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Real-time balance on a mobile phone

  • US 8,452,257 B2
  • Filed: 03/23/2012
  • Issued: 05/28/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of encoding a current balance on a mobile phone, the method comprising:

  • storing an account identifier on a non-volatile programmable memory;

    transmitting, with a wireless transceiver, transaction data associated with a transaction to a point of sale device, the transaction data comprising the account identifier;

    receiving, with the wireless transceiver, real-time balance information regarding a current balance of an account associated with the account identifier; and

    encoding, with a processor, the current balance in the non-volatile programmable memory on the mobile phone,wherein the real-time balance information comprises a transaction amount representing an amount of a last transaction completed using the mobile phone;

    wherein the last transaction amount is subtracted from a previous balance using the processor; and

    wherein the result of the subtraction comprises the current balance.

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