Wireless signal forwarding

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017164139-A1
Application number	US-201514961803-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 7, 2015
Priority date	Dec 7, 2015
Publication date	Jun 8, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

Forwarding wireless signals comprises a user and a counterpart opening secure applications on a user computing device and a counterpart computing device, respectively. The user places the user computing device within range of a wireless signal, such as a wireless signal provided by a point of sale (“POS”) terminal. The user computing device forwards the wireless signal from the POS terminal to the counterpart computing device. The user computing device forwards the wireless signal from the counterpart computing device to the POS terminal. Thus, the counterpart computing device may conduct a transaction with the POS terminal as if the counterpart computing device were at the location of the POS terminal. The counterpart computing device may also receive a forwarded beacon signal comprising data, such as an offer, provided by the POS terminal or another suitable beacon transmission device at the merchant location.

First claim

1 . A computer-implemented method to allow remote computing devices access to local wireless signals, comprising:
initiating, using one or more computing devices, a secure application that is in communication with a counterpart secure application on a counterpart computing device; receiving, using one or more computing devices, a wireless signal from a third party computing device; receiving, using the one or more computing devices, an input from a user requesting a forwarding of the wireless signal to the counterpart computing device; converting, using the one or more computing devices, a set of data from the wireless signal to a format that is suitable for transmission to the counterpart computing device; communicating, using the one or more computing devices, the set of data from the wireless signal to the counterpart computing device; receiving, using the one or more computing devices, a communication from the counterpart computing device, the communication comprising a second set of data for transmitting via a second wireless signal to the third party computing device; converting, using the one or more computing devices, the second set of data into a format suitable for communication via the second wireless signal; and communicating, using the one or more computing devices, the second set of data via the second wireless signal to the third party computing device.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, using the one or more computing devices, an input from the user requesting that the forwarding of the wireless signal to the counterpart computing device be disabled; and disabling, using the one or more computing devices, the forwarding of the wireless signal to the counterpart computing device.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the communication of the data from the third party computing device and the data from the counterpart computing device are sufficient to conduct a financial transaction.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the communication of the data from the third party computing device and the data from the counterpart computing device are sufficient to provide an offer to the counterpart computing device.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless signal from the third party computing device is a beacon signal.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the beacon signal is transmitted via Bluetooth or infrared.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless signal from the third party computing device and from the user computing device is a near field communication signal.

8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the secure application is a digital wallet application.

9 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the secure application is a chat application.

10 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the third party computing device is a point of sale terminal.

11 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the third party system is a merchant system.

12 . A computer program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable storage device having computer-executable program instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to allow remote computing devices access to local wireless signals, the computer-executable program instructions comprising:
computer-executable program instructions to initiate a secure application that is in communication with a counterpart secure application on a counterpart computing device;
computer-executable program instructions to receive a wireless signal from a merchant computing device;
computer-executable program instructions to receive an input from a user requesting a forwarding of the wireless signal to the counterpart computing device;
computer-executable program instructions to convert a set of data from the wireless signal to a format that is suitable for transmission to the counterpart computing device;
computer-executable program instructions to communicate the set of data from the wireless signal to the counterpart computing device;
computer-executable program instructions to receive a communication from the counterpart computing device, the communication comprising a second set of data for transmitting via a second wireless signal to the merchant computing device;
computer-executable program instructions to convert the second set of data into a format suitable for communication via the second wireless signal; and
computer-executable program instructions to communicate, the second set of data via the second wireless signal to the merchant computing device.

13 . (canceled)

14 . The computer program product of claim 12 , further comprising:
computer-executable program instructions to receive an input from the user requesting that the forwarding of the wireless signal to the counterpart computing device be disabled; and computer-executable program instructions to disable the forwarding of the wireless signal to the counterpart computing device.

15 . The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the communication of the data from the merchant computing device and the data from the counterpart computing device are sufficient to conduct a financial transaction.

16 . The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the wireless signal from the merchant computing device and from the user computing device is a near field communication signal.

17 . A system to select payment accounts to allow remote computing devices access to local wireless signals, comprising:
a storage resource; and a processor communicatively coupled to the storage resource, wherein the processor executes application code instructions that are stored in the storage resource to cause the processor to:
initiate a secure application that is in communication with a counterpart secure application on a counterpart computing device;
receive a wireless signal from a merchant computing device;
receive an input from a user requesting a forwarding of the wireless signal to the counterpart computing device;
convert a set of data from the wireless signal to a format that is suitable for transmission to the counterpart computing device;
communicate the set of data from the wireless signal to the counterpart computing device;
receive a communication from the counterpart computing device, the communication comprising a second set of data for transmitting via a second wireless signal to the merchant computing device;
convert the second set of data into a format suitable for communication via the second wireless signal; and
communicate, the second set of data via the second wireless signal to the merchant computing device.

18 . (canceled)

19 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the communication of the data from the merchant computing device and the data from the counterpart computing device are sufficient to conduct a financial transaction.

20 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the wireless signal from the merchant computing device is a beacon signal.

21 . The system of claim 20 , wherein the beacon signal is transmitted via Bluetooth or infrared.

22 . The system of claim 17 , further comprising instructions to cause the processor to:
receive an input from the user requesting that the forwarding of the wireless signal to the counterpart computing device be disabled; and

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Deselaers Thomas
• Keysers Daniel Martin
• Gammeter Stephan Robert
• Sharifi Matthew

Classifications

• G06Q20/20

  Point-of-sale [POS] network systems · CPC title

• H04W4/80 Primary

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

• G06Q20/382

  insuring higher security of transaction · CPC title

• G06Q20/3224

  Transactions dependent on location of M-devices · CPC title

• H04W40/244

  using a network of reference devices, e.g. beaconing · CPC title