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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2009
Gennye Hannover Feldman, New York, NY (US);
Elizabeth Anne Holt, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Marc Rubner, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
John R. Rose, Layton, UT (US);
Nicole Milne Vollmer, Murray, UT (US);
Gennye Hannover Feldman, New York, NY (US);
Elizabeth Anne Holt, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Marc Rubner, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
John R. Rose, Layton, UT (US);
Nicole Milne Vollmer, Murray, UT (US);
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to a handheld point of sale system for distributing a transaction instrument. Such system may include a browser-based tool configured to facilitate distributing an open transaction instrument at the point of sale in association with purchase of the open transaction instrument by a consumer at the handheld point of sale system. The browser-based tool may also be configured to receive transaction information and to facilitate the distribution of the open transaction instrument by sending the transaction information from the browser-based tool to a host system, wherein the host system authorizes distribution of the open transaction instrument, funds and activates a transaction account associated with the open transaction instrument, and sends an authorization message to the browser-based tool. The browser-based tool may be further configured to receive the authorization and provide an indication of the authorization for the open transaction instrument to be vended to a consumer, wherein an account code is associated with the open transaction instrument and the transaction account.