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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2009
Loc Duc Nguyen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Chris S. Nelson, Foster City, CA (US);
Charles Quach, Pacifica, CA (US);
Loc Duc Nguyen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Chris S. Nelson, Foster City, CA (US);
Charles Quach, Pacifica, CA (US);
Visa International Service Association, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method to be implemented using a computer system, the method comprising the steps of providing a resource database that specifies locations of resources for use by consumers, receiving a location communication originated by a mobile consumer device associated with a consumer at a time temporally proximate a time when the consumer accesses a resource where the location communication indicates the location of the consumer device and using the location of the consumer device indicated in the communication to update the resource database.