Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mobile device and reader for facilitating a transaction
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Application No.: US15996440Application Date: 2018-06-02
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Publication No.: US10438029B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Ghiath Al-kadi , Ulrich Neffe , Peter Raggam
- Applicant: NXP B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP17174224 20170602
- Main IPC: G06K7/10
- IPC: G06K7/10 ; H04B5/00 ; G07B15/00 ; G07C9/00

Abstract:
According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, a mobile device for facilitating a transaction is provided, comprising: a secure element configured to contain transaction-related data; an ultra-wideband radio unit operatively coupled to the secure element and configured to carry out ultra-wideband radio communication with an external reader; wherein the ultra-wideband radio unit is configured to operate as an interface between the secure element and said external reader. According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, a reader for facilitating a transaction is provided, comprising: an ultra-wideband communication and tracking unit configured to communicate with at least one external mobile device having an ultra-wideband radio unit and to track said mobile device; a processing unit operatively coupled to the ultra-wideband communication and tracking unit, said processing unit being configured to process at least one transaction. According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method for facilitating a transaction using a reader is conceived. According to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding computer program is provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180349653A1 MOBILE DEVICE AND READER FOR FACILITATING A TRANSACTION Public/Granted day:2018-12-06
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