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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2011
David Ryan Walker, Waterloo, CA;
Vahid Moosavi, Kitchener, CA;
David Ryan Walker, Waterloo, CA;
Vahid Moosavi, Kitchener, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A communication system may include a transaction terminal configured to perform a transaction based upon receiving account information, a first NFC device(s), and a mobile wireless communication device. The mobile device may include a second NFC device configured to communicate with the first NFC device(s) upon being swiped therewith, a memory configured to store account information associated with different accounts and store respective account swipe patterns for the different accounts, where each account swipe pattern comprising at least one of a set time or a set number of swipes, and a controller. The controller may be configured to detect a swipe pattern, determine whether the detected swipe pattern corresponds to one of the plurality of stored account swipe patterns, determine a respective account based upon the determined corresponding stored account swipe pattern, and communicate the associated account information for the determined respective account to the transaction terminal.