Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wireless devices for storing a financial account card and methods for storing card data in a wireless device
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Application No.: US13188178Application Date: 2011-07-21
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Publication No.: US08528812B2Publication Date: 2013-09-10
- Inventor: Gregory M. Gannon
- Applicant: Gregory M. Gannon
- Applicant Address: US VA McLean
- Assignee: Capital One Financial Corporation
- Current Assignee: Capital One Financial Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US VA McLean
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06K5/00
- IPC: G06K5/00 ; G06Q40/00
Abstract:
A wireless device is enabled to receive a financial account card that is inserted into a card slot of the wireless device. The wireless device reads card data from the financial account card when it is inserted into the slot and programs an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag or a memory included in the wireless device. The wireless device may then be used to provide payment by transmitting the card data via radio frequency to a nearby RFID reader using the RFID tag. The financial account card may also be ejected from the wireless device and swiped by a magnetic card reader.
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