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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:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Liane Redford, San Mateo, CA (US);
Bryan Shimko, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Loc Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ayman Hammad, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Liane Redford, San Mateo, CA (US);
Bryan Shimko, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Loc Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ayman Hammad, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Visa U.S.A, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A network centric system that enables participation by any number of entities including sponsors, issuers, merchants, portable devices, and acceptance point devices in one or more loyalty programs is provided. Any combination of entities may be specified for different loyalty programs.