Matching personal photo images with purchase history
AssigneeMastercard International Incorporated
InventorsMary Elizabeth Lesbirel, Debashis Ghosh
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Abstract
At a photo server, a payment card account number is obtained from a cardholder. At the photo server, access is obtained to a database of payment card transaction information, using the payment card account number. At least one digital photo is putatively matched to a location of at least one transaction for the payment card account number in the database of transaction information, based on at least one of time stamp and geolocation, to obtain a first putative match. An indication of the first putative match is provided to the cardholder.
Claims24
A method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining, at a photo server, from a cardholder, a payment card account number;
- obtaining access, at said photo server, to a database of payment card transaction information, using said payment card account number;
- putatively matching at least one digital photo to a location of at least one transaction for said payment card account number in said database of transaction information, based on at least one of time stamp and geolocation, to obtain a first putative match;
- and
- providing to said cardholder an indication of said first putative match.
A photo server apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- at least one processor operatively coupled to said memory;
- and
- a persistent storage device operatively coupled to said memory and storing in a non-transitory manner instructions which when loaded into said memory cause said at least one processor to be operative to:
- obtain, from a cardholder, a payment card account number;
- obtain access to a database of payment card transaction information, using said payment card account number;
- putatively match at least one digital photo to a location of at least one transaction for said payment card account number in said database of transaction information, based on at least one of time stamp and geolocation, to obtain a first putative match;
- and
- provide to said cardholder an indication of said first putative match.
An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which when executed by a processor cause said processor to be operative to:
- obtain, from a cardholder, a payment card account number;
- obtain access to a database of payment card transaction information, using said payment card account number;
- putatively match at least one digital photo to a location of at least one transaction for said payment card account number in said database of transaction information, based on at least one of time stamp and geolocation, to obtain a first putative match;
- and
- provide to said cardholder an indication of said first putative match.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for obtaining, from a cardholder, a payment card account number;
- means for obtaining access to a database of payment card transaction information, using said payment card account number;
- means for putatively matching at least one digital photo to a location of at least one transaction for said payment card account number in said database of transaction information, based on at least one of time stamp and geolocation, to obtain a first putative match;
- and
- means for providing to said cardholder an indication of said first putative match.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.