Augmented reality numberless transaction card
AssigneeWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
InventorsJohn Ross Neale, William R. Breed, Jasvir K. Singh, Geraldine M. Carolan, Kristine Collings, Kourtney Eidam
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Abstract
A method implemented on an augmented reality (AR) electronic device includes receiving a request to activate a transaction card account on a transaction card. The transaction card account is activated on the transaction card. A virtual representation of account information corresponding to the transaction card account is displayed on the AR electronic device. The exterior of the transaction card is free of account identifying information.
Claims18
A transaction card, comprising:
- a plastic housing supporting:
- a processing unit;
- and
- system memory, the system memory being configured to store account information for a plurality of transaction card accounts including instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, cause the transaction card to:
- receive, from an electronic computing device, virtual account information usable by the transaction card, the virtual account information being converted from a scanned image of another transaction card and being associated with one of the plurality of transaction card accounts;
- receive a command from the electronic computing device to activate one of the plurality of transaction card accounts;
- identify from the command a first transaction card account to activate;
- determine whether one of the plurality of transaction card accounts is currently active on the transaction card;
- and
- when a determination is made that none of the plurality of transaction card accounts is currently active on the transaction card, activate the first transaction card account.
A method for providing a transaction card, the method comprising:
- linking the transaction card to a linked account of a plurality of transaction card accounts stored in a system memory of the transaction card using a scanned image of another transaction card associated with the linked account, including converting card information of the another transaction card from the scanned image into virtual account information usable by the transaction card;
- receiving a command from an electronic computing device to activate one of the plurality of transaction card accounts;
- identifying from the command a first transaction card account to activate;
- determining whether one of the plurality of transaction card accounts is currently active on the transaction card;
- when a determination is made that none of the plurality of transaction card accounts is currently active on the transaction card, activating the first transaction card account;
- and
- projecting, using the electronic computing device, account identifying information of an activated account of the plurality of transaction card accounts onto the transaction card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.