Granted Patent B2

US 12,014,351 · App. 17/541,734 · Granted Jun 18, 2024

Inventors: William Harrison McGraw, IV (Albemarle, NC); Deepak Aladahalli Puttaswamy (Atlanta, GA); Michael David Hartman (Milton, GA)

Assignee: NCR Corporation

G06Q20/3276G06Q20/223G06Q20/3224G06Q20/325G06Q20/352G06Q20/4012

Abstract

Claims (44)

1. A method, comprising:

capturing, by a camera of a mobile device, a first code presented on a display of a transaction terminal;

processing, by a processor of the mobile device, first information encoded in the first code and establishing a wireless connection to the transaction terminal;

capturing, by the camera of the mobile device, a second code presented on the display of the transaction terminal;

sending, by the processor of the mobile device, a confirmation to the transaction terminal based on the second code;

decoding, by the processor of the mobile device, instructions encoded in the second code;

processing, by the processor of the mobile device, the instructions causing a transaction interface of the transaction terminal to be remoted from the transaction terminal to the mobile device;

rendering, by the processor of the mobile device, the transaction interface for a transaction or transactions being processed on the transaction terminal; and

providing, by the processor of the mobile device, options and selections associated with the transaction interface over the wireless connection for completing the transaction or transactions without any touching by a customer of the display and without any touching by the customer of keys of the transaction terminal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein capturing the first code further includes decoding, by the processor of the mobile device, the first code and obtaining the first information as a Service Set Identifier (SSID) for the transaction terminal and a passcode for connecting to a wireless transceiver of the transaction terminal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein capturing the first code further includes capturing the first code as an image of a Quick Response (QR) code, decoding, by the processor of the mobile device, the QR code and obtaining connection details for connecting to a wireless transceiver of the transaction terminal.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein rendering further includes interacting over the wireless connection with a web site hosted on the transaction terminal and providing, by the processor of the mobile device, the transaction interface through web pages delivered from the transaction terminal over the wireless connection to a browser.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein rendering further includes interacting over the wireless connection with a remote desktop application processed on the transaction terminal and providing, by the processor of the mobile, the transaction interface through a mobile application processed by the processor on the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein providing further includes receiving a pre-staged transaction selection from the customer through a user-facing interface of the mobile application, obtaining predefined selections defined by a pre-staged transaction associated with the pre-staged transaction selection and previously defined by the customer through the user-facing interface, and automatically providing the predefined selections and input information on behalf of the user over the wireless connection for the transaction terminal to complete the transaction as the pre-staged transaction.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising, providing an end transaction selection or a no-additional transaction selection over the wireless connection causing the transaction terminal to terminate the wireless connection.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein providing the end transaction selection or the no-additional transaction selection further includes receiving a transaction receipt for the transaction over the wireless connection before the wireless connection is terminated by the transaction terminal.

9. A method, comprising:

executing, by a processor of a mobile device, a mobile application;

detecting, by the mobile application, a first code captured by a camera of the mobile device;

decoding, by the mobile application, the first code and obtaining a Service Set Identifier (SSID) for a transaction terminal and a passcode;

interacting, by the mobile application, with a transceiver of the mobile device and establishing a wireless connection with the transaction terminal using the SSID and the passcode;

detecting, by the mobile application, a second code captured by the camera of the mobile device;

decoding, by the mobile application, the second code and obtaining instructions that were encoded in the second code by the transaction terminal; and

processing, by the mobile application, the instructions causing the mobile application to request transaction interface screens for a transaction from the transaction terminal and further causing the transaction interface screens to be remoted over the wireless connection to the mobile device based on the processing of the instructions that were decoded from the second code.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising, rendering, by the mobile application, the transaction interface screens for interaction of a user who is operating the mobile device during the transaction with the transaction terminal.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising, providing, by the mobile application, selections made by the user for options of the transaction interface screens and data entered by the user into input fields of the transaction interface screens to the transaction terminal over the wireless connection during the transaction with the transaction terminal.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising, updating, by the mobile application, modifications to the transaction interface screens received from the transaction terminal in response to the selections and the data provided by the user during the transaction with the transaction terminal.

13. The method of claim 9 further comprising, processing, by the processor of the mobile device, a browser and connecting, by the browser, to a website hosted by the transaction terminal during the wireless connection, wherein the website comprises the transaction interface screens for the transaction with the transaction terminal.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising, obtaining, by the mobile application, a pre-staged transaction defined in a profile of a user who is operating the mobile device, and processing interactions defined within the pre-staged transaction through the transaction interface screens to perform the transaction with the transaction terminal over the wireless connection.

15. The method of claim 9 further comprising, performing, by the mobile application, public-private key encryption on a Personal Identification Number (PIN) entered into a sign-on transaction interface screen by a user who is operating the mobile device to obtain and encrypted PIN and providing the encrypted PIN to the transaction terminal during the wireless connection.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein interacting further includes establishing the wireless connection as a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) connection between the mobile device and the transaction terminal.

17. The method of claim 9 , wherein interacting further includes using a mobile device identifier for the mobile device to authenticate to the transaction terminal for the wireless connection.

18. The method of claim 9 , wherein interacting further includes utilizing Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) between the mobile device and the transaction terminal during the wireless connection.

19. A mobile device, comprising:

a wireless transceiver;

a camera;

a processor;

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions;

the executable instructions when executed by the processor from the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

decoding a first code captured by the camera from a display of a transaction terminal into a Service Set Identifier (SSID) and a passcode for the transaction terminal;

using the wireless transceiver to establish a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) wireless connection between the mobile device and the transaction terminal;

decoding a second code captured by the camera from the display of the transaction terminal into instructions; and

processing the instructions over the P2P wireless connection causing a transaction interface for the transaction terminal to be remoted onto the mobile device for a transaction between a user who is operating the mobile device and the transaction terminal based on the instructions decoded from the second code.

20. The mobile device of claim 19 , wherein the mobile device is a phone, a tablet, a laptop, or a wearable processing device.

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