Transaction card with display of transportation system updates

摘要

A method and system enables users of a system such as a mass transit system to receive status information about the system. The information may relate to one or more stops or vehicles along various routes of the system. The user is provided with a display device, and one or more readers are positioned throughout the system. The display device includes a display screen that displays system status information, a driving circuit, an antenna and an inductive coil. When the display device's inductive coil is in the presence of a proximate electromagnetic field and the antenna receives a data signal, the inductive coil delivers power to the driving circuit, and the driving circuit causes the display screen to display updated system status information.

主权项

1. A system for receiving transportation system status information, comprising:
a display device comprising:
a display screen,a driving circuit,an antenna, andan inductive coil; wherein when the inductive coil is in the presence of a proximate electromagnetic field generated by a card reader and the antenna receives a data signal from the card reader that comprises data that is representative of transportation system status information:
the inductive coil delivers power to the driving circuit, andthe driving circuit causes the display screen to display the data that is representative of transportation system status information.