Method and system for business card functioning as a prepaid debit card or gift card
AssigneeWetCard
InventorRanjith R. Varakantam
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Abstract
A novel approach enables a customized smart business card that combines key features of a business card and a debit/gift card. The card not only carries information about a provider (a person and/or a business corporation who provides the card as a gift to the receiver), the card also functions as a prepaid/gift card, enabling the recipient of the card to purchase a product or service using the money/credit provided.
Claims24
A system to enable a customized smart business card, comprising:
- an account associated with the said smart business card, wherein the account is operable to hold a specific amount of credit or balance offered by a provider of the smart business card;
- a third party managing entity operable to perform one or more of:
- issuing the smart business card on behalf of the provider;
- establishing the account associated with the said smart business card;
- and
- enabling the provider to:
- access information of the account;
- and
- charge or alter the amount of credit or balance in the account;
- and
- said smart business card comprising of:
- a first panel operable to present information related to identification of the provider;
- and
- a second panel operable to present information related to the smart business card and/or the third party managing entity;
- wherein said smart business card enables a recipient of the card to purchase a product or a service using the amount of credit or balance available in the account.
A method to enable a customized smart business card, comprising:
- establishing an account to hold a specific amount of credit offered by a provider of said smart business card;
- associating the account with said smart business card;
- presenting information related to identification of the provider on a first panel of the smart business card;
- presenting information related to the smart business card and/or its third party managing entity on a second panel of the smart business card;
- and
- enabling a recipient of the card to purchase of a product and/or a service using the amount of credit available in the account.
A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed cause a system to:
- establish an account to hold a specific amount of credit offered by a provider or account balance remaining in the account of said smart business card;
- associate the account with said smart business card;
- present information related to identification of the provider on a first panel of the smart business card;
- present information related to the smart business card and/or its third party managing entity on a second panel of the smart business card;
- and
- enable a recipient of the card to purchase of a product and/or a service using the amount of credit or balance available in the account.
A system to enable a customized smart business card, comprising:
- means for establishing an account to hold a specific amount of credit offered by a provider of said smart business card;
- means for associating the account with said smart business card;
- means for presenting information related to identification of the provider on a first panel of the smart business card;
- means for presenting information related to the smart business card and/or its third party managing entity on a second panel of the smart business card;
- and
- means for enabling a recipient of the card to purchase of a product and/or a service using the amount of credit available in the account.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.