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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:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
George S Zirkel, North Babylon, NY (US);
Assignee:
First Data Corporation, Hackensack, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235375 ; 705 38 ;
Abstract
A system and method for enabling a merchant to apply for a credit card processing account using the Internet includes a computer browser in communication with the Internet. An Internet information server is in communication with the computer browser over the Internet. The Internet information server provides HTML pages on the computer browser for a merchant to enter credit card processing account information. A processor is in communication with the Internet information server to process the credit card processing account information to determine whether to grant the merchant a credit card processing account.