Patent ID: 9084114
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a communication appliance enabled for Near Field Communication (NFC), comprising: acquiring by the communication appliance through NFC a unique digital identifier from an article, wherein the communication appliance and the article are associated with a person, the article being enabled for NFC and storing the unique identifier, wherein the unique digital identifier is acquired in response to the communication appliance and the article being positioned within a near-field threshold; and selecting and initiating a particular functionality of the communication appliance based on the identifier, wherein the particular functionality is launching an application linking to an Internet-connected first server, and authenticating the person in the application to interact with functionality of the Internet-connected first server requiring authentication, and wherein a first link is established to the first server via an appliance that is not NFC enabled, and a second link to the first server through the communication appliance that is NFC enabled, based on the NFC-enabled article, and the first server authorizes the person and enables the person to access and manipulate functionality of the first server that requires authentication from the appliance that is not NFC enabled.