Patent ID: 8849698
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating a multiple step electronic commerce transaction involving a loyalty or voucher program between a first wireless device, a second wireless device, and a merchant device utilizing a server, comprising the steps of: receiving an identifier associated with said second wireless device or information derived from an identifier associated with said second wireless device, from said first wireless device, said identifier having been received by said first wireless device from said second wireless device using a short range wireless protocol, the server sending a list of one or more merchants to the first wireless device based on both (a) said identifier associated with the second wireless device or information derived from said identifier and (b) location and proximity of merchants to the first wireless device, after a search of merchant locations performed by said server, the server receiving confirmation of a transaction by the first wireless device or an entity associated with the first wireless device from a merchant device, wherein the first wireless device or the entity associated with the first wireless device had first selected a merchant from said list of one or more merchants, wherein said merchant is associated with said merchant device and wherein said first wireless device or said entity associated with said first wireless device has shared account information and participation in a loyalty program with said merchant device or said entity associated with said merchant device, and the server sending a reward for said transaction associated with said loyalty program to the first wireless device.