BRIDGE DEVICE FOR LINKING WIRELESS PROTOCOLS

摘要

A bridge device acts as a link between generic wireless protocols of mobile devices and available communication components of access devices. The bridge device can be an attachment to existing access devices and enables a transaction using any available communication components on an access device and a bridge device mobile application on a mobile device. The bridge device notifies the mobile device which communication components are available for the transaction. The mobile device then sends a selection of a communication component to the bridge device. To conduct the transaction, the bridge device converts data received from the mobile device and sends it to the access device using a protocol compatible with the selected communication component. The bridge device also converts data received from the access device and sends it to the mobile device using a generic wireless protocol supported by the mobile device.

主权项

1. A bridge device comprising:
a processor; an antenna coupled to the processor; a computer-readable medium coupled to the processor, the computer-readable medium comprising code, executable by the processor, for performing a method comprising: establishing a wireless connection with a mobile device of a user conducting a transaction; determining one or more available communication components of an access device; notifying, over the wireless connection, the mobile device of the one or more available communication components; receiving, from the mobile device over the wireless connection, a response including a selection of a first communication component from the one or more available communication components; communicating the selection to the access device; sending, to the mobile device over the wireless connection, a request to initiate a transaction using the first communication component; receiving, from the mobile device over the wireless connection, a message including transaction data for conducting the transaction using the first communication component; converting the message including the transaction data to be compatible with the first communication component; and providing the converted message including the transaction data to the access device, wherein the access device transmits an authorization request including the transaction data to a server computer for authorization.