Patent ID: 9485602
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: determining, at a first mobile device, that a second mobile device is within range for near field communication (NFC), the range for NFC being based on whether the second mobile device is within a predetermined distance from the first mobile device, the predetermined distance corresponding to a maximum distance for acceptable NFC transmissions, the first mobile device being associated with a first user; receiving, at the first mobile device, first data and second data from the second mobile device via an NFC transmission, the first data being based on input from a second user associated with the second mobile device, the second data being metadata indicating a software application configured to process the first data; determining, at the first mobile device, the first mobile device does not have the software application indicated by the second data; responsive to determining that the first mobile device does not have the software application indicated by the second data, providing, via a display of the first mobile device, a request to the first user to allow the first mobile device to download the software application via a network; receiving, via a user interface of the first mobile device, input from the first user, the input including a response to the request, the response indicating that the first mobile device can download the software application via the network; retrieving, at the first mobile device, the software application from the network based on the input from the first user; and providing, at the first mobile device, the first data to the first user via the software application.