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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:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Corinne Bortolin, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Loc Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Liane Redford, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Corinne Bortolin, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Loc Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Liane Redford, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Visa U.S.A. Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A portable consumer device is disclosed. The portable consumer device includes a body and a computer readable medium coupled to the body. The computer readable medium comprises a data string including one or more wildcard values. The data string is specifically associated with the consumer. For example, the data string may represent one or more products that the consumer prefers to use.