Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for electronic geocaching
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Application No.: US13948588Application Date: 2013-07-23
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Publication No.: US10685345B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Patrick James Hunt
- Applicant: MasterCard International Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US NY Purchase
- Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Purchase
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q20/32
- IPC: G06Q20/32 ; G06Q30/02 ; G06Q20/38

Abstract:
A method and system for transferring electronic units of value to a mobile device using a computer device coupled to a database are provided. The method includes establishing a transfer account associated with the mobile device, initiating, by the mobile device, a transfer of an identifier encoded in a geo.Chip to the mobile device, receiving, by the mobile device, the identifier and a geolocation of the mobile device, transmitting the received identifier and geolocation for verification of the identifier using the geolocation, and receiving, by the mobile device, an indication of the units of value associated with the geo.Chip location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150032527A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC GEOCACHING Public/Granted day:2015-01-29
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