Patent ID: 8306512

Claim:
A method of enabling a mobile device to manage a transit user account of a transit system, the method comprising: receiving information associated with a user of the transit system, including: an identification code of a fare media for passage of the user of the transit system at access control points of the transit system; and information for sending messages to the mobile device; creating the transit user account, the transit user account enabling the transit system to manage information related to transactions of the user of the transit system, wherein: the transit user account comprises at least a portion of the information associated with the user of the transit system; the transit user account includes a passcode; and the transit user account is used in transactions of the transit system associated with the fare media; and authenticating the mobile device, wherein the authenticating includes: using the information for sending messages to the mobile device to send at least one message to the mobile device; and receiving at least one message from the mobile device, wherein the at least one message from the mobile device includes information indicative of a user input.