Interactive home system including wireless devices
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsSalik SHAH, Sophie BERMUDEZ
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Abstract
A home system can include a central control unit, which can be paired with a plurality of accessory devices including a client device. The client device can receive an instruction signal from a contactless card. An application of the client device can process the instruction signal and generate an event signal. The client device can transmit the event signal to the central control unit and the central control unit can transmit a device signal to one or more of the accessory devices. The device signal can instruct the one or more accessory devices to perform one or more tasks.
Claims20
A card system comprising:
- a contactless card comprising a processor, a memory, and a contactless communication interface, wherein the memory contains an applet and an instruction;
- and
- an application comprising instructions for execution on a client device comprising a processor and a contactless communication interface configured to generate a contactless communication field,
- wherein, upon entry of the contactless card into the contactless communication field, the applet is configured to:
- generate an instruction signal based on the instruction, and
- transmit the instruction signal to the application;
- wherein, upon receipt of the instruction signal, the application is configured to transmit a command signal to a smart device;
- and
- wherein, upon receipt of the command signal, the smart device performs one or more tasks.
A method comprising:
- providing a card comprising a processor, a memory containing instruction signal, and a communication interface;
- entering the card into a communication field;
- transmitting, via the communication field, instruction signal from the card to an application comprising instructions for execution on a client device comprising a processor, a memory, and a contactless communication interface;
- transmitting a command signal from the application to a smart device;
- and
- adjusting an operation of the smart device in response to receiving the command signal.
A gift presentation system comprising
- a contactless gift card, the gift card comprising a processor, a memory, and a near-field communication (NFC) circuit, wherein the memory contains an applet, presentation information, and gift information;
- and
- a television comprising a processor, a memory, a Wi-Fi antenna, and an NFC circuit configured to generate an NFC field, wherein the memory contains an application configured to perform financial transactions;
- wherein, upon sensing the NFC field of the television, the gift card is configured to:
- request an authentication certificate from the television;
- upon receiving the authentication certificate from the television, generate a presentation message based on the presentation information and generate a gift message based on the gift information;
- and
- transmit the presentation message and gift message to the television;
- wherein, upon receiving the presentation message, the television transmits a command signal to a financial institution to initiate a financial transaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.