Beverage holder having a chip unit for performing payment transactions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9471915
APP PUB NO 20100108755A1
SERIAL NO

12608523

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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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  • VISA U.S.A. INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fuerstenberg, Zack Toronto, CA 17 571
Hammad, Ayman Pleasanton, US 317 20356
Renton, Christopher M Oakville, CA 2 26
Stephenson, Michael Toronto, CA 12 54
Triplett, Brian El Dorado Hills, US 14 331

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