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US 2001/0037209 A1Published application
Pre-paid payment system and method for anonymous purchasing transactions
OwnerGreg Tarbutton, Ronald Chanceinventors
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Abstract
The present invention includes both a system and method for conducting anonymous transactions.
Claims26
An anonymous pre-paid payment system comprising:
- a) a payment card corresponding to a pre-paid account to be debited;
- b) an account number assigned to said card and account;
- c) an anonymous name assigned to said card;
- d) an expiration date assigned to said card;
- and
- e) a purchase verification processor for processing the account number to debit a purchase amount from the pre-paid account, wherein said purchase verification processor includes a credit card processing network.
3 more elements
A method for an anonymous purchase transaction comprising:
- a) providing a debit account with a predetermined balance;
- b) providing a pre-paid payment card with an account number corresponding to said account, wherein said payment card includes an expiration date and an anonymous name;
- c) providing a security code associated with the debit account;
- d) receiving a purchase amount request to debit said account;
- e) verifying the purchase amount request over a credit card processing network;
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- f) debiting the purchase amount request from the balance.
4 more elements
A method for an anonymous purchase transaction comprising:
- a) providing a debit account with a pre-determined balance;
- b) providing a pre-paid payment card with an account number corresponding to said account, wherein said payment card includes an expiration date and an anonymous name;
- c) receiving a purchase amount request to debit said account;
- d) verifying the purchase amount request over a credit card processing network;
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- e) debiting the purchase amount request from the balance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.