Abstract: Delivery of offers to sell discounted prepaid gift accounts in the secondary prepaid gift account marketplace to consumers present at retail point of sale location is disclosed. The system receives information from a mobile device while a user is at a retail location. The system communicates with a database of discounted prepaid gift accounts to identify a discounted prepaid gift account. The system sends an offer to sell a selected discounted prepaid gift account to the device while the user is at the location. If the user accepts the offer to purchase the discounted prepaid gift account, the system accepts payment from the user via the device for the prepaid gift accounts. Upon receipt of payment, the system transmits information regarding the purchased prepaid gift accounts to the device enabling the user to use the prepaid gift account to make a purchase.
Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for processing closed loop cards/codes. The method includes identifying a closed loop card/code having associated money in an account, receiving a confirmation of an amount of money in the closed loop card/code account, presenting an owner of the closed loop card/code with the amount of money in the closed loop card/code account and an offer to pay an offer amount for the closed loop card/code, receiving an indication that the owner accepts the offer, receiving the amount of money from the closed loop card/code account, and paying the owner the offer amount. Payment can be on an open loop card/code, cash, automated clearing house (ACH) to bank, check, merchant credit, or bill pay. The method can include generating a new closed loop card/code associated with the amount of money. The new closed loop card/code can be sold to another user.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 2, 2009
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2012
Assignee:
Giftcards.com, LLC
Inventors:
Jason Wolfe, Mark Romanelli, Sanjay Akut, Mike Kelly, Mary Jane Kelly
Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for processing closed loop cards/codes. The method includes identifying a closed loop card/code having associated money in an account, receiving a confirmation of an amount of money in the closed loop card/code account, presenting an owner of the closed loop card/code with the amount of money in the closed loop card/code account and an offer to pay an offer amount for the closed loop card/code, receiving an indication that the owner accepts the offer, receiving the amount of money from the closed loop card/code account, and paying the owner the offer amount. Payment can be on an open loop card/code, cash, automated clearing house (ACH) to bank, check, merchant credit, or bill pay. The method can include generating a new closed loop card/code associated with the amount of money. The new closed loop card/code can be sold to another user.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 2010
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2012
Assignee:
Giftcards.com, LLC
Inventors:
Jason Wolfe, Mark Romanelli, Sanjay Akut, Mike Kelly, Mary Jane Kelly