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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2010
Applicants:
Michal J. Geller, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian R. Williams, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Michal J. Geller, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian R. Williams, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A host-managed gift card program may enable merchants to offer and redeem gift cards without integrating a gift card program with a point of sale (POS) system used by the merchant. The merchant may rely on a host, at least in part, to issue gift cards, manage a ledger, assist in redemption of gift cards when the cards are redeemed at the merchant's location, and perform other gift card-related tasks for the merchant.