Electronic wallet ready to pay timer

US7967196B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Christopher J. Bierbaum · Overland Park, US
• Allison A. DiMartino · Overland Park, US
• Robert Howard Miller · Leawood, US
• Elizabeth Roche · Prairie Village, US
• Jason K. Whitney · Lee's Summit, US
• Kevin Zhu · Overland Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/363
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile device having a time controlled electronic wallet is disclosed. The mobile device comprises a processor and an electronic wallet application that executes on the processor. The electronic wallet application enters a ready-to-pay mode, initiates a ready-to-pay timer when entering the ready-to-pay mode, transmits the confidential information when in the ready-to-pay mode based on receiving contactless communication, and leaves the ready-to-pay mode when the ready-to-pay timer expires.