Patents by Inventor David B. Slonecker, Jr.

David B. Slonecker, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for locking and unlocking a financial account card
    Patent number: 7383988
    Abstract: A system and method whereby a holder of a financial account card, such as a credit card or debit card, is able to disable and re-enable use of the card by locking and unlocking the card repeatedly. A request to lock or unlock a card may be provided by a variety of delivery channels, e.g., telephone, automated teller machine, or online, to a card processor. For a locking transaction the card processor saves the current operable status of the card and changes the status to locked. For an unlocking transaction the saved operable status of the card is restored. The changed locked or unlocked status of the card is reported by the card processor to companion systems and an audit record created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Metavante Corporation
    Inventor: David B. Slonecker, Jr.