- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for completing credit card transactions from an MST and NFC capable module affixed to a smart phone, a mobile wallet, a personal digital assistant or the cases for same
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Application No.: US16880697Application Date: 2020-05-21
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Publication No.: US11023882B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Peter Garrett
- Applicant: Peter Garrett
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Peter Garrett
- Current Assignee: Peter Garrett
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Lamon Patent Services
- Agent Cynthia S. Lamon
- Main IPC: G06Q20/32
- IPC: G06Q20/32 ; G06Q20/36 ; G06Q20/22 ; H04B5/00 ; G06Q20/20

Abstract:
A workaround for smartphone manufacturers locking out certain uses of NFC technology is presented as a system for the completion of wireless credit card transactions using an auxiliary electronics module affixed to a personal digital assistant or smart phone wherein the electronics module is enabled with 2 types of wireless credit card transaction technologies. One of the technologies is NFC and the other is MST. The auxiliary electronics module is enabled to perform an NFC or an MST transactions based on the phones locked status and or the POS capability. The affixed electronics module communicating with the device to which it is affixed with BLE wireless technology.
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