Patent ID: 9747594
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A method comprising: transforming a Near Field Communication (NFC) transceiver of a mobile device into an emulation mode, wherein the NFC transceiver in the emulation mode is configured to transmit payment information from a secure element; establishing a close-proximity communication link with a close-proximity communications-equipped device using the NFC transceiver of the mobile device; transmitting the payment information from the mobile device to the close-proximity communications-equipped device using the NFC transceiver in the emulation mode; subsequent to transmitting the payment information from the mobile device to the close-proximity communications-equipped device using the NFC transceiver in the emulation mode, transforming the NFC transceiver, in the emulation mode, of the mobile device into an information receiving communication mode, wherein the information receiving communication mode is different than the emulation mode and the NFC transceiver in the information receiving communication mode is configured to receive information; determining whether the NFC transceiver is within proximity of the close-proximity communications-equipped device; and receiving a transaction confirmation at the NFC transceiver, in the information receiving communication mode, of the mobile device from the close-proximity communications-equipped device when the NFC transceiver is within proximity of the close-proximity communications-equipped device, wherein the transaction confirmation comprises a receipt of the payment.