Patent ID: 7967196
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of completing a payment from an electronic wallet, comprising: the electronic wallet entering a ready-to-pay electronic wallet mode of operation; starting a ready-to-pay timer based on entering the ready-to-pay electronic wallet mode of operation; the electronic wallet leaving the ready-to-pay electronic wallet mode of operation when the ready-to-pay timer expires, wherein the ready-to-pay timer expires after a variable time duration determined based on at least one of a plurality of contexts of the electronic wallet, and wherein at least some of the plurality of contexts of the electronic wallet are associated with a different variable time duration; the electronic wallet receiving payment transaction messages; and the electronic wallet transmitting payment information in response to receiving the payment transaction messages if the electronic wallet is in the ready-to-pay electronic wallet mode of operation.