Patent ID: 8422949
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for making content elements available for use at a public computing kiosk operated by a first-party operator, comprising: receiving at the public computing kiosk a wireless communication from a hand-held device utilized by a second-party end user located in close physical proximity to the public computing kiosk, the wireless communication including authentication information associated with a third-party provider, wherein the hand-held device includes a near field communication (NFC) tag, the public computing kiosk includes an NFC reader for reading the NFC tag, a kiosk CPU, a kiosk memory, and a kiosk display, and the wireless communication is transmitted via an NFC link; transmitting the authentication information from the public computing kiosk to the third party provider; receiving, at the public computing kiosk from the third party provider subsequent to transmitting the authentication information, a transmission including at least one content element; executing, at the public computing kiosk, the at least one content element; and displaying, at the public computing kiosk, a result of the execution of the at least one content element.