Patent ID: 8566236
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, used by a payment system including at least one server having at least one network interface, of (i) identifying a physical named location visited by a user of a wireless device having a wireless communication interface and a geographic location sensor, and (ii) completing a monetary transaction between the user of the wireless device and the physical named location wherein a computer is associated with the physical named location, comprising the acts of: a) receiving, from the wireless device, geographic location information corresponding to the geographic location of the wireless device determined using the geographic location sensor of the wireless device; b) transmitting, to the wireless device, the name of at least one of a plurality of named locations near the geographic location of the wireless device based on a database including named locations and associated geographic location information; c) receiving, from the wireless device, an indicated named location, selected from the at least one of a plurality of named locations, corresponding to the physical named location visited by the user of the wireless device to indicate the physical named location visited by the user; and d) transmitting, to the wireless device, a reference number.