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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Joshua Monroe, Wentzville, MO (US);
Inventor:
Joshua Monroe, Wentzville, MO (US);
Assignee:
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/00 (2012.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3223 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for a contactless payment enabled smartphone in which a user can toggle between multiple payment methods, i.e. multiple different credit/debit card accounts, by predefined user actions, alone or in combination with the act of changing the physical orientation of the smartphone, and complete a payment transaction using the selected payment method via a contactless, wireless transmission.