Patents by Inventor Deborah Rex
Deborah Rex 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).
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Patent number: 10269203Abstract: A method of validating and activating a purchase card includes providing a purchase card that is removably attached to a card carrier. The purchase card has an account identifier associated therewith and has a card indicium affixed thereto. The purchase card includes a machine-readable information encoding region into which the account identifier is encoded. The card carrier has a carrier indicium affixed thereto. The method includes populating a database with a stored card indicium that relates to the card indicium, a stored carrier indicium that relates to the carrier indicium, and a stored account identifier that relates to the account identifier, thereby uniquely coupling the account identifier to the card indicium. Activating the card by associating value to it includes comparing the information from the card indicium and the information from the carrier indicium with the stored card indicium and the stored carrier indicium.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: The Western Union CompanyInventors: Tonya Andersen, Karen Kaukol, Deborah Rex, Gary Jeffords
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Publication number: 20120253956Abstract: A method of validating and activating a purchase card includes providing a purchase card that is removably attached to a card carrier. The purchase card has an account identifier associated therewith and has a card indicium affixed thereto. The purchase card includes a machine-readable information encoding region into which the account identifier is encoded. The card carrier has a carrier indicium affixed thereto. The method includes populating a database with a stored card indicium that relates to the card indicium, a stored carrier indicium that relates to the carrier indicium, and a stored account identifier that relates to the account identifier, thereby uniquely coupling the account identifier to the card indicium. Activating the card by associating value to it includes comparing the information from the card indicium and the information from the carrier indicium with the stored card indicium and the stored carrier indicium.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: The Western Union CompanyInventors: Tonya Andersen, Karen Kaukol, Deborah Rex, Gary Jeffords
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Patent number: 8175924Abstract: A method of validating and activating a purchase card includes providing a purchase card that is removably attached to a card carrier. The purchase card has an account identifier associated therewith and has a card indicium affixed thereto. The purchase card includes a machine-readable information encoding region into which the account identifier is encoded. The card carrier has a carrier indicium affixed thereto. The method includes populating a database with a stored card indicium that relates to the card indicium, a stored carrier indicium that relates to the carrier indicium, and a stored account identifier that relates to the account identifier, thereby uniquely coupling the account identifier to the card indicium. Activating the card by associating value to it includes comparing the information from the card indicium and the information from the carrier indicium with the stored card indicium and the stored carrier indicium.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: The Western Union CompanyInventors: Tonya Andersen, Karen Kaukol, Deborah Rex, Gary Jeffords
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Patent number: 7711638Abstract: A system and method for facilitating money transfer from a primary account holder to one or more partner accounts. The primary account holder uses a self-service terminal, which displays information on each of several related partner accounts. The displayed partner account information permits the selection of the partner account into which money is to be transferred.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2004Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: The Western Union CompanyInventors: Michael J. Michelsen, Deborah Rex, Tom Sayor
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Publication number: 20080243627Abstract: A method of validating and activating a purchase card includes providing a purchase card that is removably attached to a card carrier. The purchase card has an account identifier associated therewith and has a card indicium affixed thereto. The purchase card includes a machine-readable information encoding region into which the account identifier is encoded. The card carrier has a carrier indicium affixed thereto. The method includes populating a database with a stored card indicium that relates to the card indicium, a stored carrier indicium that relates to the carrier indicium, and a stored account identifier that relates to the account identifier, thereby uniquely coupling the account identifier to the card indicium.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicants: The Western Union Company, First Data CorporationInventors: Tonya Andersen, Karen Kaukol, Deborah Rex, Gary Jeffords
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Patent number: 7354004Abstract: A method of validating and activating a purchase card includes providing a purchase card that is removably attached to a card carrier, wherein the purchase card has an account identifier associated therewith and has a card indicium affixed thereto, wherein the purchase card includes a machine-readable information encoding region into which the account identifier is encoded, and wherein the card carrier has a carrier indicium affixed thereto; populating a database with a stored card indicium that relates to the card indicium, a stored carrier indicium that relates to the carrier indicium, and a stored account identifier that relates to the account identifier, thereby uniquely coupling the account identifier to the card indicium; at a point-of-sale device and in response to a customer request to purchase the purchase card, entering information from the card indicium into the point-of-sale device; at the point-of-sale device, entering information from the carrier indicium into the point-of-sale device; comparingType: GrantFiled: November 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignees: The Western Union Company, First Data CorporationInventors: Tonya Andersen, Karen Kaukol, Deborah Rex, Gary Jeffords
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Publication number: 20070045404Abstract: A method of validating and activating a purchase card includes providing a purchase card that is removably attached to a card carrier, wherein the purchase card has an account identifier associated therewith and has a card indicium affixed thereto, wherein the purchase card includes a machine-readable information encoding region into which the account identifier is encoded, and wherein the card carrier has a carrier indicium affixed thereto; populating a database with a stored card indicium that relates to the card indicium, a stored carrier indicium that relates to the carrier indicium, and a stored account identifier that relates to the account identifier, thereby uniquely coupling the account identifier to the card indicium; at a point-of-sale device and in response to a customer request to purchase the purchase card, entering information from the card indicium into the point-of-sale device; at the point-of-sale device, entering information from the carrier indicium into the point-of-sale device; comparingType: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2005Publication date: March 1, 2007Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Tonya Andersen, Karen Kaukol, Deborah Rex, Gary Jeffords
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Publication number: 20050209958Abstract: A system and method for facilitating money transfer from a primary account holder to one or more partner accounts. The primary account holder uses a self-service terminal, which displays information on each of several related partner accounts. The displayed partner account information permits the selection of the partner account into which money is to be transferred.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2004Publication date: September 22, 2005Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Michelsen, Deborah Rex, Tom Sayor