Patent ID: 11924743
Assignee: nan
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 2:
3. The method of claim 1, wherein following said establishing the capability at the smartphone, the method further comprises:
responsive to satisfying a proximity condition and responsive to sensing the value of the parameter and determining that the value of the parameter sensed satisfies the criterion, using the capability to conduct the financial transaction that has been established at the smartphone and conducting the financial transaction by paying for a product;
wherein said paying for a product 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 the value of the 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 parameter sensed satisfies the criterion, paying for the product by selectively sending information to at least one device;
wherein said paying for the 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 paying for the product by selectively sending information to at least one device is further responsive to said selectively requesting an authorization, said receiving the authorization and said establishing the capability at the smartphone.