Systems and methods for performing funds freeze and/or funds seizure with respect to prepaid payment cards
US10089622B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 9, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/26
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems, mechanisms and processes are provided to allow law-enforcement officials, when encountering the potential use of prepaid payment cards in the furtherance of a crime or in relation to criminal activities, to (1) attempt to check the balances on such prepaid payment cards, including the ability to perform aggregate balance checks on a group of such prepaid cards, (2) attempt to freeze the funds on such prepaid payment cards, and/or (3) attempt to seize the funds on such prepaid payment cards.
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