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PORTABLE E-WALLET AND UNIVERSAL CARD

  • US 20130200999A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Published: 08/08/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of configuring a universal card to emulate a key card, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by a mobile computing device, a request to configure a universal card as a key card;

    establishing a short range communication link between the mobile computing device and the universal card;

    communicating an identifier of the mobile computing device to the universal card, wherein the universal card is configured to determine whether the mobile computing device is authorized to request configuration of the universal card a key card based on the identifier;

    prompting, by the mobile computing device, a user of the mobile computing device for authentication information;

    determining whether the authentication information is valid; and

    in response to determining that the authentication information is valid, sending the request to configure the universal card as a key card from the mobile computing device to the universal card, wherein the universal card comprises a secure element having key card information stored therein and one or more dynamic data communication mechanisms, and wherein the universal card is configured to configure at least one of the one or more dynamic data communication mechanisms to pass the key card information to a key card reader in response to receiving the request to configure the universal card as a key card.

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