switching a microphone function for receiving the sound from off to on in response to the sensing of the access.

11. The information processing method according to claim 3, further comprising:

sensing access of the IC module by the access device by monitoring a state of the IC module; and

switching a microphone function for receiving the sound from off to on in response to the sensing of the access.

12. The information processing method according to claim 4, further comprising:

sensing access of the IC module by the access device by monitoring a state of the IC module; and

switching a microphone function for receiving the sound from off to on in response to the sensing of the access.

13. The information processing method according to claim 5, further comprising:

sensing access of the IC module by the access device by monitoring a state of the IC module; and

switching a microphone function for receiving the sound from off to on in response to the sensing of the access.

14. The information processing method according to claim 2, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the specific information to the specific destination only in response to the receiving of the sound indicating that a payment of a transaction is normally completed.

15. The information processing method according to claim 3, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the specific information to the specific destination only in response to the receiving of the sound indicating that a payment of a transaction is normally completed.

16. The information processing method according to claim 4, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the specific information to the specific destination only in response to the receiving of the sound indicating that a payment of a transaction is normally completed.

17. The information processing method according to claim 5, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the specific information to the specific destination only in response to the receiving of the sound indicating that a payment of a transaction is normally completed.

18. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving, by the sound input unit, the sound output from the access device, the sound indicating one among a normal completion of a payment process between the IC module and the access device, a normal completion of a user authentication process between the IC module and the access device, and a normal completion of a time stamp process between the IC module and the access device.

8. A mobile device comprising:

a sound input unit configured to receive sound output from an access device, in response to completion of access between an IC module that is provided in the same body as or a different body from the mobile device and communicates with the access device by an electromagnetic wave, and the access device that communicates with the IC module by the electromagnetic wave;

a control unit configured to;

determine whether the received sound indicates a specific pattern;

make a trigger a result of the determining, the result indicating that the received sound indicates the specific pattern, and directly acquire, based on the trigger, information that is written in the IC module based on communication between the IC module and the access device; and

a communication unit configured to transmit specific information to a specific destination, based on the acquired information.

9. A non-transitory recording medium on which an information processing program is computer-readably recorded, the information processing program causing a control unit as a computer of a mobile device comprising a sound input unit and a communication unit, to perform:

receiving, by the sound input unit, sound output from an access device in response to completion of access between an IC module that is provided in the same body as or a different body from the mobile device and communicates with the access device by an electromagnetic wave, and the access device that communicates with the IC module by the electromagnetic wave;

determining, by the control unit, whether the received sound indicates a specific pattern;

making, by the control unit, a trigger a result of the determining, the result indicating that the received sound indicates the specific pattern, and directly acquiring, by the control unit, based on the trigger, information that is written in the IC module based on communication between the IC module and the access device; and

transmitting, by the communication unit, specific information to a specific destination based on the acquired information.