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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2014
Applicant:

Cria Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventor:

Mehran Moshfeghi, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);

Assignee:

CRIA, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/3224 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/327 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01);
Abstract

Certain aspects of a method and system for communicating location of a mobile device for hands-free payment may include a peer-to-peer ad-hoc network that comprises a plurality of mobile devices, a plurality of access points, and a plurality of point of sale (POS) devices. A first mobile device may determine its location coordinates and communicate them to a selected POS device via the peer to peer ad-hoc network. At least one of the plurality of mobile devices and/or the plurality of access points may be within a defined proximity of the selected POS device. In some instances, the first POS device may receive via one or more intermediate mobile devices in the peer-to-peer ad-hoc network, location coordinates and payment transaction information of a selected mobile device. At least one of the intermediate mobile devices may be within a defined proximity of the first POS device.


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