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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Todd O. Burger, Lexington, MA (US);
Rob Cohen, Sudbury, MA (US);
Karlin Jessen, Reading, MA (US);
Joshua Hassol, Lexington, MA (US);
Stuart Lipoff, Newton, MA (US);
Todd O. Burger, Lexington, MA (US);
Rob Cohen, Sudbury, MA (US);
Karlin Jessen, Reading, MA (US);
Joshua Hassol, Lexington, MA (US);
Stuart Lipoff, Newton, MA (US);
Chameleon Network Inc., Concord, MA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment an apparatus includes a housing; a user authenticator, supported by the housing, that authenticates an identity of a user; at least one memory, supported by the housing, that stores transaction information for at least first and second media; and at least one output, supported by the housing, that releases at least a portion of the transaction information to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal after the user authenticator has authenticated the identity of the user. In another embodiment, a method involves steps of: storing transaction information for at least first and second media in a memory of a device; receiving as input a user's selection of one of the at least first and second media; displaying a visual indication to the user regarding which of the at least first and second media has been selected; and transferring at least a portion of the transaction information from the device to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal.