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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Dean A. Seifert, Parker, CO (US);
Mark Thompson, Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
Dean A. Seifert, Parker, CO (US);
Mark Thompson, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
The Western Union Company, Englewood, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One method involves the use of stored value account that may be used, for example, to make internet payments, and that can be credited using a variety of payment techniques. Such a method involves receiving money at a money transfer location from a potential purchaser. The money is then stored as an electronic record in a stored value account of the purchaser. This money is then available for transfer at the request of the purchaser. Upon such a request, the money may be electronically sent to a recipient and the stored value account may be debited.