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Transit account management with mobile device messaging

  • US 10,121,288 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2014
  • Issued: 11/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of initializing a mobile device for use as a fare media at access points of a transit system, comprising:

  • providing a transit mobile application to a near field communication (NFC) enabled mobile device;

    receiving initialization information from the NFC enabled mobile device via a network;

    creating an account for a user of the NFC enabled mobile device;

    generating an identification code registering the NFC enabled mobile device for use with the transit system;

    associating the identification code with the account;

    communicating the identification code to the NFC enabled mobile device for subsequent storage on a secured memory of the NFC enabled mobile device;

    activating an NFC functionality of the NFC enabled mobile device by sending a command containing initial activation information to the NFC enabled mobile device that unlocks the NFC functionality for use with the transit mobile application to initialize the NFC enabled mobile device for use as a transit media at access control points of the transit system such that an NFC interface of the NFC enabled mobile device is operable to communicate the identification code to an access control point of the transit system.

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