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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2004
Michael Karns, Exeter, RI (US);
Nigel Beaney, Bucks, GB;
M. John Mathieu, Greenville, RI (US);
Miroslaw Kula, Cranston, RI (US);
Michael Karns, Exeter, RI (US);
Nigel Beaney, Bucks, GB;
M. John Mathieu, Greenville, RI (US);
Miroslaw Kula, Cranston, RI (US);
GTECH Rhode Island Corporation, West Greenwich, RI (US);
Abstract
An electronic payment system and method facilitates electronic commerce through controlled transfer of identification and value representations to wireless devices. The system includes a payment collection apparatus and a transaction apparatus, and provides for representation of user and transaction information via machine-readable indicia. In one embodiment, the machine-readable indicia is a barcode. The present invention is useful in such example applications as credit transactions, lottery system operations, and mobile top up applications.