Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Allowing Payment Cards Issued for Only Limited Duration Use to be Reused Multiple Times to Reduce the Overall Cost of Issuance
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
- issuing a recyclable contactless payment device to a first patron of a venue;
facilitating said first patron using said contactless payment device at said venue;
facilitating said first patron returning said contactless payment device for recycling;
deactivating and storing said contactless payment device; and
repeating said issuing and facilitating using steps for at least a second patron of said venue, with said recyclable contactless payment device.
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Abstract
A recyclable contactless payment device is issued to a first patron of a venue. Use of the contactless payment device at the venue by the first patron is facilitated, as is return of the contactless payment device by the first patron for recycling. The contactless payment device is deactivated and stored. The issuing and facilitation of use are repeated for at least a second patron of the venue, with the same recyclable contactless payment device.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
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issuing a recyclable contactless payment device to a first patron of a venue; facilitating said first patron using said contactless payment device at said venue; facilitating said first patron returning said contactless payment device for recycling; deactivating and storing said contactless payment device; and repeating said issuing and facilitating using steps for at least a second patron of said venue, with said recyclable contactless payment device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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means for issuing a recyclable contactless payment device to a first patron of a venue; means for facilitating said first patron using said contactless payment device at said venue; means for facilitating said first patron returning said contactless payment device for recycling; means for deactivating and storing said contactless payment device; and means for repeating said issuing, facilitating using, and facilitating returning steps for at least a second patron of said venue, with said recyclable contactless payment device. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory; a network interface; at least one processor, coupled to said memory and said network interface; and a plurality of distinct software modules embodied on at least one tangible computer readable recordable storage medium, said modules comprising a return detection module, a refund module, a balance and preference database module, and a deactivation module; wherein said distinct software modules, when loaded into said memory, cause said at least one processor to be operative to; store first user preference information in said balance and preference database module, said first user preference information being associated with a recyclable contactless payment device issued to a first patron of a venue; after said first patron has used said contactless payment device at said venue, detect, by executing said return detection module and communication over said network interface, that said first patron has returned said recyclable contactless payment device for recycling and that said recyclable contactless payment device returned for recycling by said first patron is genuine; detect, by executing said refund module interfacing with said balance and preference database module, that a remaining balance exists and is to be disposed of in accordance with said first user preference information; deactivate said recyclable contactless payment device by executing said deactivation module; dispose of said remaining balance of said recyclable contactless payment device in accordance with said preference information by executing said refund module; and store second user preference information in said balance and preference database module, said second user preference information being associated with said recyclable contactless payment device in connection with issue of said recyclable contactless payment device to a second patron of said venue. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer program product comprising a tangible computer readable recordable storage medium, said tangible computer readable recordable storage medium embodying computer usable program code configured such that, when executed by at least one hardware processor, said computer usable program code causes said at least one hardware processor to:
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store first user preference information in a balance and preference database, said first user preference information being associated with a recyclable contactless payment device issued to a first patron of a venue; after said first patron has used said contactless payment device at said venue, detect that said first patron has returned said recyclable contactless payment device for recycling and that said recyclable contactless payment device returned for recycling by said first patron is genuine; detect that a remaining balance exists and is to be disposed of in accordance with said first user preference information; deactivate said recyclable contactless payment device; dispose of said remaining balance of said recyclable contactless payment device in accordance with said preference information; and store second user preference information in said balance and preference database, said second user preference information being associated with said recyclable contactless payment device in connection with issue of said recyclable contactless payment device to a second patron of said venue.
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