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| 20100332387 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Allowing Payment Cards Issued for Only Limited Duration Use to be Reused Multiple Times to Reduce the Overall Cost of Issuance - A recyclable contactless payment device is issued to a first patron of a venue. Use of the contactless payment device at the venue by the first patron is facilitated, as is return of the contactless payment device by the first patron for recycling. The contactless payment device is deactivated and stored. The issuing and facilitation of use are repeated for at least a second patron of the venue, with the same recyclable contactless payment device. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20130066749 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSUMER TRANSACTIONS USING VOICE OR HUMAN BASED GESTURE ACTIONS - A method of initiating a consumer transaction using a human interaction device to read voice or human based gesture actions is disclosed. Video data is transmitted from a processing device to a display device. The video is monitoring for event data corresponding to a plurality of consumer products or services, and monitored event data is received in the processing device. A consumer is notified on the display device of an eligible consumer transaction. Voice or human based gesture actions are read with a human interaction device and are analyzed. If the voice or human based gesture actions conform to a predetermined set of requirements, then a consumer transaction for the plurality of consumer products or services is initiated. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20140046848 | AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION AND GENERATION OF CONSUMER PAYMENT CREDENTIALS USING INTERNET-CONNECTED APPLIANCES - Systems, apparatus and methods for allowing cardholders to conveniently and securely purchase items online using an Internet-connected appliance. An Internet-connected appliance reads payment account data from a cardholder payment device and transmits a cardholder registration request to a gateway server. The Internet-connected appliance receives a cardholder verification request, prompts the cardholder to respond, transmits the response, receives a cardholder authentication message, and then stores the cardholder payment account data in a dedicated storage element. In an implementation, the Internet-connected appliance receives a purchase instruction for an online purchase, automatically generates and transmits a purchase transaction request, receives a purchase transaction response, and provides the purchase transaction response to the cardholder. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140258108 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION AND CONSUMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT - In one aspect, processing a product authentication transaction using a transaction terminal includes reading a secure token having a data value corresponding with a product item, determining that the data value is a valid data value corresponding with the product item, and providing an indication that the product item is authentic if the data value is a valid data value corresponding to the product item. In another aspect, processing a product authentication transaction using a terminal connected to a payment network includes reading a secure token having a data value corresponding with a product item, transmitting the data value to an authentication processor, receiving an authentication response from the authentication processor, the authentication response comprising an determination that the data value is a valid data value corresponding to the product item, and providing an indication that the product item is authentic based on the authentication response. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20150112869 | Methods and Systems for Use in Online Transactions - A method of enabling the creation of a wallet entry in a digital wallet, wherein the wallet entry is for use in completing online transactions. The method comprises associating a local device with a network portal, using the local device to obtain card data relating to a card, encrypting the card data on the local device, and transmitting the encrypted card data from the local device to a remote server by means of the network portal. The remote server is arranged to decrypt the card data and use the card data to create the wallet entry. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150121405 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISSEMINATING FUNCTIONALITY TO A TARGET DEVICE - A method of disseminating a digital wallet to a target device is described. The method comprises searching, with a searching device, on a local network for the target device, and pushing the digital wallet to the target device. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150121411 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING INTERACTION VIA AN INTERACTIVE TELEVISION - A method of providing interaction options to a user of a device is described. The device is capable of receiving broadcast content from a broadcaster and content via a network. The method comprises receiving, at the device, both broadcast content and a call-to-action related to the broadcast content. The call-to-action is received via a network. The method includes presenting the broadcast content and the call-to-action to the user, receiving a trigger signal from the user in response to the call-to-action, and initiating, in response to the trigger signal, an interaction over the network between the user and a call-to-action party associated with the call-to-action. The method enables an interaction to be established between the user and the call-to-action party regardless of whether the call-to-action party is the same entity as or a different entity to the broadcaster. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150348334 | TRAVEL DATA OF TRANSPORT SYSTEM USERS - A method of generating travel data by a mobile device of a user of a transport system includes the mobile device receiving data transmitted from one or more beacons of the transport system; and generating travel data in dependence on the data received from the one or more beacons. The travel data is representative of the user's use of the transport system. The travel data may be used to reduce the burden on a user and to improve the services provided to a user. | 12-03-2015 |
