G06Q 20/351
Virtual cards
Official title: {Virtual cards}
G06Q20/351 (Virtual cards) appears on 647 US grants and 1,073 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 647
- Published applications
- 1,073
- Assignees
- 333
- Inventors
- 1,874
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 6 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 10 |
| 2008 | 6 | 20 |
| 2009 | 7 | 17 |
| 2010 | 8 | 18 |
| 2011 | 9 | 13 |
| 2012 | 13 | 25 |
| 2013 | 18 | 38 |
| 2014 | 20 | 53 |
| 2015 | 14 | 48 |
| 2016 | 16 | 55 |
| 2017 | 25 | 49 |
| 2018 | 20 | 63 |
| 2019 | 35 | 76 |
| 2020 | 41 | 83 |
| 2021 | 74 | 98 |
| 2022 | 72 | 81 |
| 2023 | 83 | 97 |
| 2024 | 70 | 85 |
| 2025 | 63 | 72 |
| 2026 | 35 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for providing temporary virtual payment card6 Oct 2026US 12,755,271 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Payment card reconciliation by authorization code29 Sep 2026US 12,749,056 B2VPay, Inc.
- System and method for inserting data into an internet browser form29 Sep 2026US 12,749,070 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Systems and methods for ghost card creation via a browser extension22 Sep 2026US 12,743,689 B1United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
- Systems and methods for transaction processing based on authenticated identity8 Sep 2026US 12,731,115 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Maintenance of virtual credit card pool for airline passenger vouchers8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311207 A1TA Connections IL, LLC dba TA Connections
- Systems and methods for transaction-triggered issuance and automated rotation of virtual payment cards to prevent payment fraud24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289570 A1Secure Purchase LLC
- Issuing a virtual value-bearing card associated with only non-personally identifying information from a kiosk17 Sep 2026US 2026/0278582 A1Ready Credit Corporation
- Systems and methods for distribution of funds17 Sep 2026US 2026/0278696 A1The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
- Systems and methods for distribution of funds10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268416 A1The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic online commerce card with transactionproxy number for online transactions1,437US 5,883,810 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1999
- Virtual wallet card selection apparatuses, methods and systems676US 8,577,803 B2Visa International Service Association · 2013
- Internet payment, authentication and loading system using virtual smart card600US 7,908,216 B1Visa International Service Association · 2011
- Payment card with internally generated virtual account numbers for its magnetic stripe encoder and user display595US 7,472,829 B2Qsecure, Inc. · 2009
- Methods, systems and computer program products for over the air (OTA) provisioning of soft cards on devices with wireless communications capabilities412US 7,469,151 B2VIVOtech, Inc. · 2008