Patent ID: 9111273
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A processor-implemented method programmed in memory or a non-transitory processor-readable medium and to execute on one or more processors of a device configured to execute the method, comprising: receiving, by the device, a code from a mobile device of a consumer during a check-in procedure, the code acquired at a retail location of a retailer as a magnetic-field encoded tag that the mobile device is waved or held over to acquire and the magnetic-field encoded tag generated by a retailer device of the retailer through vibrations detected by the mobile device; identifying, by the device, a consumer identifier for the consumer; identifying, by the device, the retail location of the retailer based at least in part on the code; and notifying, from the device, the retailer that the consumer is checked-in to the retail location of the retailer.