IP Library Granted Patent US 11,328,294
Granted Patent B2
US 11,328,294 · App. 17/099,541 · Granted May 10, 2022

Anonymous peer-to-peer near-field communication system

Inventor: Jack H. Foster, Jr. (Brooklyn, NY)
Assignee: Horus Foster, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,328,294
App. No.
17/099,541
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An in-application content transfer system that generates receiver IDs to categorize a given exchange between two users where one does not execute a local instance of the application. One user executes the application on their mobile device and makes use of near-field communication protocols with a neighboring mobile device that is not executing the subject application. The content transfer is linked to the receiver's phone number and a unique ID is assigned to the content transfer. The receiving user is made aware of the content transfer via a push notification received via near field communication or via an SMS text message. The received message or notification enables the user to retrieve the content from the transfer at a later time.

Claims (61)

1. A method of near-field communication push interaction that enables communication between two mobile devices that do not have a corresponding application set, the method comprising:

generating, at a first mobile device, an application message of a first application, the application message including:

a unique identifier associated with a receiving device;

a user content associated with a first user; and

an interaction hyperlink associated with an interaction webpage, the interaction webpage includes instructions to cause the receiving device to obtain the first application seeded with the unique identifier;

transmitting, via near-field communication from the first mobile device to a second mobile device, the application message, wherein the second mobile device is the receiving device, the application message configured to generate a push notification on the second mobile device that directs the second mobile device to the interaction webpage;

in response to execution of the instructions included with the interaction webpage, generating a second user associated with the second mobile device; and

shifting the user content associated with the first user to the second user.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting, via an on-board GPS sensor, a physical location of the first mobile device and tying the physical location to the application message.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

validating the application message as non-fraudulent based on the physical location.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

displaying, via a graphic user interface, suggested options of the user content for the application message based on the physical location.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user content is an amount of money associated with a first payment service or first bank account.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second user is associated with a second payment service or second bank account.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first user is associated with a group of users managed by a single entity, wherein the single entity sets limits on the user content based on any of:

temporal restrictions;

locational restrictions; or

receiver restrictions.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

displaying, via a graphic user interface, suggested options of the user content for the application message based on the physical location.

9. A method of near-field communication push interaction that enables communication between two mobile devices comprising:

generating, at a first mobile device, an application interaction of a first application, the application interaction including:

a unique identifier associated with a receiving device;

a user content associated with a first user; and

a GPS location of the first mobile device;

transmitting, via near-field communication from the first mobile device to a second mobile device associated with a second user, an application interaction message based on the application interaction, wherein the second mobile device is the receiving device, wherein the second device is executing a corresponding instance of the first application; and

shifting the user content associated with the first user to the second user.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

validating the application message as non-fraudulent based on the physical location.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the user content is an amount of money associated with a first payment service or first bank account.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second user is associated with a second payment service or second bank account.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first user is associated with a group of users managed by a single entity, wherein the single entity sets limits on the user content based on any of:

temporal restrictions;

locational restrictions; or

receiver restrictions.

14. A system of application interaction comprising:

a machine-readable code placard including a machine-readable code associated with a first user of a first application;

an application server associated with an administrative backend of the first application;

a mobile device including a first memory, and associated with a second user of the first application, the first memory including instructions that when executed cause the mobile device to:

generate an application interaction of the first application, the application interaction including:

an image of the machine-readable code as associated with the first user;

a user content associated with a second user; and

a GPS location of the mobile device; and

transmitting, by the mobile device, the application interaction to the application server; and

an application server associated with an administrative backend of the first application including a second memory, the second memory including instructions that when executed cause the application server to:

coordinate a shift of user content associated with the second user to the first user based on the image of the machine-readable code and the GPS location of the mobile device indicating the mobile device is co-located in a geo-fence with the machine-readable code placard.

15. The system of claim 14 , further comprising:

validating the application message as non-fraudulent based on the physical location.

16. The system of claim 14 , further comprising:

displaying, via a graphic user interface, suggested options of the user content for the application message based on the physical location.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the user content is an amount of money associated with a first payment service or first bank account.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the second user is associated with a second payment service or second bank account.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the first user is associated with a group of users managed by a single entity, wherein the single entity sets limits on the user content based on any of:

temporal restrictions;

locational restrictions; or

receiver restrictions.

20. The system of claim 14 , further comprising:

a second mobile device including a third memory and associated with the first user of the first application, the first memory including instructions that when executed cause the second mobile device to:

display a notification that the user content has been shifted from the second user to the first user.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2025
From: HORUS FOSTER, INC.
To: BESTOW TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 071289/0709 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2022
From: FOSTER, JACK H., JR.
To: HORUS FOSTER, INC.
Reel/Frame 059532/0768 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62935248 · Nov 14, 2019
Related Publication 20210176615A1 · Jun 10, 2021
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