Method and system for active nfc payment device management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022398564-A1
Application number	US-202117344458-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 10, 2021
Priority date	Jun 10, 2021
Publication date	Dec 15, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method and computer system for detecting, utilizing at least one sensor associated with the computer system, an attempt to establish short-range communications between a device and a short-range communications module coupled to the computer system. The method and computer system further configured for determining that no short-range communication was received by the computer system via the short-range communications module and providing a signal to the device to enable a short-range communications transceiver at the device.

First claim

1 . A method comprising:
detecting, utilizing at least one sensor associated with a computer system, an attempt to establish short-range communications between a device and a short-range communications module coupled to the computer system; determining that no short-range communication was received by the computer system via the short-range communications module; and providing a signal to the device to enable a short-range communications transceiver of the device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the device has a short-range communications transceiver.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining that the device has the short-range communications transceiver comprises using the at least one sensor associated with the computer system to identify a device type for the device.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises a camera and wherein the determining uses one or more images captured by the camera.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing the signal comprises:
identifying a destination associated with the device; and sending the signal to the identified destination, the signal including an instruction to activate the active-mode short range communications transceiver.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the identifying the destination comprises correlating an input to the computer system by a user associated with the device and a database of destinations.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the input comprises at least one of: a username; telephone number; email address; and a customer loyalty card input.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the input comprises biometric data obtained from at least one sensor associated with the computer system.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing the signal comprises sending a broadcast message with instructions embedded therein, the instructions causing the device to activate the active-mode short range communications transceiver.

10 . A computer system comprising:
a processor; and a communications subsystem,
wherein the computer system is configured to:
detect, utilizing at least one sensor associated with the computer system, an attempt to establish short-range communications between a device and a short-range communications module coupled to the computer system;
determine that no short-range communication was received by the computer system via the short-range communications module; and
provide a signal to the device utilizing the communications subsystem to enable a short-range communications transceiver of the device.

11 . The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the computer system is further configured to determine that the device has a short-range communications transceiver.

12 . The computer system of claim 11 , wherein the computer system is configured to determine that the device has the short-range communications transceiver by using the at least one sensor associated with the computer system to identify a device type for the device.

13 . The computer system of claim 12 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises a camera and wherein the computer system is configured to determine by using one or more images captured by the camera.

14 . The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the computer system is configured to provide the signal by:
identifying a destination associated with the device; and sending the signal to the identified destination, the signal including an instruction to activate the active-mode short range communications transceiver.

15 . The computer system of claim 14 , wherein the computer system is configured to identify the destination by correlating an input to the computer system by a user associated with the device and a database of destinations.

16 . The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the input comprises at least one of: a username; telephone number; email address; and a customer loyalty card input.

17 . The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the input comprises biometric data obtained from at least one sensor associated with the computer system.

18 . The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the computer system is configured to provide the signal by sending a broadcast message with instructions embedded therein, the instructions causing the device to activate the active-mode short range communications transceiver.

19 . A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing instruction code which, when executed by a processor of a computer system, cause the computer system to:
detect, utilizing at least one sensor associated with the computer system, an attempt to establish short-range communications between a device and a short-range communications module coupled to the computer system; determine that no short-range communication was received by the computer system via the short-range communications module; and provide a signal to the device utilizing the communications subsystem to enable a short-range communications transceiver of the computer system.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the instruction code, when executed by the processor, further causes the computer system to determine that the device has a short-range communications transceiver.

Assignees

• Shopify Inc

Inventors

• Defazio Michael Joseph
• Lee John Jong-Suk
• Padgett Neil Leonard

Classifications

• G06Q30/0226 Primary

  Incentive systems for frequent usage, e.g. frequent flyer miles programs or point systems · CPC title

• G06Q20/40145

  Biometric identity checks · CPC title

• G06Q20/3278 Primary

  RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices · CPC title

• G06Q20/321

  using wearable devices · CPC title