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Softcard: History, Technology & Companies

JVL Ventures, LLC d/b/a Softcard (formerly Isis Mobile Wallet), was a joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon which produced a mobile payments platform known as Softcard, which used near-field communication (NFC) technology to allow users to pay for items at stores and restaurants with credit and debit card credentials stored on their…

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Softcard topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Technology and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Softcard.

Related topics
44
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
47
Extracted relationships
30
Concept neighborhoods
17
Bridge connections
47

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 26 topics
Overview · 17 topics
Technologies · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
November 16, 2010 (2010-11-16) in New York City, New York
Industry
Mobile Commerce
Owner
Google
Headquarters
New York City, New York, United States
Area served
United States, Worldwide
Defunct
March 31, 2015 (2015-03-31)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Technologies

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Softcard connects Entity context

The extracted context around Softcard shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Softcard → All, Apple, Apple Pay, Apple's, At, Google, Google Wallet, MetroPCS, On February, Softcard CEO Michael Abbott, Sprint, T-Mobile US, The, Verizon Another extracted example is Softcard → United States, Worldwide. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Softcard

Top relations

related to Google acquisition, discontinuation · 14
Softcard → All, Apple, Apple Pay, Apple's, At, Google, Google Wallet, MetroPCS, On February, Softcard CEO Michael Abbott, Sprint, T-Mobile US, The, Verizon
Area served · 1
Softcard → United States, Worldwide
Defunct · 1
Softcard → March 31, 2015 (2015-03-31)
Fate · 1
Softcard → Assets acquired by Google
Formerly · 1
Softcard → Isis Wallet
Founded · 1
Softcard → November 16, 2010 (2010-11-16) in New York City, New York
Founder · 1
Softcard → AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless
Headquarters · 1
Softcard → New York City, New York, United States
Industry · 1
Softcard → Mobile Commerce
Key people · 1
Softcard → Michael Abbott (CEO)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

google wallet announced service isis 2015 verizon pay android mobile t-mobile platform known system smartphones would 2012 assets planned venture

Softcard relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 30 structured relationships around Softcard. Examples in this analysis include Softcard → Area served → United States, Worldwide and Softcard → Defunct → March 31, 2015 (2015-03-31). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SoftcardArea servedUnited States, Worldwide1.00infobox
SoftcardDefunctMarch 31, 2015 (2015-03-31)1.00infobox
SoftcardFateAssets acquired by Google1.00infobox
SoftcardFormerlyIsis Wallet1.00infobox
SoftcardFoundedNovember 16, 2010 (2010-11-16) in New York City, New York1.00infobox
SoftcardFounderAT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless1.00infobox
SoftcardHeadquartersNew York City, New York, United States1.00infobox
SoftcardIndustryMobile Commerce1.00infobox
SoftcardKey peopleMichael Abbott (CEO)1.00infobox
SoftcardOwnerGoogle1.00infobox
SoftcardServicesMobile commerce1.00infobox
SoftcardSuccessorsGoogle Wallet Android Pay1.00infobox
SoftcardTrade nameSoftcard1.00infobox
SoftcardTypePrivate1.00infobox
SoftcardWebsitegosoftcard.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Softcard bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Wallet, Google and Service. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Softcard
    • Wallet
    • Google
    • Service
    • Verizon
    • Assets
    • T-mobile
    • Android
    • Known
    • Mobile
    • Announced
    • Pay
    • Platform
  • softcard
    • Wallet
    • Google
    • Service
    • Verizon
    • Assets
    • T-mobile
    • Android
    • Known
    • Mobile
    • Announced
    • Pay
    • Platform
  • android
    • Pay
    • Services
    • Known
    • Acquired
    • App
    • Formerly
    • Jvl
    • Llc
    • Softcard
    • Ventures
    • Google
    • Assets
  • google
    • Wallet
    • Softcard
    • Verizon
    • Service
    • Metropcs
    • Sprint
    • Carriers
    • Support
    • T-mobile
    • Three
    • Known
    • Pay
  • google wallet
    • Wallet
    • Softcard
    • Verizon
    • Service
    • Metropcs
    • Sprint
    • Carriers
    • Support
    • T-mobile
    • Three
    • Known
    • Pay
  • android pay
    • Services
    • Android
    • Pay
    • Platform
    • Ventures
    • Known
    • T-mobile
    • Venture
    • Verizon
    • Wallet
    • Acquired
    • App
  • mobile payments
    • Platform
    • Pay
    • Ventures
    • Services
    • T-mobile
    • Venture
    • Known
    • Verizon
    • Wallet
    • Acquired
    • Softcard
    • Assets
  • t-mobile
    • Verizon
    • Ventures
    • Venture
    • Known
    • Pay
    • Platform
    • Wallet
    • Acquired
    • App
    • Assets
    • City
    • Google

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Softcard, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Softcard with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
SoftcardHistory · splits 21 ⟂ 27
SoftcardOverview · splits 30 ⟂ 18

Map overview Semantic statistics

Softcard

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples30
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Softcard to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Technology & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Softcard · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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