Techniques for using software application-related metadata in near field communication transmissions

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• determining, at a first mobile device, that a second mobile device is within range for near field communication (NFC), the range for NFC being based on whether the second mobile device is within a predetermined distance from the first mobile device, the predetermined distance corresponding to a maximum distance for acceptable NFC transmissions, the first mobile device being associated with a first user;
• receiving, at the first mobile device, first data and second data from the second mobile device via an NFC transmission, the first data being based on input from a second user associated with the second mobile device, the second data being metadata indicating a software application configured to process the first data;
• determining, at the first mobile device, that the first mobile device does not have the software application indicated by the second data;
• responsive to determining that the first mobile device does not have the software application indicated by the second data, providing, via a display of the first mobile device, a request to the first user to allow the first mobile device to download the software application via a network;
• receiving, via a user interface of the first mobile device, input from the first user, the input including a response to the request, the response indicating that the first mobile device can download the software application via the network;
• retrieving, at the first mobile device, the software application from the network based on the input from the first user;
• and
• providing, at the first mobile device, the first data to the first user via the software application.

A first mobile device having one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising:

• determining that a second mobile device is within range for near field communication (NFC), the range for NFC being based on whether the second mobile device is within a predetermined distance from the first mobile device, the predetermined distance corresponding to a maximum distance for acceptable NFC transmissions, the first mobile device being associated with a first user;
• receiving first data and second data from the second mobile device via an NFC transmission, the first data being based on input from a second user associated with the second mobile device, the second data being metadata indicating a software application configured to process the first data;
• determining that the first mobile device does not have the software application indicated by the second data;
• responsive to determining that the first mobile device does not have the software application indicated by the second data, providing, via a display, a request to the first user to allow the first mobile device to download the software application via a network;
• receiving, via a user interface, input from the first user, the input including a response to the request, the response indicating that the first mobile device can download the software application via the network;
• retrieving the software application from the network based on the input from the first user;
• and
• providing the first data to the first user via the software application.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors of a first mobile device, cause the first mobile device to perform operations comprising:

• determining that a second mobile device is within range for near field communication (NFC), the range for NFC being based on whether the second mobile device is within a predetermined distance from the first mobile device, the predetermined distance corresponding to a maximum distance for acceptable NFC transmissions, the first mobile device being associated with a first user;
• receiving first data and second data from the second mobile device via an NFC transmission, the first data being based on input from a second user associated with the second mobile device, the second data being metadata indicating a software application configured to process the first data;
• determining that the first mobile device does not have the software application indicated by the second data;
• responsive to determining that the first mobile device does not have the software application indicated by the second data, providing, via a display, a request to the first user to allow the first mobile device to download the software application via a network;
• receiving, via a user interface, input from the first user, the input including a response to the request, the response indicating that the first mobile device can download the software application via the network;
• retrieving the software application from the network based on the input from the first user;
• and
• providing the first data to the first user via the software application.