PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS INITIATED VIA A USER'S SHOE
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1. A method comprising:
- wearing a shoe on a user'"'"'s foot, the shoe incorporating a proximity payment device; and
bringing the shoe into proximity with a proximity reader to make or evidence a payment.
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Abstract
A method includes wearing a shoe on a user'"'"'s foot. The shoe incorporates a proximity payment device. The method also includes bringing the shoe into proximity with a proximity reader to make or evidence a payment.
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1. A method comprising:
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wearing a shoe on a user'"'"'s foot, the shoe incorporating a proximity payment device; and bringing the shoe into proximity with a proximity reader to make or evidence a payment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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defining an entrance to a transit system; defining a path to said entrance; and installing at least one proximity reader beneath said path, said at least one proximity reader for reading data from proximity payment devices worn by transit users. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a floor; a housing adjacent the floor and presenting a vertical surface joined to the floor and extending upwardly from the floor; and a proximity reader mounted in the housing behind the vertical surface and adjacent a level of the floor. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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