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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2022
Payrange Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Paresh K. Patel, Portland, OR (US);
PAYRANGE INC., Portland, OR (US);
Abstract
After sending a request to a payment module, via a first communication capability (e.g., BLE), to initiate a transaction with a payment accepting unit associated with the payment module, a mobile device with one or more processors, memory, one or output devices, and two or more communication capabilities obtains a notification from the payment module via the first communication capability. The notification indicates an event at the payment accepting unit associated with the payment module. In response to obtaining the notification, mobile device provides a representation of the notification to a user of the mobile device via the one or more output devices of the mobile device. For example, a message is displayed on a display of the mobile device, a vibration alert is produced by a vibration mechanism of the mobile device, an aural alert is produced by a speaker of the mobile device, and/or the like.