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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
May. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Ajay Bam, Cambridge, MA (US);
Damien Balsan, Belmont, MA (US);
Inventors:
Ajay Bam, Cambridge, MA (US);
Damien Balsan, Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 5/00 (2006.01); G07F 7/08 (2006.01); G06Q 20/28 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 7/08 (2013.01); G06Q 20/28 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01); G06Q 20/349 (2013.01); G06Q 20/355 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach is provided for managing one or more services corresponding to a reusable prepaid bearer tag (e.g., near field communication (NFC) tag, radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, contactless card, or barcode). A request to manage a service is initiated by reading service information from a reusable prepaid bearer tag corresponding to the one or more services.