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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2013
Applicant:
United Airlines, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
David Oppenheim, Winnetka, IL (US);
Praveen Sharma, Palatine, IL (US);
Assignee:
UNITED AIRLINES, INC., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/22 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0222 (2013.01); G06Q 20/32 (2013.01); G06Q 20/387 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile device transaction system provides a mechanism by which a user of a mobile device may complete a transaction (for goods or services) with a merchant, using an electronic gift card, or other payment type, generated by through the transaction system and chosen to bypass payment using an authorized credit card, where the user is incentivized to use the mobile device transaction system by the award of rewards points to a user account at the time of the transaction.