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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
A9.com, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Adam Wiggen Kraft, Mountain View, CA (US);
A9.COM, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments describe systems and methods enable a computing device of a user to capture an image of a gift card, or other such monetary device containing a code, with a camera or otherwise receive an image of that gift card. The computing device can be configured to recognize codes, such as digit claim codes, of the gift card by using one or more image processing, computer vision, and/or machine learning algorithms. After a successful detection and verification of a claim code, money or funds deposited in, or otherwise available from, an account associated with the gift card can be utilized, such as applied to a purchase or deposited into the user's account. In many instances, a user interface (UI) can be provided on the computing device for the user to use to capture an image of a gift card and redeem the funds from the corresponding card.