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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014

Filed:

May. 12, 2008
Applicants:

Michael Aaron Chapman, Chicago, IL (US);

Hyun Jin Ko, Evanston, IL (US);

Rodney Hal Monson, Waukegan, IL (US);

Mark Alexander Jones, Evanston, IL (US);

Bryan L. Mackrell, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Michael S. Ley, Moon Township, PA (US);

Thomas S. Kunz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Aaron Chapman, Chicago, IL (US);

Hyun Jin Ko, Evanston, IL (US);

Rodney Hal Monson, Waukegan, IL (US);

Mark Alexander Jones, Evanston, IL (US);

Bryan L. Mackrell, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Michael S. Ley, Moon Township, PA (US);

Thomas S. Kunz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods for tracking customer spending: the methods may comprise receiving from the customer a first threshold amount and a period length; receiving a transaction indication for each debit transaction made by the customer during a first period; and alerting the customer if the sum of the amounts of debit transactions during the first period exceeds the first threshold amount. The methods may also comprise receiving a transaction indication for each debit transaction made by the customer during a second period; and alerting the customer if the sum of the amounts of debit transactions during the second period exceeds a second threshold amount.


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