PATENT DOCUMENT

Publication Number: US-11030609-B2
Application Number: US-201815880444-A
Country: US
Kind Code: B2

Title: Preventing duplicate wireless transactions

Abstract:
A device implementing a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions includes a wireless communication controller that is configured to receive a signal for conducting a wireless transaction with a wireless transaction terminal. The wireless communication controller is further configured to determine whether a transaction type of the wireless transaction is associated with a signal strength threshold. The wireless communication controller is further configured to measure a signal strength associated with the wireless transaction upon determining that the transaction type of the wireless transaction is associated with the signal strength threshold. The wireless communication controller is further configured to prevent the wireless transaction from completing when the transaction type of the wireless transaction is associated with the signal strength threshold and the measured signal strength fails to satisfy the signal strength threshold, otherwise allow the wireless transaction to complete.

Claims:
What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method comprising:
 receiving, by a wireless communication controller of an electronic device and from a wireless transaction terminal, a data item associated with a wireless transaction; 
 determining, by the wireless communication controller, a transaction type of the wireless transaction based at least in part on a signal received from the wireless transaction terminal, the signal being indicative of the transaction type; 
 implementing, by the wireless communication controller, a signal strength threshold for the wireless transaction when the determined transaction type comprises a first transaction type, and forego implementing the signal strength threshold for the wireless transaction when the determined transaction type comprises a second transaction type that differs from the first transaction type; 
 measuring, by the wireless communication controller, a current signal strength with respect to the wireless transaction terminal when the signal strength threshold is implemented for the wireless transaction; 
 dropping, by the wireless communication controller, the data item when the signal strength threshold is implemented for the wireless transaction and the current signal strength does not satisfy the signal strength threshold in order to prevent the wireless transaction from completing with multiple proximate wireless transaction terminals associated with a same service provider for the transaction type; and 
 responding to the wireless transaction terminal with respect to the received data item when the signal threshold is implemented and the current signal strength satisfies the signal strength threshold, or when the signal strength threshold is not implemented. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data item comprises an authorization command. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the signal received from the wireless transaction terminal is received prior to receiving the data item. 
     
     
       4. A system comprising:
 at least one processor; 
 a secure element configured to store a payment applet associated with a service provider; and 
 a wireless communication controller communicatively coupled to the secure element, the wireless communication controller configured to:
 communicate signals between a wireless transaction terminal of the service provider and the secure element, the signals being associated with a wireless transaction; 
 determine to implement a signal strength threshold for the wireless transaction when a transaction type of the wireless transaction comprises a first transaction type, and to forgo implementation of the signal strength threshold when the transaction type comprises a second transaction type that differs from the first transaction type; 
 measure a signal strength of one of the signals received from the wireless transaction terminal responsive to a determination to implement the signal strength threshold; and 
 terminate the wireless transaction when the signal strength threshold is implemented and the measured signal strength does not satisfy the signal strength threshold in order to prevent the wireless transaction from completing with multiple proximate wireless transaction terminals associated with a same service provider for the transaction type. 
 
 
     
     
       5. The system of  claim 4 , wherein the wireless communication controller is further configured to:
 receive, from the secure element, the signal strength threshold. 
 
     
     
       6. The system of  claim 4 , wherein the first and second transaction types are supported by the payment applet. 
     
     
       7. The system of  claim 4 , wherein the secure element is further configured to store an other payment applet associated with an other service provider and the wireless communication controller is further configured to implement an other signal strength threshold for a third transaction type supported by the other payment applet. 
     
     
       8. The system of  claim 4 , wherein the wireless communication controller is further configured to terminate the wireless transaction by dropping at least one of the signals communicated between the wireless transaction terminal and the secure element. 
     
     
       9. The system of  claim 4 , wherein the wireless communication controller is configured to terminate the wireless transaction by dropping at least one of the signals associated with the wireless transaction. 
     
     
       10. A device comprising:
 at least one processor; and 
 a wireless communication controller configured to:
 receive a signal for conducting a wireless transaction with a wireless transaction terminal; 
 determine whether a transaction type of the wireless transaction is associated with a signal strength threshold, wherein a first transaction type is associated with the signal strength threshold and a second transaction type is not associated with the signal strength threshold; 
 measure a signal strength associated with the wireless transaction upon determining that the transaction type of the wireless transaction is associated with the signal strength threshold; 
 prevent the wireless transaction from completing when the transaction type of the wireless transaction is associated with the signal strength threshold and the measured signal strength fails to satisfy the signal strength threshold in order to prevent the wireless transaction from completing with multiple proximate wireless transaction terminals associated with a same service provider for the transaction type; and 
 allow the wireless transaction to complete when the transaction type is associated with the signal strength threshold and the measured signal strength satisfies the signal strength threshold. 
 
 
     
     
       11. The device of  claim 10 , wherein the wireless communication controller is further configured to:
 prevent the wireless transaction from completing by discarding a received authorization command. 
 
     
     
       12. The device of  claim 11 , wherein the wireless communication controller is further configured to:
 allow the wireless transaction to complete by responding to the received authorization command. 
 
     
     
       13. The device of  claim 10 , wherein the received signal comprises a request service command. 
     
     
       14. The device of  claim 13 , wherein the wireless communication controller is further configured to:
 determine the transaction type of the wireless transaction based at least in part on the request service command. 
 
     
     
       15. The device of  claim 10 , wherein the wireless communication controller is further configured to:
 provide another received signal for conducting the wireless transaction to a collocated secure element to allow the wireless transaction to complete. 
 
     
     
       16. The device of  claim 10 , wherein the signal strength threshold is set based at least in part on a distance between the wireless transaction terminal and an other wireless transaction terminal associated with the transaction type that is proximate to the wireless transaction terminal, the wireless transaction terminal and the other wireless transaction terminal being associated with the same service provider. 
     
     
       17. The device of  claim 10 , wherein the signal strength threshold is set based at least in part on a minimum signal strength for communicating with a passive device associated with the wireless transaction terminal. 
     
     
       18. The device of  claim 10 , wherein the wireless transaction is associated with a wireless transaction system, a first transaction type of the wireless transaction system is associated with the signal strength threshold, and a second transaction type of the wireless transaction system is not associated with the signal strength threshold. 
     
     
       19. The device of  claim 18 , wherein a third transaction type of the wireless transaction system is associated with an other signal strength threshold that differs from the signal strength threshold. 
     
     
       20. The device of  claim 10 , wherein the wireless communication controller is further configured to:
 allow the wireless transaction to complete when the transaction type is not associated with the signal strength threshold.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/460,712, entitled “Preventing Duplicate Wireless Transactions,” filed on Feb. 17, 2017, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present description relates generally to a wireless or contactless transaction system, including to preventing duplicate wireless transactions in a wireless transaction system. 
     BACKGROUND 
     In a wireless transaction system, passive devices, such as near-field communication (NFC) cards, may be used to conduct wireless transactions with wireless transaction terminals, such as NFC readers. The passive devices may not include power sources and instead may be powered by currents induced by the signals transmitted by the wireless transaction terminals. Thus, the range for conducting a wireless transaction with a passive device may be physically limited in that the signals received by the passive device from the wireless transaction terminal need to have adequate signal strength to induce sufficient current to power the passive device. 
     Active devices, such as phones, smart watches, etc., may also be used to conduct wireless payment transactions with wireless transaction terminals, such as by implementing card emulation. For example, one or more stored value payment applets that correspond to a stored value card (or “truth on card” or “actual cash value” (ACV) card), such as a transit card or other such prepaid card, may be provisioned on a secure element of an electronic device and used to conduct wireless transactions with a wireless transaction terminal. However, since active devices include power sources, active devices may not have the same range constraints as passive devices with respect to conducting wireless transactions with wireless transaction terminals. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Certain features of the subject technology are set forth in the appended claims. However, for purpose of explanation, several embodiments of the subject technology are set forth in the following figures. 
         FIG. 1  illustrates an example network environment in which a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions may be implemented in accordance with one or more implementations. 
         FIG. 2  illustrates an example electronic device that may be used in a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions in accordance with one or more implementations. 
         FIG. 3  illustrates an example electronic device including an example secure element that may be used in a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions in accordance with one or more implementations. 
         FIG. 4  illustrates a flow diagram of an example process for preventing duplicate wireless transactions in accordance with one or more implementations. 
         FIG. 5  illustrates an example process flow in a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions in accordance with one or more implementations. 
         FIG. 6  illustrates an example process flow in a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions in accordance with one or more implementations. 
         FIG. 7  illustrates an example process flow in a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions in accordance with one or more implementations. 
         FIG. 8  illustrates an example signal timing diagram in accordance with one or more implementations. 
         FIG. 9  illustrates an example signal timing diagram in accordance with one or more implementations. 
         FIG. 10  illustrates an example distributed wireless transaction terminal that may be used in a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions in accordance with one or more implementations. 
         FIG. 11  conceptually illustrates an electronic system with which aspects of the subject technology may be implemented in accordance with one or more implementations. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The detailed description set forth below is intended as a description of various configurations of the subject technology and is not intended to represent the only configurations in which the subject technology can be practiced. The appended drawings are incorporated herein and constitute a part of the detailed description. The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing a thorough understanding of the subject technology. However, the subject technology is not limited to the specific details set forth herein and can be practiced using one or more other implementations. In one or more implementations, structures and components are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the concepts of the subject technology. 
     In wireless transaction systems, such as those originally designed for passive devices, wireless transaction terminals may be physically positioned in close proximity to each other, e.g., due to the aforementioned range constraints of passive devices, such that regardless of the position of a passive device only a single wireless transaction terminal will be in range of conducting a wireless transaction with the passive device at any given time. However, since active devices do not have the same range constraints as passive devices, the close proximity of the wireless transaction terminals to one another may result in an active device being within range of conducting a wireless transaction with multiple wireless transaction terminals at the same time, which may result in the active device completing the same wireless transaction with multiple wireless transaction terminals. 
     The subject system provides a solution to these and other issues by selectively implementing a signal strength threshold on active devices conducting wireless transactions with particular wireless transaction terminals, such as wireless transaction terminals that are positioned in close proximity to each other. For example, when a signal strength threshold is implemented for a given wireless transaction, if the measured signal (or field) strength of a signal associated with the wireless transaction does not satisfy (e.g., exceed) the signal strength threshold, the subject system prevents the wireless transaction from completing. Alternatively, when the signal strength threshold is not implemented for the wireless transaction, or when the signal strength threshold is implemented for the wireless transaction and the measured signal strength satisfies the signal strength threshold, the subject system allows the wireless transaction to complete. 
     The signal strength threshold may be set to emulate the effective signal strength threshold of passive devices that communicate with the particular wireless transaction terminals, e.g., the minimum signal strength required to power and communicate with the passive devices. In this manner, the active devices will not complete wireless transactions with wireless transaction terminals that would be outside of the range of the passive devices, which thereby prevents the active devices from completing the same wireless transaction with multiple different wireless transaction terminals. In one or more implementations, the signal strength threshold may be selectively enabled and/or configured for different wireless transaction terminals, e.g. based on the distance between the wireless transaction terminals, and/or based on the minimum signal strength required to power and communicate with the passive devices associated with the wireless transaction terminals. 
       FIG. 1  illustrates an example network environment  100  in which a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions may be implemented in accordance with one or more implementations. Not all of the depicted components may be used in all implementations, however, and one or more implementations may include additional or different components than those shown in the figure. Variations in the arrangement and type of the components may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the claims as set forth herein. Additional components, different components, or fewer components may be provided. 
     The network environment  100  includes an electronic device  102 , one or more wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B, a network  106 , one or more wireless transaction system servers  110 , and one or more service provider servers  120 . 
     The network  106  may communicatively couple, for example, one or more of the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B to the one or more service provider servers  120  and/or the one or more wireless transaction system servers  110 , the electronic device  102  to the one or more wireless transaction system servers  110  and/or the one or more service provider servers  120 , and the one or more wireless transaction system servers  110  to the one or more service provider servers  120 . The electronic device  102  may communicate with one or more of the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B via a direct communication, such as a near field communication (NFC), that bypasses the network  106 . The electronic device  102  may communicate with one or more of the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B over the network  106  and/or one or more of the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B may not be communicatively coupled to the network  106 . In one or more implementations, the network  106  may be an interconnected network of devices that may include, or may be communicatively coupled to, the Internet. 
     The wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B may be, for example, wireless transit terminals, wireless toll terminals, wireless parking meter terminals, wireless point of sale terminals, wireless payment terminals, and/or any devices that include one or more wireless interfaces that may be used to perform a wireless transaction, such as NFC radios, wireless local area network (WLAN) radios, Bluetooth radios, Zigbee radios, cellular radios, and/or other wireless radios. In  FIG. 1 , by way of example, the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B are depicted as wireless transit terminals, such as on a train or a bus. In one or more implementations, one or more of the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B may be a distributed wireless transaction terminal that includes multiple individual antennas that are communicatively coupled to a switch and a single transceiver. An example distributed wireless transaction terminal is discussed further below with respect to  FIG. 10 . One or more of the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B may be, and/or may include all or part of, the electronic system discussed below with respect to  FIG. 11 . 
     In one or more implementations, the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B may be positioned in close proximity to one another such that an electronic device  102  that is positioned proximate to the wireless transaction terminal  104 A may also receive signals from the other wireless transaction terminal  104 B. However, the signals from the wireless transaction terminal  104 B may not be strong enough to provide power to a passive device that is positioned proximate to the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. Example timing diagrams illustrating the reception of signals from both of the wireless terminals  104 A-B by the electronic device  102  are discussed further below with respect to  FIGS. 8 and 9 . 
     The one or more wireless transaction system servers  110  may include one or more servers that facilitate providing a wireless transaction system, such as a mobile payment system, to the electronic device  102 . The wireless transaction system servers  110  may include one or more trusted services manager (TSM) servers, one or more broker servers, one or more application servers, and/or generally any servers that may facilitate providing a wireless transaction system. In one or more implementations, an authorized user of the electronic device  102  may have a user account with the wireless transaction system. The user account may be used to manage the various cards and/or credentials that the user has registered with the wireless transaction system, e.g., via the one or more wireless transaction system servers  110 . The one or more wireless transaction system servers  110  may be, and/or may include all or part of, the electronic system discussed below with respect to  FIG. 11 . For explanatory purposes, the one or more wireless transaction system servers  110  are generally described herein with reference to a single wireless transaction system. However, the one or more wireless transaction system servers  110  may include servers corresponding to multiple different wireless transaction systems, such as multiple different mobile payment systems. 
     The one or more service provider servers  120  may include one or more server devices that may facilitate a service being provided, such as a transit service, and/or that may facilitate utilizing wireless transactions, such as wireless payment transactions, for the service being provided. In one or more implementations, the one or more service provider servers  120  may include one or more servers corresponding to one or more financial institutions. The one or more service provider servers  120  may include one or more TSM servers, one or more broker servers, one or more application servers, or generally any servers that may facilitate providing a service and/or utilizing wireless payment transactions for the service. In one or more implementations, an authorized user of the electronic device  102  may have a user account with one or more service providers associated with the one or more service provider servers  120 . The one or more service provider servers  120  may be, and/or may include all or part of, the electronic system discussed below with respect to  FIG. 11 . For explanatory purposes, the one or more service provider servers  120  are generally described herein with reference to a single transit system. However, the one or more service provider servers  120  may include servers corresponding to multiple different services, such as multiple different transit systems and/or other services. 
     The electronic device  102  may be, for example, a portable computing device such as a laptop computer, a smartphone, a peripheral device (e.g., digital camera, headphones), a tablet device, a wearable device (e.g., watch, band, etc.), or other appropriate devices that include one or more wireless interfaces, such as one or more NFC radios, WLAN radios, Bluetooth radios, Zigbee radios, cellular radios, and/or other wireless radios. In  FIG. 1 , by way of example, the electronic device  102  is depicted as a mobile device. 
     In one or more implementations, the electronic device  102  may include a secure element onto which one or more payment applets, including stored value payment applets, may be provisioned. An example electronic device that includes a secure element is discussed further below with respect to  FIG. 2 , and an example secure element is discussed further below with respect to  FIG. 3 . The electronic device  102  may be, and/or may include all or part of, the electronic system discussed below with respect to  FIG. 11 . 
     In order to have a stored value payment applet for a given service provider provisioned onto a secure element of the electronic device  102 , a user of the electronic device  102  may access a web site or app associated with the service provider, such as a web site provided by the one or more service provider servers  120 , and/or the user may interact with a physical device associated with the service provider, such as a stored value card provisioning device, to request that a stored value payment applet for the service provider be provisioned onto the secure element of the electronic device  102 . The user may provide a monetary payment to the service provider, such as a cash payment to a physical machine and/or an electronic payment via the web site or app. The monetary payment may correspond to the monetary value the user would like associated with the stored value payment applet being provisioned on the electronic device  102 . 
     After completing the transaction with the service provider, the one or more of the service provider servers  120  and/or the one or more wireless transaction system servers  110 , such as a TSM server and/or a broker server, may cause the stored value payment applet for the service provider to be provisioned on a secure element of the electronic device  102 , such as by transmitting a provisioning script to be executed by the secure element of the electronic device  102 . The secure element may execute the provisioning script and provision the stored value payment applet for the service provider on the secure element with the monetary value paid for by the user. 
     Once a stored value payment applet has been provisioned on the secure element of the electronic device  102  for a given service provider, the user may use the electronic device  102  for a wireless transaction, such as a wireless payment transaction with a wireless transaction terminal associated with the service provider, such as the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. However, when in proximity to the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, the electronic device  102  may also be sufficiently proximate to the wireless transaction terminal  104 B to receive signals from the wireless transaction terminal  104 B, e.g., depending upon the positioning of the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B relative to one another. Accordingly, in order to prevent a duplicate wireless transaction with the wireless transaction terminal  104 B, the electronic device  102  may implement the signal threshold of the subject system to effectively limit the range of the electronic device  102  to the same range at which passive devices can communicate with the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B. 
     Since the positioning or spacing of the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B, as well as the minimum signal strength for communicating with passive devices, may differ across various wireless transaction systems, the electronic device  102  may implement the signal threshold of the subject system when the electronic device  102  determines that the wireless transaction being conducted is associated with, for example, wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B that are located in close proximity. For example, the electronic device  102  may identify a transaction type, or other identifier of the wireless transaction that may be used to determine whether the signal threshold should be implemented for the wireless transaction. In one or more implementations, the electronic device  102  may store a lookup table that maps transaction types to an indicator of whether the signal threshold should be implemented for the wireless transaction and/or to a signal strength value to be used as the signal threshold for the wireless transaction. An example process of implementing the subject system by the electronic device  102  is discussed further below with respect to  FIG. 4 . Example process flows of the subject system with respect to the electronic device  102  and the wireless transaction terminal  104 A are discussed further below with respect to  FIGS. 5-7 . 
     In one or more implementations, when the electronic device  102  is in close proximity to one of the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B, such as the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, the electronic device  102  may detect one or more polling signals transmitted by the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. The polling signals may be associated with a particular pattern, code, and/or signature (e.g., based on frequency of transmission, signal length, preamble length, etc.) that may be associated with a given wireless transaction terminal and/or service provider, such as in a given geographic region, e.g. continent, country, state, city, etc. Thus, the electronic device  102  may use the polling signals to identify the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, determine the transaction types associated with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A and, determine whether a signal strength threshold should be implemented for wireless transactions with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. 
       FIG. 2  illustrates an example electronic device  102  that may be used in a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions in accordance with one or more implementations. Not all of the depicted components may be used in all implementations, however, and one or more implementations may include additional or different components than those shown in the figure. Variations in the arrangement and type of the components may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the claims as set forth herein. Additional components, different components, or fewer components may be provided. In one or more implementations, one or more components of the example electronic device  102  may be implemented by one or more of the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B. 
     The electronic device  102  may include a host processor  202 , a memory  204 , an NFC controller  206 , and a secure element  208 . The secure element  208  may include one or more interfaces for communicatively coupling (directly or indirectly) to the NFC controller  206  and/or the host processor  202 , such as via one or more single wire protocol (SWP) connections and/or any other data connection. The secure element  208  may include one or more provisioned stored value payment applets  210 A-N and/or one or more provisioned non-stored value payment applets  212 A-N, which may be referred to herein as payment applets  212 A-N. In one or more implementations, the operating system and/or execution environment of the secure element  208  may be a JAVA-based operating system and/or JAVA-based execution environment, and the applets  210 A-N,  212 A-N may be JAVA-based applets. In other implementations, other operating systems, languages, and/or environments can be implemented. In addition to the one or more applets  210 A-N,  212 A-N, the secure element  208  may also include one or more additional applets for performing other operations, such as a security applet, a registry applet, and the like. 
     The applets  210 A-N,  212 A-N may be provisioned on the secure element  208  in part by, for example, a trusted services manager server and/or a broker server, such as of the wireless transaction system servers  110 . For example, the trusted services manager server and/or the broker server may transmit a provisioning script to the electronic device  102  via the network  106 . In some implementations, the host processor  202  of the electronic device  102  may receive the script and may provide the script to the secure element  208 , such as via the NFC controller  206  and/or directly to the secure element  208 . The secure element  208  may perform one or more security mechanisms to verify the received script, such as one or more security mechanisms inherent in the GlobalPlatform framework, and may then execute the received script. 
     The execution of the script by the secure element  208  may cause one or more of the applets  210 A-N,  212 A-N to be provisioned on the secure element  208 . Each of the applets  210 A-N,  212 A-N may be provisioned with one or more of: an applet identifier, a device primary account number (DPAN) identifier, an identifier of the associated service provider, and/or one or more attributes. The applet identifier associated with a given payment applet  212 A may be used by, for example, the host processor  202  and/or the trusted services manager server to uniquely identify the payment applet  212 A relative to the other applets  210 A-N,  212 B-N provisioned on the secure element  208 , such as to perform one or more operations with respect to the payment applet  212 A. In one or more implementations, the applet identifiers may be used by the host processor  202  to store associations between the applets  210 A-N,  212 A-N and the corresponding service providers. 
     The DPAN identifier may be associated with an account, such as a credit card account, associated with a given payment applet  212 A. In one or more implementations, since the stored value payment applets  210 A-N locally store a monetary value, the stored value payment applets  210 A-N may not be provisioned with a DPAN identifier and may use another identifier instead. When conducting a wireless payment transaction using one of the payment applets  212 A-N, the secure element  208  may provide the DPAN identifier to a wireless transaction terminal  104 A. The wireless transaction terminal  104 A may then forward the DPAN identifier to the associated service provider who can determine the account associated with the DPAN identifier, and confirm that the account contains sufficient funds and/or credit to complete the wireless payment transaction. Thus, if the same wireless payment transaction is conducted with two different wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B, funds may be deducted from the account of the user two times. 
     In one or more implementations, the applets  210 A-N,  212 A-N may also be provisioned with an attribute that indicates the type of communication protocol used by the applets  210 A-N,  212 A-N to communicate with a wireless transaction terminal, such as the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. The types of communication protocols may include, for example, an NFC-A protocol, an NFC-B protocol, an NFC-F protocol, a Bluetooth protocol, a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) protocol, a Zigbee protocol, a Wi-Fi protocol, or generally any communication protocol. The applets  210 A-N,  212 A-N may also be provisioned with an attribute that indicates whether a signal strength threshold should be implemented for wireless transactions that utilize the applets  210 A-N,  212 A-N, and/or an attribute that indicates a signal strength value that should be used for the signal strength threshold. 
     The NFC controller  206  may include one or more antennas and one or more transceivers for transmitting/receiving NFC communications. The NFC controller  206  may further include one or more interfaces, such as a single wire protocol interface, for coupling to the host processor  202  and/or the secure element  208 . The NFC controller  206  may be able to communicate via one or more different NFC communication protocols, such as NFC-A (or Type A), NFC-B (or Type B), NFC-F (or Type F or FeliCa), and/or International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 15693. The NFC-A protocol may be based on ISO/IEC  14443 A and may use Miller bit coding with a 100 percent amplitude modulation. The NFC-B protocol may be based on ISO/IEC 14443B and may use variations of Manchester encoding along with a 10 percent modulation. The NFC-F protocol may be based on FeliCa JIS X6319-4 and may use a slightly different variation of Manchester coding than the NFC-B protocol. 
     For explanatory purposes, the electronic device  102  is illustrated in  FIG. 2  as utilizing the NFC controller  206  to communicate with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. However, the electronic device  102  may use any wireless communication controller and/or protocol to communicate with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, such as Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, millimeter wave (mmWave), or generally any wireless communication controller and/or protocol. 
     The host processor  202  may include suitable logic, circuitry, and/or code that enable processing data and/or controlling operations of the electronic device  102 . In this regard, the host processor  202  may be enabled to provide control signals to various other components of the electronic device  102 . The host processor  202  may also control transfers of data between various portions of the electronic device  102 . Additionally, the host processor  202  may enable implementation of an operating system or otherwise execute code to manage operations of the electronic device  102 . The memory  204  may include suitable logic, circuitry, and/or code that enable storage of various types of information such as received data, generated data, code, and/or configuration information. The memory  204  may include, for example, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), flash, and/or magnetic storage. 
     In one or more implementations, one or more of the host processor  202 , the memory  204 , the NFC controller  206 , the secure element  208 , and/or one or more portions thereof, may be implemented in software (e.g., subroutines and code), may be implemented in hardware (e.g., an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), a controller, a state machine, gated logic, discrete hardware components, or any other suitable devices) and/or a combination of both. 
       FIG. 3  illustrates an example electronic device  102  including an example secure element  208  that may be used in a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions in accordance with one or more implementations. Not all of the depicted components may be used in all implementations, however, and one or more implementations may include additional or different components than those shown in the figure. Variations in the arrangement and type of the components may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the claims as set forth herein. Additional components, different components, or fewer components may be provided. 
     The secure element  208  includes a secure processor  302 , RAM  304 , a security engine  306 , an interface  308 , and non-volatile memory  310 . The RAM  304  may include one or more of static RAM (SRAM), and/or dynamic RAM (DRAM). The interface  308  may communicatively couple the security element  208  to one or more other chips in the device, such as the NFC controller  206  and/or the host processor  202 . The interface  308  may be, for example, a SWP interface, a universal serial bus (USB) interface, or generally any data interface. The secure processor  302  may be, for example, a reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processor, an advanced RISC machine (ARM) processor, or generally any processing circuitry. 
     The security engine  306  may perform one or more security operations for the secure element  208 . For example, the security engine  306  may perform cryptographic operations and/or may manage cryptographic keys and/or certificates. In one or more implementations, the communications between the secure element  208  and an external device, such as the wireless transaction terminal  104 A and/or the trusted services manager server may be encrypted, and therefore the content of such communications may be inaccessible to the NFC controller  206 . For example, for NFC-F communications, an encryption key may be dynamically generated each time mutual authentication is performed. In these one or more implementations, the encryption/decryption and/or key generation/management may be performed all or in part by the security engine  306 . 
     The non-volatile memory  310  may be and/or may include, for example, flash memory. The non-volatile memory  310  may store the attributes and executable code associated with the applets  210 A-N,  212 A-N. In one or more implementations, the non-volatile memory  310  may also store firmware and/or operating system executable code that is executed by the secure processor  302  to provide the execution environment for the applets  210 A-N,  212 A-N, such as a JAVA execution environment. 
     In one or more implementations, one or more of the secure processor  302 , the RAM  304 , the security engine  306 , the interface  308 , the non-volatile memory  310 , and/or one or more portions thereof, may be implemented in software (e.g., subroutines and code), may be implemented in hardware (e.g., an ASIC, an FPGA, a PLD, a controller, a state machine, gated logic, discrete hardware components, or any other suitable devices) and/or a combination of both. 
       FIG. 4  illustrates a flow diagram of an example process  400  for preventing duplicate wireless transactions in accordance with one or more implementations. For explanatory purposes, the process  400  is primarily described herein with reference to the electronic device  102  and the wireless transaction terminal  104 A of  FIG. 1 . However, the process  400  is not limited to the electronic device  102  and/or the wireless transaction terminal  104 A of  FIG. 1 , and one or more blocks (or operations) of the process  400  may be performed by one or more other components or chips of the electronic device  102  and/or of the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. The electronic device  102  also is presented as an exemplary device and the operations described herein may be performed by any suitable device. Further for explanatory purposes, the blocks of the process  400  are described herein as occurring in serial, or linearly. However, multiple blocks of the process  400  may occur in parallel. In addition, the blocks of the process  400  need not be performed in the order shown and/or one or more blocks of the process  400  need not be performed and/or can be replaced by other operations. 
     The electronic device  102  receives, from a wireless transaction terminal  104 A, a signal for conducting a wireless transaction ( 402 ). For example, the NFC controller  206  of the electronic device  102  may receive a signal, such as a polling signal, a read command, a write command, etc., from the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. Example signals that are communicated in a wireless transaction are discussed further below with respect to  FIG. 4 . In one or more implementations, the signals associated with conducting a wireless transaction may be encrypted such that the content of the signals is inaccessible to the NFC controller  206 , and therefore the NFC controller  206  may provide one or more of the received signals to the collocated secure element  208 . 
     The NFC controller  206  determines whether to implement a signal strength threshold for the wireless transaction ( 406 ). In one or more implementations, the NFC controller  206  may determine, from a signal received from the wireless transaction terminal  104 A without encryption (and/or without encryption that requires the secure element  208  for decryption), a transaction type associated with the signals received from the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. For example, the NFC controller  206  may transmit a polling response signal in response to a polling signal received from the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. The NFC controller  206  may then receive an unencrypted request service signal from which a transaction type can be determined. An example process flow corresponding to determining whether to implement the signal strength threshold based on signals received without encryption is discussed further below with respect to  FIG. 5 , and an example timing diagram of the same is discussed further below with respect to  FIG. 8 . 
     In one or more implementations, when the NFC controller  206  cannot access the content of the signals, the NFC controller  206  may forward one or more of the received signals to the secure element  208 , and the NFC controller  206  may receive an indication of whether a signal strength threshold should be implemented, and/or other information, from the secure element  208 . For example, the secure element  208  may decrypt the signals associated with the wireless transaction and may provide a transaction type indicator, and/or other information associated with the wireless transaction, to the NFC controller  206 . Example process flows corresponding to determining whether to implement the signal strength threshold based on information received from the secure element  208  are discussed further below with respect to  FIGS. 6 and 7 , and an example timing diagram of the same is discussed further below with respect to  FIG. 9 . 
     The NFC controller  206  may determine, based on the transaction type, whether a signal strength threshold should be implemented for the wireless transaction. For example, the NFC controller  206  may access a table, such as a table stored in the memory  204 , to determine whether a signal strength threshold should be implemented for a given transaction type, and, if so, what value the signal strength threshold should be set to. The value that the signal strength should be set to may be pre-stored in the memory  204 , and may be based on, for example, the minimum signal strength associated with passive devices that communicate with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, the distance between the wireless transaction terminal  104 A and another proximate wireless transaction terminal  104 B, etc. 
     If the NFC controller  206  determines that the signal strength threshold should not be implemented for the wireless transaction ( 408 ), the NFC controller  206  allows the wireless transaction to complete ( 414 ), such as by responding to one or more authorization commands from the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, forwarding a write command from the wireless transaction terminal  104 A to the secure element  208 , and/or forwarding a write response from the secure element  208  to the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. If the NFC controller  206  determines that a signal strength threshold should be implemented for the wireless transaction ( 408 ), the NFC controller  206  measures the current signal strength, or field strength, associated with the wireless transaction ( 410 ). The signal strength measurement may be based on, for example, a received signal strength indication (RSSI) value. In one or more implementations, other metrics that are indicative of signal strength may be used. 
     After measuring the current signal strength ( 410 ), the NFC controller  206  determines whether the measured signal strength satisfies the signal strength threshold implemented for the wireless transaction ( 412 ). If the measured signal strength satisfies the signal strength threshold implemented for the wireless transaction ( 412 ), the NFC controller  414  allows the wireless transaction to complete ( 414 ), such as by responding to one or more authorization commands from the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, forwarding a write command from the wireless transaction terminal  104 A to the secure element  208 , and/or forwarding a write response from the secure element  208  to the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. 
     If the measured signal strength does not satisfy the signal strength threshold implemented for the wireless transaction ( 412 ), the NFC controller  206  prevents the wireless transaction from completing ( 416 ), such as by not responding to one or more authorization commands from the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, dropping a write command from the wireless transaction terminal  104 A and/or dropping a write response from the secure element  208 . In this manner, when the signal strength threshold is implemented by the electronic device  102 , the electronic device  102  only completes wireless transactions with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A that would be in range of a passive device, and the electronic device  102  does not complete wireless transactions with the wireless transaction terminal  104 B that would be out of range of the passive device. 
       FIG. 5  illustrates an example process flow  500  in a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions in accordance with one or more implementations. For explanatory purposes, the process flow  500  is primarily described herein with reference to the NFC controller  206  of the electronic device  102  of  FIGS. 2-3 . However, the process flow  500  is not limited to the NFC controller  206  of the electronic device  102  of  FIGS. 2-3 , and one or more blocks (or operations) of the process flow  500  may be performed by one or more other components or chips of the electronic device  102 . The electronic device  102  also is presented as an exemplary device and the operations described herein may be performed by any suitable device. Further for explanatory purposes, the blocks of the process flow  500  are described herein as occurring in serial, or linearly. However, multiple blocks of the process flow  500  may occur in parallel. In addition, the blocks of the process flow  500  need not be performed in the order shown and/or one or more blocks of the process flow  500  need not be performed and/or can be replaced by other operations. 
     The process flow  500  begins with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A transmitting a polling signal to the NFC controller  206  ( 502 ). The NFC controller  206  receives the polling signal and responds by transmitting a polling response ( 504 ). The wireless transaction terminal  104 A receives the polling response ( 506 ) and subsequently transmits a request service command to the NFC controller  206  ( 508 ). The NFC controller  206  receives the request service command and transmits a request service response ( 510 ). 
     The NFC controller  206  determines, from the request service command, a transaction type corresponding to the signals received from the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. For example, the request service command may be unencrypted and may include one or more fields/attributes from which the transaction type may be determinable. The NFC controller  206  may determine, based at least in part on the determined transaction type, whether a signal strength threshold should be implemented for the wireless transaction and, if so, what signal strength value the signal strength threshold should be set to. The transaction type may be indicative of, in one or more implementations, the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, the service provider associated with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, a type of transaction being conducted with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, one or more hardware attributes regarding the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, and/or generally any information regarding the wireless transaction and/or the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. The NFC controller  206  may use the transaction type indicator, and/or information contained therein, to look up, such as in a data structure stored in the memory  204 , whether a signal strength threshold should be implemented for the wireless transaction and/or a signal strength value to be used for the signal strength threshold. The NFC controller  206  may also determine an RSSI value (and/or another metric indicative of signal strength) from the received request service command. 
     The wireless transaction terminal  104 A receives the request service response ( 511 ), and may subsequently transmit an authorization command to the NFC controller  206  ( 512 ). The NFC controller  206  may receive the authorization command ( 514 ) and the NFC controller  206  determines whether the signal strength threshold has been implemented for the wireless transaction and, if so, whether a current measured signal strength satisfies, e.g. exceeds, the signal strength threshold ( 516 ). If the signal strength threshold has been implemented and the current measured signal strength does not satisfy the signal strength threshold ( 516 ), the NFC controller  206  does not respond to the authorization command, and instead drops or discards the authorization command, thereby preventing the wireless transaction from completing. In one or more implementations, the wireless transaction terminal  104 A may retransmit the authorization command a number of times, and the NFC controller  206  may repeatedly drop or discard the authorization command. 
     If the signal strength threshold has not been implemented for the wireless transaction and/or if the signal strength threshold has been implemented and the current measured signal strength satisfies the signal strength threshold, the NFC controller  206  responds to the authorization command by transmitting an authorization response ( 518 ), which is received by the wireless transaction terminal  104 A ( 520 ), thereby allowing the wireless transaction to continue. 
     For explanatory purposes, the transaction type is described as being determinable by the NFC controller  206  without facilitation from the secure element  208 . However, in one or more implementations, an indication of the transaction type may be transmitted by the secure element  208  to the NFC controller  206 , as is discussed further below with respect to  FIGS. 6 and 7 . 
       FIG. 6  illustrates an example process flow  600  in a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions in accordance with one or more implementations. For explanatory purposes, the process flow  600  is primarily described herein with reference to the NFC controller  206  and the secure element  208  of the electronic device  102  of  FIGS. 2-3 . However, the process flow  600  is not limited to the NFC controller  206  or the secure element  208  of the electronic device  102  of  FIGS. 2-3 , and one or more blocks (or operations) of the process flow  600  may be performed by one or more other components or chips of the electronic device  102  and/or of the secure element  208 . The electronic device  102  also is presented as an exemplary device and the operations described herein may be performed by any suitable device. Further for explanatory purposes, the blocks of the process flow  600  are described herein as occurring in serial, or linearly. However, multiple blocks of the process flow  600  may occur in parallel. In addition, the blocks of the process flow  600  need not be performed in the order shown and/or one or more blocks of the process flow  600  need not be performed and/or can be replaced by other operations. 
     The process flow  600  begins with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A transmitting a read command for a wireless transaction to the NFC controller  206  ( 602 ). The NFC controller  206  receives the read command and forwards the read command to the secure element  208  ( 604 ). The read command may be a request for the secure element  208  to provide an indication of whether it contains an applet for communicating with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A and, if so, to provide one or more attributes stored in the applet, such as the amount of value stored in the applet. In one or more implementations, one or more signals or messages may have been exchanged between the wireless transaction terminal  104 A and the secure element  208  (via the NFC controller  206 ) prior to the start of the process flow  600 , such as polling signals, authentication messages, and the like. 
     The secure element  208  receives the read command, queries the applet associated with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, and transmits the query response to the NFC controller  206  ( 606 ). The NFC controller  206  receives the read response from the secure element  208  and forwards the read response to the wireless transaction terminal  104 A ( 608 ). The wireless transaction terminal  104 A receives the read response and determines whether the secure element  208  contains the appropriate applet with sufficient stored value for completing the wireless transaction ( 610 ). 
     After transmitting the read response ( 606 ), the secure element  208  determines a transaction type for the wireless transaction and transmits a transaction type indicator to the NFC controller  206  ( 612 ). The NFC controller  206  receives the transaction type indicator ( 614 ) and determines, based at least in part on the transaction type indicator, whether a signal strength threshold should be implemented for the wireless transaction and, if so, what signal strength value the signal strength threshold should be set to. For example, the transaction type indicator may identify, in one or more implementations, the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, the service provider associated with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, a type of transaction being conducted with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, one or more hardware attributes regarding the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, and/or generally any information regarding the wireless transaction and/or the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. The NFC controller  206  may use the transaction type indicator, and/or information contained therein, to look up, such as in a data structure stored in the memory  204 , whether a signal strength threshold should be implemented for the wireless transaction and/or a signal strength value to be used for the signal strength threshold. 
     In one or more implementations, the transaction type indicator may indicate whether the signal strength threshold should be implemented for the wireless transaction and/or the transaction type indicator may provide a signal strength value to be used by the NFC controller  206  for the signal strength threshold. For example, the service provider operating the wireless transaction terminal  104 A may provision the applet on the secure element  208  with an attribute indicating whether the signal strength threshold should be implemented for the transaction type and/or an attribute indicating a value for the signal strength threshold for the transaction type. The service provider operating the wireless transaction terminal  104 A may be aware of the configuration of the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B as well as a minimum signal strength required for communicating with passive devices associated with the service provider. In one or more implementations, when the transaction type indicator indicates that the signal strength threshold should be implemented for the wireless transaction, the NFC controller  206  sets a flag indicating that the signal strength threshold should be implemented for the wireless transaction. 
     If the wireless transaction terminal  104 A determines that the secure element  208  contains the appropriate applet and sufficient stored value to complete the wireless transaction, the wireless transaction terminal  104 A transmits a write command for completing the wireless transaction to the NFC controller  206  ( 616 ). The NFC controller  206  receives the write command ( 618 ) and the NFC controller  206  determines whether the signal strength threshold has been implemented for the wireless transaction and, if so, whether a current measured signal strength satisfies, e.g. exceeds, the signal strength threshold ( 620 ). If the signal strength threshold has been implemented and the current measured signal strength does not satisfy the signal strength threshold ( 620 ), the NFC controller  206  does not forward the write command to the secure element  208 , and instead drops or discards the write command, thereby preventing the wireless transaction from completing and effectively causing the transaction to rollback. 
     If the signal strength threshold has not been implemented for the wireless transaction and/or if the signal strength threshold has been implemented and the current measured signal strength satisfies the signal strength threshold, the NFC controller  206  forwards the write command to the secure element  208  ( 622 ), thereby allowing the wireless transaction to continue. In one or more implementations, both the read commands/responses and the write commands/responses may be encrypted such that the NFC controller  206  is unable to identify a transaction type of the wireless transaction, or other information regarding the wireless transaction, from the commands/responses. 
     The secure element  208  receives and executes the write command, which may, for example, cause the applet associated with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A to deduct value stored in the applet, and, upon completing the write command, transmits a write response to the NFC controller  206  ( 624 ). The NFC controller  206  receives the write response from the secure element  208  and forwards the write response to the wireless transaction terminal  104 A ( 626 ). The wireless transaction terminal  104 A receives the write response and completes the wireless transaction ( 628 ). In one or more implementations, the secure element may transmit a state change event ( 630 ) to the NFC controller  206 . The state change event may indicate, when received by the NFC controller  206  ( 632 ), that the wireless transaction has been performed. 
     For explanatory purposes, the transaction type indicator is illustrated as being transmitted by the secure element  208  to the NFC controller  206  after receiving the read command and transmitting a read response ( 606 ). However, in one or more implementations, the transaction type indicator may be transmitted by the secure element  208  to the NFC controller  206  responsive to the secure element  208  receiving the read command, or responsive to the secure element  208  receiving the write command ( 624 ), as is discussed further below with respect to  FIG. 7 . 
       FIG. 7  illustrates an example process flow  700  in a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions in accordance with one or more implementations. For explanatory purposes, the process flow  700  is primarily described herein with reference to the NFC controller  206  and the secure element  208  of the electronic device  102  of  FIGS. 2-3 . However, the process flow  700  is not limited to the NFC controller  206  or the secure element  208  of the electronic device  102  of  FIGS. 2-3 , and one or more blocks (or operations) of the process flow  700  may be performed by one or more other components or chips of the electronic device  102  and/or of the secure element  208 . The electronic device  102  also is presented as an exemplary device and the operations described herein may be performed by any suitable device. Further for explanatory purposes, the blocks of the process flow  700  are described herein as occurring in serial, or linearly. However, multiple blocks of the process flow  700  may occur in parallel. In addition, the blocks of the process flow  700  need not be performed in the order shown and/or one or more blocks of the process flow  700  need not be performed and/or can be replaced by other operations. 
     The process flow  700  begins with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A transmitting a read command for a wireless transaction to the NFC controller  206  ( 702 ). The NFC controller  206  receives the read command and forwards the read command to the secure element  208  ( 704 ). The read command may be a request for the secure element  208  to provide an indication of whether it contains an applet for communicating with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A and, if so, to provide one or more attributes stored in the applet, such as the amount of value stored in the applet. In one or more implementations, one or more signals or messages may have been exchanged between the wireless transaction terminal  104 A and the secure element  208  prior to the start of the process flow  700 , such as polling signals, authentication messages, and the like. 
     The secure element  208  receives the read command, queries the applet associated with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, and transmits the query response to the NFC controller  206  ( 706 ). The NFC controller  206  receives the read response from the secure element  208  and forwards the read response to the wireless transaction terminal  104 A ( 708 ). The wireless transaction terminal  104 A receives the read response and determines whether the secure element  208  contains the appropriate applet with sufficient stored value for completing the wireless transaction ( 710 ). 
     If the wireless transaction terminal  104 A determines that the secure element  208  contains the appropriate applet and sufficient stored value to complete the wireless transaction, the wireless transaction terminal  104 A transmits a write command for completing the wireless transaction to the NFC controller  206  ( 712 ). The NFC controller  206  receives the write command and forwards the write command to the secure element  208  ( 714 ). In one or more implementations, both the read commands/responses and the write commands/responses may be encrypted such that the NFC controller  206  is unable to identify a transaction type of the wireless transaction from the commands/responses. 
     The secure element  208  receives the write command ( 716 ) and transmits a transaction type indicator to the NFC controller  206  ( 718 ). The NFC controller  206  may use the transaction type indicator, and/or information contained therein, to determine whether a signal strength threshold should be implemented for the wireless transaction and/or to determine a signal strength value to be used for the signal strength threshold. 
     The secure element  208  executes the write command, which may, for example, cause the applet associated with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A to deduct value stored in the applet. Upon completing the write command the secure element  208  transmits a write response to the NFC controller  206  ( 720 ). Upon receiving the write response, the NFC controller  206  determines whether the signal strength threshold has been implemented for the wireless transaction and, if so, whether a current measured signal strength satisfies, e.g. exceeds, the signal strength threshold ( 722 ). If the signal strength threshold has been implemented and the current measured signal strength does not satisfy the signal strength threshold ( 722 ), the NFC controller  206  does not transmit the write response to the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, and instead drops the write response, thereby preventing the wireless transaction from completing and effectively causing the transaction to rollback. 
     If the signal strength threshold has not been implemented for the wireless transaction and/or if the signal strength threshold has been implemented and the current measured signal strength satisfies the signal strength threshold, the NFC controller  206  forwards the write response to the wireless transaction terminal  104 A ( 722 ), thereby allowing the wireless transaction to complete. The wireless transaction terminal  104 A receives the write response and completes the wireless transaction ( 724 ). 
       FIG. 8  illustrates an example signal timing diagram  800  in accordance with one or more implementations. In the signal timing diagram  800 , the electronic device  102  (implementing the subject system) is placed proximate to the wireless transaction terminal  104 A that is associated with a window seat in a transit vehicle, such as a train, a bus, an airplane, or the like. However, since the wireless transaction terminal  104 A is located proximate to the wireless transaction terminal  104 B that is associated with an aisle seat in the transit vehicle, the electronic device  102  receives signals from both of the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B. 
     The signal timing diagram  800  includes a window timing diagram  802  which represents the signals transmitted between the electronic device  102  and the window wireless transaction terminal  104 A, and an aisle timing diagram  804  which represents the signals transmitted between the electronic device  102  and the aisle wireless transaction terminal  104 B. The signal timing diagram  800  also includes a signal (or field) strength threshold value  806  which represents the minimum signal or field strength for which a passive device can communicate with the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B, and an electronic device sensitivity threshold  808 , which indicates the minimum signal or field strength at which the electronic device  102  can communicate with the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B. Accordingly, NFC controller  206  may set the signal strength threshold for wireless transactions with the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B to the signal strength threshold value  806  at which a passive device can communicate with the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B. 
     As shown in the signal timing diagram  800 , the signals communicated between the electronic device  102  and the window wireless transaction terminal  104 A exceed the signal strength threshold value  806 ; however, the signals communicated between the electronic device  102  and the aisle wireless transaction terminal  104 B do not exceed the signal strength threshold value  806 . Accordingly, as shown in the window timing diagram  802 , the last write response is transmitted from the electronic device  102  to the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, thereby completing the wireless transaction with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. However, as shown in the aisle timing diagram  804 , the NFC controller  206  determines the transaction type and signal strength from the received request service command and, because the signal strength threshold value  806  is not satisfied, the NFC controller  206  does not respond to the authorization command (AUTH1), thereby preventing the (duplicate) wireless transaction with the wireless transaction terminal  104 B from completing. 
       FIG. 9  illustrates an example signal timing diagram  900  in accordance with one or more implementations. In the signal timing diagram  900 , the electronic device  102  (implementing the subject system) is placed proximate to the wireless transaction terminal  104 A that is associated with a window seat in a transit vehicle, such as a train, a bus, an airplane, or the like. However, since the wireless transaction terminal  104 A is located proximate to the wireless transaction terminal  104 B that is associated with an aisle seat in the transit vehicle, the electronic device  102  receives signals from both of the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B. 
     The signal timing diagram  900  includes a window timing diagram  902  which represents the signals transmitted between the electronic device  102  and the window wireless transaction terminal  104 A, and an aisle timing diagram  904  which represents the signals transmitted between the electronic device  102  and the aisle wireless transaction terminal  104 B. The signal timing diagram  900  also includes a signal (or field) strength threshold value  906  which represents the minimum signal or field strength for which a passive device can communicate with the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B, and an electronic device sensitivity threshold  908 , which indicates the minimum signal or field strength at which the electronic device  102  can communicate with the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B. Accordingly, NFC controller  206  may set the signal strength threshold for wireless transactions with the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B to the signal strength threshold value  906  at which a passive device can communicate with the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B. 
     As shown in the signal timing diagram  900 , the signals communicated between the electronic device  102  and the window wireless transaction terminal  104 A exceed the signal strength threshold value  906 ; however, the signals communicated between the electronic device  102  and the aisle wireless transaction terminal  104 B do not exceed the signal strength threshold value  906 . Accordingly, as shown in the window timing diagram  902 , the last write response is transmitted from the electronic device  102  to the wireless transaction terminal  104 A, thereby completing the wireless transaction with the wireless transaction terminal  104 A. However, as shown in the aisle timing diagram  904 , the last write command and/or the last write response is dropped by the NFC controller  206  (because the signal strength threshold value  906  is not satisfied) and not transmitted from the electronic device  102  to the wireless transaction terminal  104 B, thereby preventing the (duplicate) wireless transaction with the wireless transaction terminal  104 B from completing. 
       FIG. 10  illustrates an example distributed wireless transaction terminal  1000  that may be used in a system for preventing duplicate wireless transactions in accordance with one or more implementations. Not all of the depicted components may be used in all implementations, however, and one or more implementations may include additional or different components than those shown in the figure. Variations in the arrangement and type of the components may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the claims as set forth herein. Additional components, different components, or fewer components may be provided. 
     The distributed wireless transaction terminal  1000  may include an NFC transceiver  1004 , a switch  1006  and multiple individual antennas  1008 A-F. The antennas  1008 A-F may be spatially distributed, such as in a transit vehicle. For example, each of the antennas  1008 A-F may be associated with a particular seat (e.g. aisle or window) on a transit vehicle. Since the antennas  1008 A-F share the single NFC transceiver  1004 , the polling signals transmitted by the antennas  1008 A-F may be temporally separated. For example, as shown in the polling timing diagram  1010 , the antennas  1008 A-B may first transmit polling signals. Then, as shown in the polling timing diagram  1012 , the antennas  1008 C-D may transmit polling signals. Lastly, as shown in the timing diagram  1014 , the antennas  1008 E-F may transmit polling signals, and then the pattern repeats again starting with the antennas  1008 A-B. 
       FIG. 11  conceptually illustrates an electronic system  1100  with which one or more implementations of the subject technology may be implemented. The electronic system  1100  can be, and/or can be a part of, the electronic device  102 , one or more of the wireless transaction terminals  104 A-B, and/or one or more of the servers  110 ,  120  shown in  FIG. 1 . The electronic system  1100  may include various types of computer readable media and interfaces for various other types of computer readable media. The electronic system  1100  includes a bus  1108 , one or more processing unit(s)  1112 , a system memory  1104  (and/or buffer), a ROM  1110 , a permanent storage device  1102 , an input device interface  1114 , an output device interface  1106 , and one or more network interfaces  1116 , or subsets and variations thereof. 
     The bus  1108  collectively represents all system, peripheral, and chipset buses that communicatively connect the numerous internal devices of the electronic system  1100 . In one or more implementations, the bus  1108  communicatively connects the one or more processing unit(s)  1112  with the ROM  1110 , the system memory  1104 , and the permanent storage device  1102 . From these various memory units, the one or more processing unit(s)  1112  retrieves instructions to execute and data to process in order to execute the processes of the subject disclosure. The one or more processing unit(s)  1112  can be a single processor or a multi-core processor in different implementations. 
     The ROM  1110  stores static data and instructions that are needed by the one or more processing unit(s)  1112  and other modules of the electronic system  1100 . The permanent storage device  1102 , on the other hand, may be a read-and-write memory device. The permanent storage device  1102  may be a non-volatile memory unit that stores instructions and data even when the electronic system  1100  is off. In one or more implementations, a mass-storage device (such as a magnetic or optical disk and its corresponding disk drive) may be used as the permanent storage device  1102 . 
     In one or more implementations, a removable storage device (such as a floppy disk, flash drive, and its corresponding disk drive) may be used as the permanent storage device  1102 . Like the permanent storage device  1102 , the system memory  1104  may be a read-and-write memory device. However, unlike the permanent storage device  1102 , the system memory  1104  may be a volatile read-and-write memory, such as random access memory. The system memory  1104  may store any of the instructions and data that one or more processing unit(s)  1112  may need at runtime. In one or more implementations, the processes of the subject disclosure are stored in the system memory  1104 , the permanent storage device  1102 , and/or the ROM  1110 . From these various memory units, the one or more processing unit(s)  1112  retrieves instructions to execute and data to process in order to execute the processes of one or more implementations. 
     The bus  1108  also connects to the input and output device interfaces  1114  and  1106 . The input device interface  1114  enables a user to communicate information and select commands to the electronic system  1100 . Input devices that may be used with the input device interface  1114  may include, for example, alphanumeric keyboards and pointing devices (also called “cursor control devices”). The output device interface  1106  may enable, for example, the display of images generated by electronic system  1100 . Output devices that may be used with the output device interface  1106  may include, for example, printers and display devices, such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, a flexible display, a flat panel display, a solid state display, a projector, or any other device for outputting information. One or more implementations may include devices that function as both input and output devices, such as a touchscreen. In these implementations, feedback provided to the user can be any form of sensory feedback, such as visual feedback, auditory feedback, or tactile feedback; and input from the user can be received in any form, including acoustic, speech, or tactile input. 
     Finally, as shown in  FIG. 11 , the bus  1108  also couples the electronic system  1100  to one or more networks and/or to one or more network nodes through the one or more network interface(s)  1116 . In this manner, the electronic system  1100  can be a part of a network of computers (such as a LAN, a wide area network (“WAN”), or an Intranet, or a network of networks, such as the Internet. Any or all components of the electronic system  1100  can be used in conjunction with the subject disclosure. 
     Implementations within the scope of the present disclosure can be partially or entirely realized using a tangible computer-readable storage medium (or multiple tangible computer-readable storage media of one or more types) encoding one or more instructions. The tangible computer-readable storage medium also can be non-transitory in nature. 
     The computer-readable storage medium can be any storage medium that can be read, written, or otherwise accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computing device, including any processing electronics and/or processing circuitry capable of executing instructions. For example, without limitation, the computer-readable medium can include any volatile semiconductor memory, such as RAM, DRAM, SRAM, T-RAM, Z-RAM, and TTRAM. The computer-readable medium also can include any non-volatile semiconductor memory, such as ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, NVRAM, flash, nvSRAM, FeRAM, FeTRAM, MRAM, PRAM, CBRAM, SONOS, RRAM, NRAM, racetrack memory, FJG, and Millipede memory. 
     Further, the computer-readable storage medium can include any non-semiconductor memory, such as optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage, magnetic tape, other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium capable of storing one or more instructions. In one or more implementations, the tangible computer-readable storage medium can be directly coupled to a computing device, while in other implementations, the tangible computer-readable storage medium can be indirectly coupled to a computing device, e.g., via one or more wired connections, one or more wireless connections, or any combination thereof. 
     Instructions can be directly executable or can be used to develop executable instructions. For example, instructions can be realized as executable or non-executable machine code or as instructions in a high-level language that can be compiled to produce executable or non-executable machine code. Further, instructions also can be realized as or can include data. Computer-executable instructions also can be organized in any format, including routines, subroutines, programs, data structures, objects, modules, applications, applets, functions, etc. As recognized by those of skill in the art, details including, but not limited to, the number, structure, sequence, and organization of instructions can vary significantly without varying the underlying logic, function, processing, and output. 
     While the above discussion primarily refers to microprocessor or multi-core processors that execute software, one or more implementations are performed by one or more integrated circuits, such as ASICs or FPGAs. In one or more implementations, such integrated circuits execute instructions that are stored on the circuit itself. 
     Those of skill in the art would appreciate that the various illustrative blocks, modules, elements, components, methods, and algorithms described herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. To illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative blocks, modules, elements, components, methods, and algorithms have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application. Various components and blocks may be arranged differently (e.g., arranged in a different order, or partitioned in a different way) all without departing from the scope of the subject technology. 
     It is understood that any specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes disclosed is an illustration of example approaches. Based upon design preferences, it is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes may be rearranged, or that all illustrated blocks be performed. Any of the blocks may be performed simultaneously. In one or more implementations, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Moreover, the separation of various system components in the embodiments described above should not be understood as requiring such separation in all embodiments, and it should be understood that the described program components and systems can generally be integrated together in a single software product or packaged into multiple software products. 
     As used in this specification and any claims of this application, the terms “base station”, “receiver”, “computer”, “server”, “processor”, and “memory” all refer to electronic or other technological devices. These terms exclude people or groups of people. For the purposes of the specification, the terms “display” or “displaying” means displaying on an electronic device. 
     As used herein, the phrase “at least one of” preceding a series of items, with the term “and” or “or” to separate any of the items, modifies the list as a whole, rather than each member of the list (i.e., each item). The phrase “at least one of” does not require selection of at least one of each item listed; rather, the phrase allows a meaning that includes at least one of any one of the items, and/or at least one of any combination of the items, and/or at least one of each of the items. By way of example, the phrases “at least one of A, B, and C” or “at least one of A, B, or C” each refer to only A, only B, or only C; any combination of A, B, and C; and/or at least one of each of A, B, and C. 
     The predicate words “configured to”, “operable to”, and “programmed to” do not imply any particular tangible or intangible modification of a subject, but, rather, are intended to be used interchangeably. In one or more implementations, a processor configured to monitor and control an operation or a component may also mean the processor being programmed to monitor and control the operation or the processor being operable to monitor and control the operation. Likewise, a processor configured to execute code can be construed as a processor programmed to execute code or operable to execute code. 
     Phrases such as an aspect, the aspect, another aspect, some aspects, one or more aspects, an implementation, the implementation, another implementation, some implementations, one or more implementations, an embodiment, the embodiment, another embodiment, some embodiments, one or more embodiments, a configuration, the configuration, another configuration, some configurations, one or more configurations, the subject technology, the disclosure, the present disclosure, other variations thereof and alike are for convenience and do not imply that a disclosure relating to such phrase(s) is essential to the subject technology or that such disclosure applies to all configurations of the subject technology. A disclosure relating to such phrase(s) may apply to all configurations, or one or more configurations. A disclosure relating to such phrase(s) may provide one or more examples. A phrase such as an aspect or some aspects may refer to one or more aspects and vice versa, and this applies similarly to other foregoing phrases. 
     The word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration”. Any embodiment described herein as “exemplary” or as an “example” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. Furthermore, to the extent that the term “include”, “have”, or the like is used in the description or the claims, such term is intended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the term “comprise” as “comprise” is interpreted when employed as a transitional word in a claim. 
     All structural and functional equivalents to the elements of the various aspects described throughout this disclosure that are known or later come to be known to those of ordinary skill in the art are expressly incorporated herein by reference and are intended to be encompassed by the claims. Moreover, nothing disclosed herein is intended to be dedicated to the public regardless of whether such disclosure is explicitly recited in the claims. No claim element is to be construed under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 112, sixth paragraph, unless the element is expressly recited using the phrase “means for” or, in the case of a method claim, the element is recited using the phrase “step for”. 
     The previous description is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the various aspects described herein. Various modifications to these aspects will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other aspects. Thus, the claims are not intended to be limited to the aspects shown herein, but are to be accorded the full scope consistent with the language claims, wherein reference to an element in the singular is not intended to mean “one and only one” unless specifically so stated, but rather “one or more”. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “some” refers to one or more. Pronouns in the masculine (e.g., his) include the feminine and neuter gender (e.g., her and its) and vice versa. Headings and subheadings, if any, are used for convenience only and do not limit the subject disclosure.

Metadata:
Filing Date: 20180125
Publication Date: 20210608
Grant Date: 20210608
Priority Date: 20170217
Inventors: CHAUVIN, VINCENT
RUIZ, JORDI AGUD
ABE, KENYU
KIM, SEUNGHOI
NAGAE, Tatsuya
REDDY, VUSTHLA SUNIL
AGBOH, PETER
Assignee: APPLE INC
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