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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:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Block, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
William Henderson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Block, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/22 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/405 (2013.01); G06Q 20/227 (2013.01); G06Q 20/348 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3567 (2013.01); G06Q 20/387 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for providing payment account information in a user account by receiving payment card information by a card reader at a point of sale. An account can be created when the payment card information is read by the card reader. Optionally, a gift card can be scanned prior to the creation of the account, and the gift card information can be combined with the payment card information. The gift card can be an electronic gift card which can be personalized with textual, visual, video, and/or audio portions.