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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2017
Dynamics Inc., Cheswick, PA (US);
Philip W. Yen, The Sail, SG;
Jeffrey D. Mullen, Glenshaw, PA (US);
DYNAMICS INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Advanced loyalty applications are provided to improve the functionality of cards and devices. For example, a user interface may be placed on a card (e.g., a physical button) or a telephonic device (e.g., a virtual button on a capacitive touch screen). Manual input provided to this user interface may, for example, cause a non-merchant product (e.g., insurance) to be purchased with a merchant purchase. The product can be paid for with debit, credit, gift card balance, or points. A code indicative of a user's desire to purchase the product may be communicated to a payment card reader (e.g., to a magnetic stripe reader via a magnetic stripe communications device). A display may be provided next to a button to allow a user to scroll, or toggle by pressing the button repeatedly, through different products (which may be merchant or non-merchant products).