IP Library Granted Patent US 11,144,909
Granted Patent B1
US 11,144,909 · App. 14/713,390 · Granted Oct 12, 2021

Cards deployed with inactivated products for activation

Inventors: Jeffrey D. Mullen (Pittsburgh, PA); Philip W. Yen (The Sail, SG); Christopher J. Rigatti (Pittsburgh, PA)
Assignee: DYNAMICS INC.
G06Q20/354
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Patent No.
US 11,144,909
App. No.
14/713,390
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

A payment card is provided with a display. A card may be provided to a user with a number of inactivated products. The products may be assigned to the user at card issuance. A user may then activate these products online or via phone. Accordingly, a user may be provided with a cross-selling platform for new products. Discounts, fee waivers, and/or value may be added to an account when an inactivated product is activated.

Claims (52)

1. A device, comprising:

a storage apparatus, an inactivated product stored on said apparatus,

wherein said inactivated product is a product requiring activation by a user prior to completion of a transaction associated with said inactivated product.

2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a communications device selected from a dynamic magnetic stripe communications device, an integrated circuit (IC) chip, a radio frequency identification device (RFID), and combinations thereof.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein said inactivated product is a plurality of inactivated products.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a code stored in said storage apparatus,

wherein said storage apparatus is a memory, and

said code is associated with said inactivated product.

5. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a code stored in said storage apparatus

wherein said storage apparatus is a memory,

said code is associated with said inactivated product, and

said code includes embedded information.

6. A method, comprising:

storing an inactivated product in a memory of a device,

wherein said inactivated product is a product requiring activation by a user prior to completion of a transaction associated with said inactivated product.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

storing a code in said memory of said device,

wherein said code is associated with said inactivated product.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

storing a code in said memory of said device,

wherein said code is associated with said inactivated product, and

wherein said code includes embedded information.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

storing information associated with a payment product in said memory of said device.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

storing information associated with a payment product in said memory of said device; and

communicating, via a server, at least a portion of said information to a remote facility.

11. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

storing information associated with a payment product in said memory of said device; and

receiving, via a server, replacement information; and

replacing at least a portion of said information with said replacement information.

12. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving, via a server, replacement code; and

replacing at least a portion of a code associated with said inactivated product with said replacement code.

13. A method, comprising:

receiving, via a server, payment device identification information at a remote facility, wherein the payment device includes a memory and a first code stored in said memory;

retrieving at the remote facility a second code;

communicating, via a server, said second code and new product information to said payment device,

wherein said second code is operable to replace said first code in said memory of said payment device.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the payment device comprises an inactivated product, and

said inactivated product is a new product requiring activation by a user prior to completion of a transaction associated with said inactivated product.

15. A method, comprising:

communicating, via a server, payment device identification information to a remote facility, wherein the payment device includes a memory and a first code stored in said memory;

receiving, via a server, a second code and new product information to said payment device;

replacing said first code with said second code in said memory of said payment device.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the payment device comprises an inactivated product, and

said inactivated product is a new product requiring activation by a user prior to completion of a transaction associated with said inactivated product.

17. The device of claim 1 , wherein said inactivated product is a payment product.

18. The device of claim 1 , wherein said inactivated product is selected from a debit product, a credit product, a gift product, a pre-paid payment product, a loyalty product and combinations thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2015
From: MULLEN, JEFFREY D.; YEN, PHILIP W.; RIGATTI, CHRISTOPHER J.
To: DYNAMICS INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 14273969 · May 9, 2014
Continuation 13762644 · Feb 8, 2013
Continuation 12820376 · Jun 22, 2010
Provisional Application 61219732 · Jun 23, 2009
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