PERFORMING FIXED-VALUE TRANSACTIONS WITH A SMART CARD

摘要

A smart card for use with a system capable of receiving a transaction message includes a memory storing a program and data representative of one or more fixed-value units and a microcontroller configured by the program to furnish the transaction and modify the data to reduce the number of fixed-value units by a predetermined amount when the transaction is furnished. A method of performing fixed-value transactions using the smart card is also disclosed.