Transaction system and method performed by using peripheral device

• US 9,892,408 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2013
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Woo-jei
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Hai
• Application Number:
  US14/132,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20140180923A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,518 Days
• Field of Search: 705 44
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/42 Confirmation, e.g. check or permission by the legal debtor of payment

Abstract

A transaction system and method of performing a transaction by using a peripheral device are provided. The method includes receiving transaction information from an external device, searching for a peripheral device when the transaction information is received, and performing the transaction with a transaction server by using information received from the searched peripheral device and the transaction information.

Claims

1. A method of securing a network transaction, the method performed by a device on behalf of a first external device, and the method comprising:

receiving, via a first network interface of the device, transaction information including a transaction request requesting the transaction, the transaction information being received from the first external device;

determining, by a computer processor of the device, a position of the device using at least one of global position system (GPS) sensor information and access point (AP) information;

searching, by the computer processor of the device, for a second external device based on the position of the device and the transaction information;

receiving, via a second network interface of the device, authentication information from the searched for second external device through near field communication or Bluetooth communication;

authenticating the transaction, via an application stored in memory of the device, using the authentication information; and

performing, using the computer processor of the device, the transaction with a transaction server by using the transaction information and the authentication information received from the second external device.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the information received from the second external device further comprises an IDentification (ID) value of the second external device, and

wherein the performing comprises performing the transaction after determining that the second external device is a specified second external device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the specified second external device is set according to the position of the device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the specified second external device is set according to an amount of the transaction requested by the first external device.

5. The method of claim 1,

wherein the information received from the second external device comprises authentication information stored in the second external device, and

wherein the performing comprises performing the transaction by using the authentication information received from the second external device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the performing further comprises performing the transaction when the authentication information is received from a specified second external device.

7. The method of claim 5,

wherein the searching comprises searching for a plurality of second external devices, and

wherein the performing further comprises combining pieces of authentication information received from the plurality of second external devices, and performing the transaction by using the combined pieces of the authentication information.

8. The method of claim 5,

wherein the searching comprises searching for a plurality of second external devices,

wherein pieces of different authentication information are respectively stored in the second external devices, and

wherein the performing further comprises performing the transaction by using at least one of the pieces of the different authentication information that are received from the second external devices.

9. The method of claim 5,

wherein the searching comprises searching for a plurality of second external devices,

wherein pieces of same authentication information are respectively stored in the second external devices, and

wherein the performing further comprises performing the transaction by using at least one of the pieces of the same authentication information that are received from the second external devices.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the transaction information is received, requesting the first external device for a video call;

receiving an image of a user of the first external device from the first external device via the video call, wherein the image was captured by the first external device; and

determining whether to perform the transaction based on the image.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the transaction request on a screen of the device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the transaction information comprises at least one of product information, transaction amount information, and the transaction request that are related to a product that a user of the first external device attempts to purchase.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the product information is provided to the first external device from a website that the first external device accesses to purchase the product.

14. The method of claim 12,

wherein the product information is obtained by the first external device based on an image of a barcode of the product, and

wherein the image was captured by the first external device.

15. A method of securing a network transaction via a first external device, the method performed by a device, and the method comprising:

determining, by a computer processor of the device, a position of the device using at least one of global position system (GPS) sensor information and access point (AP) information;

searching, by the computer processor of the device for the first external device in which a transaction application is installed;

requesting, by the computer processor of the device, the first external device for the transaction; and

receiving, via a first network interface of the device, transaction completion information that is generated when the first external device performs the transaction,

wherein the requesting comprises providing transaction information including a transaction request requesting the transaction to the first external device, and

wherein the transaction information and authentication information that is received by the first external device through near field communication or Bluetooth communication via a second network interface from a second external device near the first external device are used by the first external device to authenticate the transaction and perform the transaction.

16. A method of securing a network transaction, the method performed by a device on behalf of a first external device, and the method comprising:

obtaining, via a first network interface of the device, transaction information for the transaction, the transaction information including a transaction request requesting the transaction;

determining, by a computer processor of the device, a position of the device using at least one of global position system (GPS) sensor information and access point (AP) information;

searching, by the computer processor of the device, for at least one second external device near the device based on the position of the device;

receiving, via a second network interface of the device, authentication information from the searched for at least one second external device through near field communication or Bluetooth communication;

authenticating the transaction, via an application stored in memory of the device, using the authentication information; and

performing, using the computer processor of the device, the transaction with a transaction server by using the authentication information and the transaction information received from the at least one second external device and the transaction information.

17. A device configured to secure a network transaction comprising:

a memory configured store at least one program; and

a processor configured to perform a transaction on behalf of a first external device by executing the at least one program,

wherein the at least one program comprises commands for executing;

receiving, via a first network interface of the device, transaction information including a transaction request requesting the transaction, the transaction information being received from the first external device;

determining a position of the device using at least one of global position system (GPS) sensor information and access point (AP) information;

searching for a second external device, based on the position of the device and the transaction information;

receiving, via a second network interface of the device, authentication information from the searched for second external device through near field communication or Bluetooth communication;

authenticating the transaction using the authentication information; and

performing the transaction with a transaction server by using the transaction information and the authentication information received from the second external device.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon, the program causing a computer to execute a method for securing a network transaction comprising:

receiving, via a first network interface of the device, transaction information including a transaction request requesting the transaction, the transaction information being received from the first external device;

determining, by a computer processor of the device, a position of the device using at least one of global position system (GPS) sensor information and access point (AP) information;

searching for a second external device based on the position of the device and the transaction information;

receiving, via a second network interface of the device, authentication information from the searched for second external device through near field communication or Bluetooth communication;

authenticating the transaction, via an application stored in memory of the device, using the authentication information; and

performing the transaction with a transaction server by using the transaction information and the authentication information received from the second external device.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon, the program causing a computer to execute a method for securing a network transaction comprising:

determining, by a computer processor of the device, a position of the device using at least one of global position system (GPS) sensor information and access point (AP) information;

searching, by the computer processor of the device, for a first external device in which a transaction application is installed;

requesting the first external device for the transaction; and

receiving, via a first network interface of the device, transaction completion information that is generated when the first external device performs the transaction,

wherein the requesting comprises providing transaction information including a transaction request requesting the transaction to the first external device, and

wherein the transaction information and authentication information that is received by the first external device through near field communication or Bluetooth communication via a second network interface from a second external device near the first external device are used by the first external device to authenticate the transaction and perform the transaction.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon, the program causing a device to execute a method for securing a network transaction comprising:

obtaining transaction information for the transaction via a first network interface, the transaction information including a transaction request requesting the transaction;

determining, by a computer processor of the device, a position of the device using at least one of global position system (GPS) sensor information and access point (AP) information;

searching, by the computer processor of the device, for at least one second external device near the device based on the position of the device;

receiving, via a second network interface of the device, authentication information from the searched for at least one second external device through near field communication or Bluetooth communication;

authenticating the transaction using the authentication information; and

performing the transaction with a transaction server by using the transaction information and the authentication information received from the at least one second external device.