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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Christopher J. Bierbaum, Overland Park, KS (US);
Kevin Zhu, Overland Park, KS (US);
Christopher J. Bierbaum, Overland Park, KS (US);
Kevin Zhu, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A system is provided for using a transit card application for providing access to a fare gate. The system includes a server and a mobile device. The mobile device determines whether a balance on the transit card application is below a threshold, and requests an approval for a balance increase from the server in response to determining that the balance on the transit card application is below the threshold. The server determines whether a predetermined payment source has sufficient value for the balance increase in response to the request for the approval from the mobile device, and approves the request in response to determining that the predetermined payment source has sufficient value for the balance increase. The mobile device promotes increasing the balance on the transit card application in response to the approval by the server.