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US 2019/0378116 A1Published application
System and method for automatic device connection following a contactless payment transaction
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsGary Bettesworth, Andreas Martens, Sam Rogers, Paul S.M. Thorpe
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Abstract
Contactless payment data can be received from a mobile device via a contactless payment terminal. Responsive to receiving the contactless payment data from the mobile device, a token can be communicated to the mobile device via the contactless payment terminal, the token configured to be processed by the mobile device to initiate a particular communication functionality by the mobile device.
Claims8
A method, comprising:
- receiving contactless payment data from a mobile device via a contactless payment terminal;
- and
- responsive to receiving the contactless payment data from the mobile device, communicating, using a processor, a token to the mobile device via the contactless payment terminal, the token configured to be processed by the mobile device to initiate a particular communication functionality by the mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.