Patent ID: 7587332
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for processing credit for a contactless stored value card associated with a transportation system, the method comprising: uniquely recognizing the contactless stored value card at a ticket vending machine, wherein the contactless stored value card comprises a semiconductor chip; receiving compensation from a user, wherein the compensation is for a credit, wherein the credit comprises: determining with the ticket vending machine that the credit was not properly recorded to increase the stored value on the contactless stored value card; reporting to a central control system of the transportation system from the ticket vending machine that the credit was not loaded to the contactless stored value card; determining with a processor of the transportation system a plurality of locations, which is a subset of possible locations that can load the credit to the contactless stored value card; sending from the central control system to the plurality of locations an indication that the contactless stored value card should be loaded with the credit, wherein: increasing the plurality of locations to include additional possible locations should the contactless stored value card not be encountered after a predetermined period of time; receiving at the location of the transportation system an indication that the credit should be loaded if the contactless stored value card is encountered at the location, wherein: uniquely recognizing the contactless stored value card at the location, wherein: automatically loading the credit onto the contactless stored value card at the location, wherein: determining if the credit was previously loaded onto the contactless stored value card; and avoiding the automatically loading of the credit based upon the outcome from the determining if the credit was previously loaded.