Beverage holder having a chip unit for performing payment transactions
US10210492B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 15, 2016 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/50
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A beverage holder apparatus includes a chip unit attached to a beverage holder and adapted to communicate with a chip unit reader to perform a payment transaction to purchase the beverage. The chip unit stores an account identifier associated with a financial account, and transmits the stored account identifier to the chip unit reader to perform the payment transaction.
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