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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2008
Applicant:
Austin Shoemaker, Stanford, CA (US);
Inventor:
Austin Shoemaker, Stanford, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Portable wireless devices and methods for conducting at least part of an electronic transaction with a target electronic device are disclosed. The portable wireless device includes a detector configured to ascertain whether the portable wireless device is in close proximity with the target electronic device and a data transmission circuit configured for transmitting data between the if the close proximity is detected, the transmitting is performed by one of wireless data transmission method and direct contact data transmission method.