Wearable financial indicator

A method for indicating financial information to a customer and providing payment information to a point of sale terminal during a transaction, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a communication device of a wearable article, a first radio frequency (RF) field that powers a voltage regulator and an energy storage element of the wearable article;
• storing power received from the first RF field by the energy storage element;
• turning on, by a processing device of the wearable article, in response to the communicating device receiving the first RF field;
• receiving a financial indicator from a remote device by the processing device, the financial indicator indicating a current balance of one or more accounts associated with the customer;
• processing, by the processing device, the financial indicator to determine the financial information;
• powering the user output device and the processing device by the energy storage element through the voltage regulator from power received from the first RF field and stored by the energy storage element, wherein the user output device comprises:
• a multi-color light emitting diode (LED) powered by the energy storage element, wherein the multi-color LED displays a color based on a series of voltages applied to the multi-color LED;
• and
• an LED control circuit configured to receive a comparison value representing a comparison between the current balance and a pre-established threshold of available funds from a pre-established profile, and to adjust the series of voltages for the multi-color LED based on the received comparison value, thereby updating the color of the multi-color LED;
• wherein the method further comprises:
• determining at least one pre-established threshold from the pre-established profile accessed from the memory device;
• performing a comparison between the current balance and the at least one pre-established threshold, thereby resulting in a comparison value, and
• communicating, to the LED control circuit of the user output device, the comparison value;
• communicating instructions, to the LED control circuit of the user output device, the instructions configured to cause the LED control circuit to adjust the series of voltages to update the given color of the multi-color LED based on the value;
• receiving, by the processing device and from a communication device, a signal from a point of sale device requesting payment information after the customer has initiated a transaction with the point of sale device;
• storing, by a memory device of the wearable device, account information corresponding to one or more accounts owned by the customer;
• reading, by the processing device, account information stored in the memory device of the wearable device;
• and
• causing, by the processing device, the communication device to transmit the account information to the point of sale terminal in response to the request.

A computer program product configured for indicating financial information to a customer and providing payment information to a point of sale terminal during a transaction, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions stored therein, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

• instructions for receiving, by a communication device of a wearable article, a first radio frequency (RF) field that powers a voltage regulator and an energy storage element of the wearable article;
• instructions for storing power received from the first RF field by the energy storage element;
• instructions for turning on, by a processing device of the wearable article, in response to the communicating device receiving the first RF field;
• instructions for receiving a financial indicator from a remote device by the processing device, the financial indicator indicating a current balance of one or more accounts associated with the customer;
• instructions for processing, by the processing device, the financial indicator to determine the financial information;
• instructions for powering the user output device and the processing device by the energy storage element through the voltage regulator from power received from the first RF field and stored by the energy storage element, wherein the user output device comprises:
• a multi-color light emitting diode (LED) powered by the energy storage element, wherein the multi-color LED displays a color based on a series of voltages applied to the multi-color LED;
• and
• an LED control circuit configured to receive a comparison value representing a comparison between the current balance and a pre-established threshold of available funds from a pre-established profile, and to adjust the series of voltages for the multi-color LED based on the received comparison value, thereby updating the color of the multi-color LED;
• the computer-executable instructions further comprising:
• instructions for determining at least one pre-established threshold from the pre-established profile accessed from the memory device;
• instructions for performing a comparison between the current balance and the at least one pre-established threshold, thereby resulting in a comparison value, and
• instructions for communicating, to the LED control circuit of the user output device, the comparison value;
• instructions for communicating instructions, to the LED control circuit of the user output device, the instructions configured to cause the LED control circuit to adjust the series of voltages to update the given color of the multi-color LED based on the value;
• instructions for receiving, by the processing device and from a communication device, a signal from a point of sale device requesting payment information after the customer has initiated a transaction with the point of sale device;
• instructions for storing, by a memory device of the wearable device, account information corresponding to one or more accounts owned by the customer;
• instructions for reading, by the processing device, account information stored in the memory device of the wearable device;
• and
• instructions for causing, by the processing device, the communication device to transmit the account information to the point of sale terminal in response to the request.