ELECTRONIC PAYMENT INSTRUMENT AND PACKAGING
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1. An electronic payment device arrangement for use by a consumer, the device arrangement comprising:
- a transceiver identifiable by a code;
an attachment coupled with the transceiver and configured to attach the transceiver to a carrier; and
packaging removably coupled with the transceiver, the packaging being configured to display the transceiver for sale at a device purchase location.
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Abstract
Methods and systems provide and utilize a transceiver-based electronic payment device to consumers in an arrangement which allows for convenient carrying of the device and payment using the device.
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39 Claims
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1. An electronic payment device arrangement for use by a consumer, the device arrangement comprising:
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a transceiver identifiable by a code; an attachment coupled with the transceiver and configured to attach the transceiver to a carrier; and packaging removably coupled with the transceiver, the packaging being configured to display the transceiver for sale at a device purchase location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electronic payment device arrangement for use by a consumer, the device arrangement comprising:
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a transceiving means identifiable by a code; an attachment means coupled with the transceiving means and configured to attach the transceiving means to a carrying means; and a packaging means removably coupled with the transceiving means, the packaging means being configured to display the transceiving means for sale at a device purchase location. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for electronic payment, the system comprising:
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a plurality of payment device arrangements, each comprising; at least one transceiver, an attachment coupled with the at least one transceiver and configured to attach the at least one transceiver to a carrier, and packaging removably coupled with the at least one transceiver and configured to display the at least one transceiver for sale at a device purchase location; a reader configured to; receive from the at least one transceiver a signal comprising a code being at least one of a set of codes and associated with the at least one transceiver and an account, and transmit the received code and an instruction to a host system; the host system being communicatively coupled with the reader and configured to; receive the transmitted code and the transmitted instruction from the reader, and perform a function according to the transmitted instruction using the transmitted code and a function attribute; and a database communicatively coupled with the host system and configured to store the set of codes and a table, the table comprising a set of related attributes for each of the set of codes, the function attribute being at least one of the set of related attributes. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for updating attributes relating to an electronic payment apparatus, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of electronic payment device arrangements, each comprising; at least one transceiver, an attachment coupled with the at least one transceiver and configured to attach the at least one transceiver to a carrier, and packaging removably coupled with the at least one transceiver and configured to display the at least one transceiver for sale at a device purchase location. receiving an instruction and a signal, the signal being transmitted from the at least one transceiver and comprising a code, the code being one of a set of codes each associated with the at least one transceiver and an account; updating a set of related attributes as instructed by the instruction, wherein the set of related attributes relates to the at least one transceiver associated with the code. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for distributing an electronic payment apparatus for sale, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of electronic payment device arrangements, each arrangement comprising; at least one transceiver; an attachment coupled with the at least one transceiver and configured to attach the at least one transceiver to a carrier, and packaging removably coupled with the at least one transceiver and configured to display the at least one transceiver for sale at a device purchase location; displaying the plurality of arrangements on a display apparatus for sale at the device purchase location; and distributing at least one of the plurality of arrangements to a consumer upon purchase by the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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