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Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2021
Applicant:

Shopify Inc., Ottawa, CA;

Inventors:

Michael Joseph DeFazio, Fonthill, CA;

John Jong-Suk Lee, Waterloo, CA;

Neil Leonard Padgett, Toronto, CA;

Assignee:

Shopify Inc., Ottawa, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40145 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2013.01);
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.


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