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Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2009
Applicants:

Loc Duc Nguyen, Berkeley, CA (US);

Chris S. Nelson, Foster City, CA (US);

Charles Quach, Pacifica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Loc Duc Nguyen, Berkeley, CA (US);

Chris S. Nelson, Foster City, CA (US);

Charles Quach, Pacifica, CA (US);

Assignee:

Visa International Service Association, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06Q 20/00 (2012.01); G06Q 40/00 (2012.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


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