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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Signature Systems Llc, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Inventor:
Richard Postrel, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Signature Systems LLC, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2012.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/34 (2013.01); G06Q 20/341 (2013.01); G06Q 20/105 (2013.01); G06Q 20/204 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0223 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0224 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0227 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0229 (2013.01); G06Q 40/00 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0233 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0231 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3574 (2013.01); G06Q 20/387 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0239 (2013.01);
Abstract
A portable hand-held multi-function device, such as a smart card or other peripheral device, and method of using same for purchase transactions. The device has processing circuitry, program storage, data memory, and a user input device. A plurality of transaction applications are stored in the data memory. The processing circuitry is programmed via instructions in the program storage to use, as a result of a user selection received via the user input device, one of the plurality of transaction applications for making payment for a purchase from a merchant in a purchase transaction.