Mobile payments using proximity based peer to peer communication and an intent to pay gesture

摘要

The disclosure generally relates to mobile payments using proximity based peer to peer (P2P) communication and an intent to pay gesture. In particular a mobile device may detect a distinctive intent to pay gesture from one or more signals generated with one or more sensors on the mobile device. For example the signals may indicate that the mobile device was gestured against a passive target that may resonate to indicate that the intent to pay gesture was made. The mobile device may then receive transaction details over a proximal P2P connection in response to detecting the intent to pay gesture and send a message over the proximal P2P connection to complete the mobile payment in response to receiving an input confirming the transaction details. Furthermore the passive target may be constructed to produce a distinct resonant response that can be used to identify the passive target (e.g. using a microphone on the mobile device).