MOBILE WALLET DETECTION AT A CONTACTLESS POINT OF SALE TERMINAL

摘要

Technologies for mobile wallet detection include a mobile communication device implementing a mobile wallet and a point-of-sale terminal. During a transaction, the mobile communication device and the point-of-sale terminal initiate a near-field communication connection, and identification data indicating the type of the mobile wallet is transmitted to the point-of-sale terminal. The identification data may describe the mobile wallet and/or the mobile communication device. The point-of-sale terminal determines the type of the mobile wallet without relying on a third party such as a backend card processor. The point-of-sale terminal identifies offers for services or discounts that may be applied to the purchase transaction based on the type of the mobile wallet. The point-of-sale terminal may transmit the offers to the mobile communication device, which may allow the user to accept the offers. Offers may be determined by querying a third-party offering service. Other embodiments are described and claimed.