G06Q 20/3278
Rfid or nfc payments by means of m-devices
Official title: {RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices}
G06Q20/3278 (Rfid or nfc payments by means of m-devices) appears on 3,973 US grants and 5,839 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 3,973
- Published applications
- 5,839
- Assignees
- 1,241
- Inventors
- 6,920
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2002 | 1 | 12 |
| 2003 | 1 | 10 |
| 2004 | 1 | 28 |
| 2005 | 3 | 30 |
| 2006 | 19 | 27 |
| 2007 | 12 | 42 |
| 2008 | 14 | 70 |
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| 2011 | 55 | 108 |
| 2012 | 75 | 189 |
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| 2020 | 381 | 417 |
| 2021 | 389 | 466 |
| 2022 | 362 | 370 |
| 2023 | 394 | 379 |
| 2024 | 362 | 305 |
| 2025 | 280 | 258 |
| 2026 | 132 | 177 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for validating interactions6 Oct 2026US 12,755,267 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Systems and methods for authentication of a user6 Oct 2026US 12,755,268 B2Stripe, Inc.
- On-device accessibility options for checkout data using short-range wireless transmissions6 Oct 2026US 12,755,269 B2Paypal, Inc.
- System and method for providing temporary virtual payment card6 Oct 2026US 12,755,271 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Near-field communication device22 Sep 2026US 12,743,688 B2STMicroelectronics (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for providing near field communications24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289543 A1Capital One Services, LLC
- Method and system of payment terminal data automatic download24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289544 A1Shenzhen Topwise Communication Co., Ltd.
- Adaptive system for determining and presenting digital emulated cards24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289545 A1STMicroelectronics (Beijing) R&D Co., Ltd.
- Contactless payment on a distributed ledger using nfc24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289546 A1Ava Labs, Inc.
- Secure processing of data24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289555 A1Royal Bank of Canada
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shopping assistance with handheld computing device1,800US 6,587,835 B12003
- Onetime passwords for smart chip cards622US 8,095,113 B2First Data Corporation · 2012
- Single tap transactions using an NFC enabled mobile device564US 8,332,272 B2Blaze Mobile, Inc. · 2012
- Methods and systems employing time and/or location data for use in transactions488US 8,880,426 B2Honeywell International Inc. · 2014
- User interface for payments454US 9,324,067 B2Apple Inc. · 2016