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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Taryn C. Harper, New York, NY (US);
Miriam Alejandro, Frisco, TX (US);
Patricia W. Stickley, Goshen, NY (US);
Lisa Gordon, Leesburg, VA (US);
Scott Scovel, New York, NY (US);
Taryn C. Harper, New York, NY (US);
Miriam Alejandro, Frisco, TX (US);
Patricia W. Stickley, Goshen, NY (US);
Lisa Gordon, Leesburg, VA (US);
Scott Scovel, New York, NY (US);
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, computer product and method are provided for a card issuer providing a prepaid gift card to a purchaser, the gift card usable by a recipient of the card to pay merchants who participate in a financial network. The method includes receiving a payment of a predetermined amount, and loading the predetermined amount received from the purchaser into the prepaid gift card. The method further includes activating the loaded prepaid gift card, the activated prepaid gift card being usable by the recipient for paying any of the merchants in the financial network until the predetermined amount loaded in the prepaid gift card is exhausted, and being usable by the recipient to obtain a benefit beyond what is purchased from at least some of the merchants in the financial network.