Patents by Inventor Justin D. Tobin

Justin D. Tobin 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).

  • Online card activation system and method
    Patent number: 6820802
    Abstract: A method for online account activation between a consumer having an account with a service provider interacting with at least a first computing system and a second computing system in communication with the first computing system over the first network, the method including, in one embodiment, providing a notice to the consumer to activate an account (e.g., a new card or account, a renewal card or account, a replacement card or account, or web-based service) on a network-accessible site, instructing the consumer to access the site, prompting the consumer to provide predetermined card or account information to the site and communicating the predetermined card or account information to the second computing system over the first network, allowing the at least second computing system to process the predetermined card or account information against previously stored account data and notifying the consumer on the first computing network of the activation processing results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynne Biggar, Justin D. Tobin, Fred Bishop, Hans-Jurgen Greiner
  • Online card activation system and method
    Publication number: 20020117541
    Abstract: A method for online account activation between a consumer having an account with a service provider interacting with at least a first computing system and a second computing system in communication with the first computing system over the first network, the method including, in one embodiment, providing a notice to the consumer to activate an account (e.g., a new card or account, a renewal card or account, a replacement card or account, or web-based service) on a network-accessible site, instructing the consumer to access the site, prompting the consumer to provide predetermined card or account information to the site and communicating the predetermined card or account information to the second computing system over the first network, allowing the at least second computing system to process the predetermined card or account information against previously stored account data and notifying the consumer on the first computing network of the activation processing results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Lynne Biggar, Justin D. Tobin, Fred Bishop, Hans-Jurgen Greiner