Patent ID: 9047599
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A wireless device comprising: a reader configured to read information from a payment card and generate data based on the information read from the payment card; a verification module configured to verify, based on the data, whether the reader has correctly read the information from the payment card; an input module configured to allow a user to enter identifying information of the user in response to the verification module verifying that the reader has correctly read the information from the payment card; a security module configured to securely connect the wireless device to a mobile device using (i) a first wireless communication protocol or (ii) a second wireless communication protocol, wherein the first wireless communication protocol is different from the second wireless communication protocol; a transmitter configured to transmit, in response to the verification module verifying that the reader has correctly read the information from the payment card, (i) the data and (ii) the identifying information to the mobile device using (i) the first wireless communication protocol or (ii) the second wireless communication protocol, wherein the mobile device is configured to transmit (i) the data and (ii) the identifying information to a payment system; a receiver configured to receive from the mobile device, via (i) the first wireless communication protocol or (ii) the second wireless communication protocol, an acknowledgement received by the mobile device from the payment system, wherein the acknowledgement indicates whether the payment system has approved (i) the data and (ii) the identifying information; and an indicator configured to indicate (i) whether the reader has correctly read the information from the payment card, and (ii) whether the payment system has approved the data and the identifying information.