Beacon triggered device to device content transfer system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11514502-B2
Application number	US-201916275274-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2019
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

Techniques and systems for beacon triggered device to device content transfer are disclosed. A described technique includes presenting, at an interactive beacon device, content including an interactive store catalog; receiving, at the interactive beacon device, user input responsive to the content; generating, at the interactive beacon device, a beacon message that can include transaction information based on the user input and the content, the transaction information including a service or product identifier corresponding to a product or service selected from the interactive store catalog; and transmitting, from the interactive beacon device, the beacon message over a short-range communication link to a mobile device. The beacon message can be configured to cause an application on the mobile device to advance a transaction associated with the transaction information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a network interface configured to communicate with mobile devices; and
one or more mobile devices comprising processor electronics configured to store applications, including an application, for download to the mobile devices via the network interface,
wherein the application comprises instructions to cause a mobile device to perform operations comprising:
receiving a beacon message from an interactive beacon device over a first communication link, the beacon message comprising first information corresponding to a transaction initiated using the interactive beacon device, wherein the information includes a product or service that was selected using the interactive beacon device;
automatically presenting a notification based on the receipt of the beacon message;
following an acceptance of the notification, presenting, on a user interface of the mobile device based on the first information, (i) one or more product or service descriptions of the product or service corresponding to the transaction, (ii) one or more customizations associated with the product or service that were selected using the interactive beacon device and (iii) one or more options for further customizations associated with the one or more product or service;
following a determination as to whether the product or service was further customized by the mobile device, receiving an input to complete the transaction;
in response to receiving the input to complete the transaction, obtaining payment information; and
transmitting, to a server configured to process the transaction over a second communication link that is different than the first communication link, second information corresponding to the transaction, the second information including the payment information and one or more product identifiers associated with the product or service.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein receiving the first information corresponding to the transaction comprises receiving one or more identifiers corresponding to the one or more product or service descriptions, and wherein the one or more product or service descriptions are selected from an interactive store catalog using the interactive beacon device.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the first information comprises a transaction identifier, and wherein the application is configured to obtain the one or more identifiers from a server based on the transaction identifier.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the application is configured to obtain the one or more product or service descriptions from a server.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the second information to the server comprises encrypting the second information using a public key associated with the server.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the payment information comprises a credit card number.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the payment information comprises a user account identifier associated with a user account that has a charging capability.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first information is received from the interactive beacon device using a short-range communication link, and wherein the second information is transmitted to the server using a long-range communication link.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein content of the beacon message that is related to the product or service received from the interactive beacon device is different from content of another beacon message that is related to a second product or service received from the interactive beacon device.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more customizations associated with the one or more product or service and selected using the interactive beacon device comprises one or more customizations that are selected using the interactive beacon device following selection of the one or more product or service using the interactive beacon device.

11. A method comprising:
receiving, by a mobile device configured to communicate with other mobile devices over a first communication link, a beacon message from an interactive beacon device, the beacon message comprising first information corresponding to a transaction initiated using the interactive beacon device, wherein the information includes a product or service that was selected using the interactive beacon device;
automatically presenting, by the mobile device, a notification based on the receipt of the beacon message;
following an acceptance of the notification, presenting, by the mobile device and on a user interface of the mobile device based on the first information, (i) one or more product or service descriptions of the product or service corresponding to the transaction, (ii) one or more customizations associated with the product or service that were selected using the interactive beacon device and (iii) one or more options for further customizations associated with the one or more product or service;
following a determination as to whether the product or service was further customized by the mobile device, receiving, by the mobile device, an input to complete the transaction;
in response to receiving the input to complete the transaction, obtaining, by the mobile device, payment information; and
transmitting, by the mobile device to a server configured to process the transaction over a second communication link that is different than the first communication link, second information corresponding to the transaction, the second information including the payment information and one or more product identifiers associated with the product or service.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the first information corresponding to the transaction comprises receiving one or more identifiers corresponding to the one or more product or service descriptions, and wherein the one or more product or service descriptions are selected from an interactive store catalog using the interactive beacon device.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first information comprises a transaction identifier, and wherein the method further comprises obtaining the one or more identifiers from a server based on the transaction identifier.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising obtaining the one or more product or service descriptions from a server.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein transmitting the second information to the server comprises encrypting the second information using a public key associated with the server.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the payment information comprises a credit card number.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the payment information comprises a user account identifier associated with a user account that has a charging capability.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first information is received from the interactive beacon device using a short-range communication link, and wherein the second information is transmitted to the server using a long-range communication link.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein content of the beacon message that is related to the product or service received from the interactive beacon device is different from content of another beacon message that is related to a second product or service received from the interactive beacon device.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more customizations associated with the one or more product or service and selected using the interactive beacon device comprises one or more customizations that are selected using the interactive beacon device following

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Vigier Benjamin
• Fugman Corey G
• Krsmanovic Filip

Classifications

• G06Q30/0633 Primary

  Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists (shipping orders G06Q10/083; order filling G06Q10/087) · CPC title

• G06Q30/0621

  by configuring or customising goods or services · CPC title

• G06Q30/0603

  Catalogue creation or management · CPC title

• G06Q30/0641

  utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title