A contactless credential reader which is arranged to be installed in a rearward portion of a passenger seat of a transportation vehicle, such as an aircraft, in which the reader is arranged to be capable of being installed as either a rear mount or as a front mount.

A method for crediting a customer account maintained by a vendor of services in response to payment received from a customer is disclosed herein. The method includes issuing, to the customer, a membership account number associated with at least the customer account. A membership account number and a payment corresponding to a requested amount of a service offered by the vendor are received from the customer at a point-of-sale. The method further includes generating, at the point-of-sale, an authorization message including at least the membership account number and embedded transaction information identifying the service offered by the vendor and the requested amount. The embedded transaction information is then communicated from the point-of-sale to a database server. The customer account is credited, in response to the embedded transaction information, based upon an amount of the payment. The method also includes electronically transferring funds based upon the amount of the payment from a first account associated with the point-of-sale to a second account associated with the vendor.

An identity management device and system. The device comprises a processor operably coupled to a memory, a display, and a communication interface. The device can have stored thereupon instructions that, when executed by processor, cause the processor to implement a user device interface configured to receive, from user device through the communication interface and store in the memory, at least one identification record comprising visually depictable identification data and a user interface configured to update the display to depict the visually depictable identification data. The identification record can comprise authentication data. Authentication data can be displayed on the device or securely transmitted.

Systems, methods, articles of manufacture, and computer-readable media for verified reviews. An application may receive an indication to generate a review. An application programming interface (API) of the application may receive, from a communications interface of a contactless card, encrypted data generated by the contactless card. The API of the application may transmit, to an authentication server: the encrypted data, an indication of the application, and an identifier associated with the entity. The API of the application may receive indications specifying that the authentication server decrypted the encrypted data and determined that the contactless card was used to make a purchase with the entity. The application may permit, based on the indications received from the authentication server, generation of the review. The application may publish the review to one or more review platforms associated with the application.

Provided is a wearable device, including a base configured to be worn by a user, at least one data element at least partially positioned on or within the base and programmed or configured to have account data stored thereon, and at least one antenna including an open circuit, the at least one antenna at least partially positioned on or within the base and configured to transmit at least a portion of the account data and receive at least a portion of transaction data from at least one target device when the open circuit of the antenna is closed and becomes powered by at least one power source. Other expressions are also disclosed.

The invention relates to a card vending machine and a method for operating the same. The vending machine dispenses cards that contain electronically stored data, which are read in and processed by downstream systems, such as access control systems, vending systems, parking systems, and other systems. The vending machine is tamper-resistant and is equipped with a continuous glass panel, areas of which serve as a graphic user interface. The vending machine communicates with a central server.

A device comprising a physical support and an electronic chip supported by the support and comprising a memory module and a processor configured to implement a computer program configured to produce a result from data. The device further comprises a display module configured to display the result and a radio antenna configured to receive at least one electromagnetic signal configured to electrically supply the display module. The data comprises at least one item of static data, stored in a non-transient memory and an item of dynamic data, circulating in a transient memory. The dynamic data is received by the device through the at least one electromagnetic signal and the at least one electromagnetic signal is received by the device from at least one communication device.

Pre-authorized communication services and/or transactions are provided via a plurality of networks in response to a request received from a user to provide at least one of a communication service, a transaction and user account information via a plurality of networks of different types. Prior to processing the request, there is verification of the user's authorization to receive the at least one of the communication service, the transaction, and the user account information, and that an account associated with the user has a sufficient amount currently available for payment of the at least one of the communication service and the transaction. After verification, an authorized account associated with the user is charged in real time as the at least one of the communication service and the transaction is provided.

The invention discloses a method for operating an e-purse, relating to the information security field. The method includes that a CPU card enters into a contactless induction area of a terminal, is powered up and initialized, receives an operation initializing instruction from the terminal, reads and stores data comprising transaction amount in the operation initializing instruction, and performs the related operation. The operation initializing instruction is a complex loading initializing instruction or a purchase initializing instruction. The data comprises transaction amount.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device, system, methods and components related to a modular card. Example components of the modular card include a thin rectangular rear plate, a thin rectangular front plate overlying the rear plate, a first plurality of fasteners fixed to the thin rectangular front plate, a second plurality of fasteners fixed to the thin rectangular rear plate, the second plurality of fasteners being configured to be removably engaged with the first plurality of fasteners; a magnetic strip, and/or an integrated circuit. In operation a user may remove and/or replace various components to customize the modular card. Some customizations include altering the accounts to which the modular card relates. In some example, the modular card may include components which relate to different accounts.