Patent ID: 7712658
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A wallet consolidator to facilitate a transaction, the wallet consolidator comprising: a housing to be carried by a user; a data interface connected to the housing and being positioned to effectuate communication between the wallet consolidator and one or more computing devices to thereby receive information associated with at least one card from one or more computing devices so that at least a portion of the information received by the data interface enables a transaction, the at least one card being selected from the group of: credit cards, debit cards, identification cards, and electronic coupons; memory positioned in the housing and positioned to store at least a portion of the information received by the data interface; a user input cluster connected to the housing to facilitate selection of at least a portion of the information by a user; a display screen to display a menu of functions to a user, the functions including one or more of: adding card information, deleting card information, duplicating information, transferring information, moving cash, and accessing information; and a controller located internally inside the housing, in communication with each of the data interface, the memory, the user input cluster, and the display screen, and positioned to control input of the information into the memory of the wallet consolidator through the data interface, display of the menu of functions to a user through the display screen, retrieval of the at least a portion of the information from the memory, and display of at least a portion of the information stored in the memory on the display screen when a user selects the at least a portion of the information using the user input cluster and positions the display screen of the wallet consolidator to enable a transaction responsive to the at least a portion of the information stored in the memory being displayed on the display screen.