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US 8,770,470 B2Granted
Device including form factor indicator
AssigneeVisa U.S.A. Inc.
InventorsAyman Hammad, Brian Maw
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Abstract
A consumer device is disclosed. The device comprises a body, and a memory comprising a computer readable medium disposed on or within the body. The computer readable medium comprises a form factor indicator element coupled to the body. The form factor indicator element indicates the form factor for the consumer device.
Claims20
A consumer device comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a memory comprising a computer readable medium disposed on or within the body, the computer readable medium comprising code for a form factor indicator coupled to the body, the form factor indicator indicating whether the consumer device is a full size card, a mini card, a micro tag, a mobile device, a PDA, a pager, a watch, a transponder, a keychain device, a key fob, or a desktop computer terminal.
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a server computer, a first authorization request message comprising a first form factor indicator element, wherein the first form factor indicator element indicates a first form of a first consumer device used to conduct a first transaction, wherein the first form is one of a full size card, a mini card, a micro tag, a mobile device, a PDA, a pager, a watch, a transponder, a keychain device, a key fob, or a desktop computer terminal;
- analyzing the first authorization request message;
- performing first additional processing based on the first form factor indicator element;
- receiving, at the server computer, a second authorization request message comprising a second form factor indicator element, wherein the second form factor indicator element indicates a second form of a second consumer device used to conduct a second transaction, wherein the first form is different than the second form;
- analyzing the second authorization request message;
- and
- performing second additional processing based on the second form factor indicator element, wherein the first additional processing is different than the second additional processing.
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A server computer having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed by a processor to implement a method comprising:
- receiving a first authorization request message comprising a first form factor indicator element, wherein the first form factor indicator element indicates a first form of a first consumer device used to conduct a first transaction, wherein the first form is one of a full size card, a mini card, a micro tag, a mobile device, a PDA, a pager, a watch, a transponder, a keychain device, a key fob, or a desktop computer terminal;
- analyzing the first authorization request message;
- performing first additional processing based on the first form factor indicator element;
- receiving a second authorization request message comprising a second form factor indicator element, wherein the second form factor indicator element indicates a second form of a second consumer device used to conduct a second transaction, wherein the second form is different than the first form;
- analyzing the second authorization request message;
- and
- performing second additional processing based on the second form factor indicator element.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining a portable consumer device comprising a body, and a memory comprising a computer readable medium disposed on or within the body, the computer readable medium comprising code for a form factor indicator element coupled to the body, the form factor indicator element indicating whether the consumer device is a full size card, a mini card, a micro tag, a mobile device, a PDA, a pager, a watch, a transponder, a keychain device, a key fob, or a desktop computer terminal;
- and
- using the portable consumer device to interact with an access device, wherein the access device thereafter generates and sends an authorization request message to an issuer associated with the portable consumer device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.