Systems and methods for pass-through communication between devices
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsVamshi Krishna Aileni, Paul B. Fruhauf
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Abstract
An electronic device gathers (e.g., consolidates) information (e.g., passes, tickets, credentials) received via one or more pass-through communication sessions to transmit (e.g., present, provide, relay) to an authentication device. The electronic device may receive information from one or more additional electronic devices in a group with the electronic device via the pass-through communication sessions. The electronic device may then transmit the information to the authentication device. As such, the electronic device gathers the information from the group and presents the information from the one or more additional electronic device to the authentication device.
Claims20
A first user device comprising:
- a first transmitter;
- a second transmitter;
- a first receiver;
- a second receiver;
- and
- processing circuitry coupled to the first transmitter, the second transmitter, the first receiver, and the second receiver, the processing circuitry configured to:
- cause the first transmitter to broadcast an identifier;
- establish a pass-through communication session with a second user device;
- cause the second receiver to receive a transaction command from a reader;
- cause the first transmitter to transmit the transaction command to the second user device via the pass-through communication session;
- cause the first receiver to receive a pass-through response from the second user device via the pass-through communication session;
- and
- cause the second transmitter to transmit the pass-through response to the reader.
A method comprising:
- broadcasting, via processing circuitry, an identifier;
- establishing, via the processing circuitry, a pass-through communication session with a user device;
- receiving, via the processing circuitry, a transaction command from a reader;
- transmitting, via the processing circuitry, the transaction command to the user device via the pass-through communication session;
- receiving, via the processing circuitry, a pass-through response from the user device;
- and
- transmitting, via the processing circuitry, the pass-through response to the reader.
One or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, are configured to cause the processing circuitry to:
- establish a pass-through communication session with a user device;
- receive a transaction command from a reader;
- transmit the transaction command to the user device;
- receive a pass-through response from the user device;
- and
- transmit the pass-through response to the reader.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.