US 12,299,670 B2
Methods and apparatus for facilitating NFC transactions
Denis Mars, San Francisco, CA (US); and Simon Ratner, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Ouraring, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Ouraring, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/645,188.
Application 18/645,188 is a continuation of application No. 18/349,029, filed on Jul. 7, 2023, granted, now 11,995,641.
Application 18/349,029 is a continuation of application No. 17/516,301, filed on Nov. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,699,143, issued on Jul. 11, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/108,218, filed on Oct. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0281793 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); H04B 5/48 (2024.01); H04B 5/72 (2024.01)
CPC G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01) [H04B 5/48 (2024.01); H04B 5/72 (2024.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reader device, comprising:
a short-range communications component configured to communicate short-range communication signals;
a near-field communications (NFC) component configured to communicate near-field communications signals; and
one or more processors communicatively coupled with the short-range communications component and the NFC component, the one or more processors configured to:
receive, via the short-range communications component at a first time, one or more short-range communications signals from a smart device, the one or more short-range communications signals comprising payload data and one or more identifiers associated with the smart device;
authenticate a user associated with the smart device based at least in part on the one or more identifiers, wherein the one or more identifiers are based at least in part on biometric data collected from the user via the smart device, a gesture performed by the user and detected by the smart device, or both;
cache the payload data associated with the smart device in memory based at least in part on authenticating the user;
receive, via the NFC component at a second time subsequent to the first time, an NFC signal from the smart device, the NFC signal comprising an NFC identifier associated with the smart device;
process the payload data associated with the smart device based at least in part on the payload data and the NFC identifier being associated with the smart device; and
generate one or more signals configured to cause the reader device, a peripheral device, or both, to perform a tangible action based at least in part on processing the payload data.