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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:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2001
Applicants:
Daniel Thompson, New York, NY (US);
Alessandra Coradeschi, 52100 Arezzo, IT;
Inventors:
Daniel Thompson, New York, NY (US);
Alessandra Coradeschi, 52100 Arezzo, IT;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/00 (2006.01); B42D 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pre-paid purchasing system comprises a pre-paid purchasing card and a plurality of single use access codes on the card. Each access code is usable to authorize one payment of an amount which is subtracted from the pre-paid amount of the card. After use, an access code becomes null and void. Moreover, a method for managing purchases of goods and services from the Internet, mail-order catalogs, any merchant, etc. is proposed.