MAGNETIC POS ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES

摘要

A system, method and apparatus designed to activate and trigger a mobile commerce related application, interface and or menu of option and or to affect a process related to mobile commerce by using an activation device located at the Point of Sale (POS) which contains a magnetic or electromagnetic activator and a mobile device with one or more magnetic reed switches, reed relay switches or a Resonant Inductive Coupling Sensor (electrodynamic induction receiver coils).

主权项

1. A mobile device activation system for Point of Sale (POS) transactions comprised of a.) a mobile device such as a mobile phone or tablet, b.) one or more magnetic reed switches, reed relay switches or a Resonant Inductive Coupling Sensor (electrodynamic induction receiver coils) embedded within said mobile device or externally connected thereto, c.) a Point of Sale (POS) activation device and d.) a permanent magnet or an electromagnet embedded within said Point of Sale (POS) activation device which, when coupled with said mobile device, prepares the mobile device for use in a POS transaction by launching the appropriate application, the appropriate user interface and/or a token-handshake-interface such as an NFC transceiver, an on-screen token display, a camera for scanning a token presented by the merchant, or any other token-handshake-interface.