Patent ID: 8732020
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A portable communication device, comprising: a memory to store instructions; and a controller coupled to the memory, wherein execution of the instructions, causes the controller to perform operations comprising: receiving from an online system an object of acknowledgment corresponding to a product previously purchased from the online system, wherein presentation of the object of acknowledgment to a point of sale device of a merchant completes a purchase fulfillment process for the product previously purchased from the online system, thereby prompting the merchant to initiate delivery of the product previously purchased from the online system, wherein the online system transmits the object of acknowledgment to the portable communication device responsive to associating the portable communication device with the product previously purchased from the online system, determines a communication capability of the portable communication device, determines a communication capability of the point of sale device, and selects a format for the object of acknowledgment that conforms to the communication capability of the portable communication device and the communication capability of the point of sale device, wherein the object of acknowledgement further comprises a digital rights management policy that prevents sharing of the object of acknowledgement and that causes the object of acknowledgement to be deleted according to an expiration date; presenting on a display of the portable communication device the object of acknowledgment as an image, wherein the image is a barcode image, and wherein the barcode image is presented on the display when the portable communication device is selectively activated to present the barcode image in order to complete the purchase fulfillment process by way of processing of the barcode image by the point of sale device; presenting the object of acknowledgement to the point of sale device as an audio message to complete the purchase fulfillment process when the portable communication device is selectively activated to present the audio message, wherein the audio message is a modulated audio signal that is not audibly intelligible to maintain the audio message presented to the point of sale device private; transmitting over a communications interface the object of acknowledgement to the point of sale device as an encrypted message to complete the purchase fulfillment process when the portable communication device is selectively activated to present the encrypted message; and receiving a notification from the point of sale device indicating that the product previously purchased cannot be delivered due to an authentication failure.