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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2012
Peter D. Saunders, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Lesley Leggatt, Glendale, AZ (US);
I-hsin Chuang, Brooklyn, NY (US);
John J. OH, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Peter D. Saunders, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Lesley Leggatt, Glendale, AZ (US);
I-Hsin Chuang, Brooklyn, NY (US);
John J. Oh, Jersey City, NJ (US);
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for enabling access to mass transit systems using a financial transaction instrument including reading an identifier including financial payment information from the financial transaction instrument and determining whether the identifier is stored in a database. Access to a holder of the financial transaction instrument is provided based on the determining.