Determination of a payment method used in an NFC transaction

1. A method for determining a payment method used in a Near Field Communication (NFC) transaction using an NFC protocol, the method comprising:

receiving, at a remote management server, an identification code associated with a user via a first communication channel from an NFC terminal,

wherein the identification code associated with the user is transmitted from a secure element memory to the NFC terminal via an NFC transceiver configured to use the NFC protocol through a second communication channel, while a secure element application configured to use the NFC protocol is being executed by an NFC processor configured to use the NFC protocol in response to a detection of a near field communication inductive signal from the NFC terminal,

wherein the secure element memory maintains the identification code associated with the user and the secure element application,

wherein the secure element memory, the NFC transceiver, and the NFC processor are all included in a secure element permanently embedded in a mobile device,

the mobile device comprising a mobile device memory which maintains a non-browser based application, a mobile device display, a mobile device processor, and a mobile device wireless transceiver that supports voice and data interactions using a third communication channel; wherein the non-browser based application is a mobile operating system platform based application with a graphical user interface that is preinstalled or downloaded and installed on the mobile device, wherein the graphical user interface includes a graphical icon; and

identifying, at the remote management server, a payment method that corresponds to the identification code associated with the user, wherein the payment method is maintained at the remote management server.

2. The method of claim 1 , further wherein after the NFC transaction has been processed using the payment method that corresponds to the identification code associated with the user, receiving, at the mobile device, a digital artifact for display in the graphical user interface of the non-browser based application.

3. The method of claim 2 , further wherein the digital artifact comprises an advertisement, receipt, ticket, coupon, media, metadata, and/or content.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the payment method is information related to a credit card number, information related to a debit card number, or information related to a prepaid card number.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein no sensitive information is stored on the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the sensitive information comprises at least one of information related to the payment method or information related to an expiration date associated with the payment method.

7. The method of claim 1 , further wherein the non-browser based application is operative when the mobile device is not connected to a wireless network.

8. The method of claim 2 , further wherein the non-browser based application sends a request to the remote management server for retransmission of the digital artifact if it has not received the digital artifact from the remote management server within a certain period of time.

9. The method of claim 2 , further wherein, the non-browser based application displays the digital artifact while the mobile device maintains a connection to a wireless network; and

further comprises:

losing the connection of the mobile device to the wireless network while the non-browser based application displays the digital artifact; and

in an offline mode, after losing the connection, continuing to display the digital artifact within the non-browser based application.

10. The method of claim 2 , further wherein, the digital artifact is based on the remote management server correlating the identification code associated with the user, information related to the payment method, information related to the user, information related to the NFC transaction, and information related to a transaction history of the user.

11. A remote management server for determining a payment method used in a Near Field Communication (NFC) transaction using an NFC protocol comprising:

a remote management server receiver that receives an identification code associated with a user via a first communication channel from an NFC terminal configured to use the NFC protocol,

wherein the identification code associated with the user is transmitted to the NFC terminal configured to use the NFC protocol through a second communication channel via an NFC transceiver configured to use the NFC protocol when a secure element application configured to use the NFC protocol is being executed by an NFC processor configured to use the NFC protocol in response to a detection of a near field communication inductive signal from the NFC terminal,

wherein the secure element memory maintains the identification code associated with the user and the secure element application, wherein the secure element memory the NFC processor, and the NFC transceiver are included in a secure element permanently embedded in a mobile device,

the mobile device comprising a mobile device memory that stores a non-browser based application, a mobile device display, a mobile device processor, a mobile device wireless transceiver that supports voice and data interactions using a third communication channel, wherein the non-browser based application is a mobile operating system platform based application with a graphical user interface that is preinstalled or downloaded and installed on the mobile device, wherein the graphical user interface includes a graphical icon;

a remote management server processer that identifies a payment method that corresponds to the identification code associated with the user, wherein the payment method is maintained at the remote management server.

12. The remote management server of claim 11 , further wherein after the NFC transaction has been processed using the payment method that corresponds to the identification code associated with the user, receiving, at the mobile device, a digital artifact for display in the graphical user interface of the non-browser based application.

13. The remote management server of claim 12 , further wherein the digital artifact comprises an advertisement, receipt, ticket, coupon, media, metadata, and/or content.

14. The remote management server of claim 11 , wherein the payment method is information related to a credit card number, information related to a debit card number, or information related to a prepaid card number.

15. The remote management server of claim 11 , wherein no sensitive information is stored on the mobile device.

16. The remote management server of claim 15 , wherein the sensitive information comprises at least one of information related to the payment method or information related to an expiration date associated with the payment method.

17. The remote management server of claim 11 , further wherein the non-browser based application is operative when the mobile device is not connected to a wireless network.

18. The remote management server of claim 12 , further wherein the non-browser based application sends a request to the remote management server for retransmission of the digital artifact if it has not received the digital artifact from the remote management server within a certain period of time.

19. The remote management server of claim 12 , further wherein, the non-browser based application displays the digital artifact while the mobile device maintains a connection to a wireless network; and

further comprises:

losing the connection of the mobile device to the wireless network while the non-browser based application displays the digital artifact; and

in an offline mode, after losing the connection, continuing to display the digital artifact within the non-browser based application.

20. The remote management server of claim 12 , further wherein, the remote management server bases the digital artifact on correlating the identification code associated with the user, information related to the payment method, information related to the user, information related to the NFC transaction, and information related to a transaction history of the user.