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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2012
Blackhawk Network, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jason Wolfe, Sewickley, PA (US);
Blackhawk Network, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for creating an open loop prepaid gift account for a merchant without the merchant's consent. The system identifies a request from a customer to purchase the open loop prepaid gift account which can be used to make purchases at the merchant, presents a menu from which the customer can select the merchant, receives a selection of the merchant and, based on the selection, presents an option to load funds onto the open loop prepaid gift account. Upon receipt of payment, the system creates the open loop prepaid gift account and loads the open loop prepaid gift account with an amount of money, wherein information associated with the open loop prepaid gift account is encoded onto a physical card. The system also prints on the physical card a statement suggesting that the customer can use the physical card to make purchases at the merchant.