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Payment vehicle with encrypted image

US10417636B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

Ravi Pareek · Ashti, IN
Arunmurthy Gurunathan · Pune, IN
Sachin Shrivastava · Noida, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 18, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L9/50
WIPO fieldIT methods for management
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Described is a payment vehicle for use in initiating a transaction. The payment vehicle includes a body and an image applied to the body. The image includes encrypted data that is readable by an electronic reader to ascertain account details of a payment vehicle user, thereby to initiate the transaction. The image is also visually comparable to the user, or to information produced by the user, to confirm the user's identity.

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