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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Applicant:
Simon Blythe, Ely, GB;
Inventor:
Simon Blythe, Ely, GB;
Assignee:
Mastercard International, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2012.01); G06Q 40/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention advantageously combines communications aspects of mobile devices with financial transaction system capabilities in a novel manner. This advantageous combination enables a user to automatically initiate a financial transaction with a merchant upon the user being located in a particular geographic vicinity. Numerous types of transactions can be enabled using the present invention.