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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Thomas Woonyoung Ko, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
Makoto Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Pramod Chintalapoodi, San Diego, CA (US);
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Various aspects of a method and system for authentication of a virtual currency instrument for a monetary transaction are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, the method includes activation of a software module different from a payment application at an electronic device. An authentication of secure information, which is read through the payment application by the software module, is performed at the electronic device. Output of an authentication result occurs at the electronic device based on the authentication from the software module for the monetary transaction.