Carl Joseph Stone

US Patent:

20110076941, Mar 31, 2011

Filed:

Sep 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/570454

Inventors:

Sebastien Taveau - Redwood City CA, US
Carl Stone - Campbell CA, US
Nadav Naaman - Palo Alto CA, US
Hadi Nahari - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

eBay Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

H04B 5/00
G06Q 30/00
G06Q 20/00
G06Q 50/00

US Classification:

455 411, 705 1423, 705 1425, 705 40, 705 2635

Abstract:

Methods and systems utilize a shake and transfer process to provide a consumer with an enhanced user experience. In a first embodiment, a purchase is made between two devices using NFC, and a shake and transfer process downloads large data, such as a movie, video, or game, from one device to the other. In a second embodiment, the user can select information or data, such as non-user contacts, photos, or videos, on the phone to transfer during a shake and transfer process. In yet another embodiment, a user may pay for purchases from an unattended merchant, such as a vending machine, using a shake and transfer process, where the user may also receive incentives, based on the user profile and/or purchase, from the unattended merchant.

US Patent:

20110076942, Mar 31, 2011

Filed:

Sep 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/570544

Inventors:

Sebastien Taveau - Redwood City CA, US
Carl Stone - Campbell CA, US
Nadav Naaman - Palo Alto CA, US
Hadi Nahari - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

eBay Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

H04B 5/00
G06F 19/00

US Classification:

455 411, 701300

Abstract:

Methods and systems utilize a shake and transfer process to initiate a wireless communication provide a user device with time and location information of the communication, which can be associated with contact information of a user of the other device. As a result, a user has additional information associated with a contact, and the time and location information can be used to determine or track elapsed time and distance traveled between communications.