Patent ID: 11937172
Assignee: nan
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A smartphone that is configured to perform operations, comprising a two-step process, associated with establishing and using a capability in order to perform at least one financial transaction; the operations comprising:
responsive to sensing at least one parameter by at least one sensor of the smartphone and responsive to determining that the at least one parameter that is sensed satisfies a criterion, performing a first step of said two-step process by enabling a mode to communicate information requesting an authorization to establish said capability;
while the mode is enabled, and as a precursor to performing a second step of said two-step process, transmitting first data to a first device requesting the authorization to establish said capability to perform said at least one financial transaction; and
receiving second data from the first device, comprising the authorization, responsive to said transmitting the first data; then
performing the second step of said two-step process comprising performing a first financial transaction of said at least one financial transaction, responsive to detecting by the smartphone that a proximity condition is satisfied and responsive to sensing the at least one parameter and determining that the at least one parameter sensed satisfies the criterion;
wherein said performing the second step of said two-step process comprises sensing that the proximity condition is satisfied relative to an access point maintained by a vendor at a point of purchase counter, by detecting a short-range signal that is transmitted by the access point, determining that a value of the at least one parameter that is sensed satisfies the criterion and then, responsive to having sensed that the proximity condition is satisfied relative to the access point and having determined that the value of the at least one parameter sensed satisfies the criterion, paying for a product by selectively sending information to at least one device;
wherein said paying for a product by selectively sending information to at least one device comprises selectively and wirelessly transmitting information to the at least one device using unlicensed frequencies; and
wherein said at least one parameter comprises a signal, a number, a word, a code, a velocity, an acceleration, a time-of-day, a humidity, a temperature, a height, a level of brightness, a level of darkness, a blood pressure, a heart rate, a blood content, a physiological state and/or a psychological state.