US 2015/0317614 A1 · Methods and Systems for Payment with a Transponder

Abstract

A payment system is provided comprising a transponder, an associated account with account settings, and transponder reading equipment/systems for electronic toll collection and electronic entry into contests, sweepstakes, games, and/or lotteries. Methods are provided to facilitate use of a transponder, an account, and related transponder reading equipment to simultaneously pay a toll and facilitate purchase of a lottery ticket. An account may be debited for a toll and a contest, game, or lottery entry, and credited if one is won. The payment method and system may be used to purchase goods, such as gasoline, and to simultaneously electronically enter contests, sweepstakes, games, and/or lotteries. The purchase of goods/services with a vehicle-mounted transponder may also employ use of rounding amounts to facilitate the electronic purchase of game or lottery tickets or entry to other contests, games, or sweepstakes, wherein the rounding amounts may aggregate to comprise an award that may be won.

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Dependent claims

A payment system for paying tolls and electronically initiating participation in a lottery, contest, game, or sweepstakes, comprising:

a transponder;
a transponder reader capable of reading data from said transponder when located in a reading vicinity, wherein said transponder reader is configured to communicate with a computer or network of computers to facilitate toll collection;
an account associated with said transponder, wherein said account is maintained on a computer or network of computers;
executable program code configured on non-transitory computer readable medium that functions to facilitate payment, from said account, of a toll in at least one toll collecting system, said payment being caused when said transponder is read by said transponder reader;
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executable program code configured on non-transitory computer readable medium that functions to facilitate payment, from said account, to a gameplay authority to facilitate purchase of electronic entry into a lottery, contest, game, or sweepstakes, said payment being caused when said transponder is read by said transponder reader.

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A method of conducting a game, contest, or lottery comprising:

operating a computer or network of computers to provide electronic entry to at least one game, contest, or lottery,
wherein said computer or network of computers functions to facilitate an electronic entry purchase by use of an electronic toll collection system comprising a transponder, a transponder reader capable of reading data from said transponder, and an account associated with said transponder;
and
conducting on a computer or network of computers a game, contest, or lottery by determining a winner from the population comprising those having purchased an electronic entry.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Methods and Systems for Payment with a Transponder

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