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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Yeon-hee Roh, Seoul, KR;
Eun-young Lim, Seoul, KR;
Young-shil Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-woo Ko, Uiwang-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for using a device to determine an item, such as, for example, a card based on an interaction environment, such as, for example, a settlement environment, are provided. The method by which a device determines a card to be used in a settlement includes: acquiring a card use history of a card, which is stored in the device; acquiring information which relates to a settlement environment of the device; determining a card to be used in the settlement, based on the acquired information relating to the settlement environment and the acquired card use history; and providing settlement information which relates to the determined card to a point of sale (POS) terminal.