Patents by Inventor Karen Kaukol

Karen Kaukol 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).

  • Presentation instrument display and activation systems and methods
    Patent number: 10269203
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: The Western Union Company
    Inventors: Tonya Andersen, Karen Kaukol, Deborah Rex, Gary Jeffords
  • PRESENTATION INSTRUMENT DISPLAY AND ACTIVATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20120253956
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: The Western Union Company
    Inventors: Tonya Andersen, Karen Kaukol, Deborah Rex, Gary Jeffords
  • Presentation instrument display and activation systems and methods
    Patent number: 8175924
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: The Western Union Company
    Inventors: Tonya Andersen, Karen Kaukol, Deborah Rex, Gary Jeffords
  • Presentation Instrument Display And Activation Systems And Methods
    Publication number: 20080243627
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicants: The Western Union Company, First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Tonya Andersen, Karen Kaukol, Deborah Rex, Gary Jeffords
  • Presentation instrument display and activation systems and methods
    Patent number: 7354004
    Abstract: 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; comparing
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignees: The Western Union Company, First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Tonya Andersen, Karen Kaukol, Deborah Rex, Gary Jeffords
  • Presentation instrument display and activation systems and methods
    Publication number: 20070045404
    Abstract: 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; comparing
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Tonya Andersen, Karen Kaukol, Deborah Rex, Gary Jeffords