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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2017
Applicant:
American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventor:
Allison Marsh, Olmsted Falls, OH (US);
Assignee:
American Greetings, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/34 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/354 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01); G06Q 20/341 (2013.01); G06Q 20/348 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3433 (2013.01); G06Q 20/352 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure and related inventions describe a system and method by which gift cards may be user-activated and assigned value using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). The user-activated gift card contains an RFID chip embedded therein that works in conjunction with a mobile website or mobile app to allow users to activate and assign value to the gift card at any time and at any place.