IP Library Granted Patent US 9,082,267
Granted Patent B2
US 9,082,267 · App. 13/159,415 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

Apparatus and method using near field communications

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,082,267
App. No.
13/159,415
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A near field communications enabled mobile communication is used to provide or receive information.

Claims (24)

1. A system comprising:

a near field communication device configured to communicate with a near field communication enabled mobile communication device and to receive contact information and transaction information from the near field communication enabled mobile communication device; and

a computer server system in communication with the near field communication device and configured to maintain a service queue, wherein the computer server system is configured to receive the contact information and the transaction information from the near field communication device, wherein the computer server system is configured to cause, based on the service queue, a communication to the near field communication enabled mobile communication device using the contact information, and wherein the computer server system is configured to process, based on the transaction information, a transaction and identify an appropriate employee associated with the transaction based on the transaction information.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer server system includes the near field communication device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication is caused at an appropriate time, and wherein the appropriate time is when the near field communication enabled mobile communication device is a next device to be serviced.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication is caused at an appropriate time, and wherein the appropriate time is when the near field communication enabled mobile communication device is a predetermined number of devices from a next device to be serviced.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication is caused at an appropriate time, and wherein the appropriate time is a predetermined amount of time in advance of the near field communication enabled mobile communication device being a next device to be serviced.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transaction information comprises at least one of a bank account information, credit card information, stored value account information, or debit card information.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer server system is configured to process the transaction by providing the transaction information to a financial institution server.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer server system is configured to cause a second communication to the near field communication enabled mobile communication device, wherein the second communication comprises information about a purchasable item or service.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transaction comprises a request to transfer an amount of funds.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transaction information comprises a digital coupon.

11. A method comprising:

receiving, by a near field communication device, contact information and transaction information from a near field communication enabled mobile communication device;

adding the near field communication enabled mobile communication device to a service queue;

monitoring the service queue;

causing, based on the service queue, a communication to the near field communication enabled mobile communication device using the contact information;

initiating, based on the transaction information, a transaction; and

identifying an appropriate employee associated with the transaction based on the transaction information.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving updated information about the service queue.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising updating a place of the near field communication enabled mobile communication device in the service queue based on the updated information.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the communication is caused at an appropriate time, and wherein the appropriate time is when the near field communication enabled mobile communication device is a next device to be serviced.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the communication is caused at an appropriate time, and wherein the appropriate time is a predetermined amount of time in advance of the near field communication enabled mobile communication device being a next device to be serviced.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the communication is caused at an appropriate time, and wherein the appropriate time is when the near field communication enabled mobile communication device is a predetermined number of devices from a next device to be serviced.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Nov 2, 2015
From: TAHNK WIRELESS CO., LLC
To: TAMIRAS PER PTE. LTD., LLC
Reel/Frame 036939/0719 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2012
From: NARIAN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: TAHNK WIRELESS CO., LLC
Reel/Frame 029436/0162 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2012
From: ROSENBERG, EINAR
To: NARIAN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 029276/0506 →