Apple Mobile Payment System 'Transaction' - an iPhone-based eWallet
Apple's patent is directed to various techniques for conducting peer-to-peer financial exchanges using a handheld, portable electronic device - which for the sake of simplicity is represented throughout several transaction-based patents - as the iPhone.
The iPhone may integrate several functionalities for performing peer-to-peer transactions, including the storing information representation a user's payment accounts and crediting accounts, acquiring and sending payment information, and obtaining payment authorization.
Apple even names the app "Transaction" in the patent application and details how it might be used. This flowchart shows how one might pay for a bill at a restaurant using the application:
The patent applications for this system were originally filed in late 2008.
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> YES
"transaction in progress..."
"10% battery power remaini... "
*dead*
However, put in some type of security to verify it's me (heartbeat monitor patent perhaps?) and I'm all in.
"would you like to buy this $2,000 item?'
> YES
"transaction in progress..."
"10% battery power remaini... "
*dead*
:eek::D I truly lol'ed. I can just imagine that happening.
Does apple plan to use the iPhone as a "be all, end all" device? :eek:
Yes.
Posted from my iPad.
It was only a matter of time...
You mean, it's about time.The Japanese have had this for years. :p
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