Anonymous redemption and stored value system and method

US6834796B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Level Z, L.L.C. · US

Inventors

• Dinesh Anvekar · North Plainfield, US
• Bhaskarpillai Gopinath · Berkeley Heights, US
• Sridhar Sundaram · Austin, US
• Rajiv Mangla · New Delhi, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 20, 2002
• Grant date: Dec 28, 2004
• Expiry date: Aug 28, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/385
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A stored value commerce system and method enabling the anonymous creation and usage of stored value accounts for purchase of goods and/or services, including the anonymous redemption of a value up to a maximum of the balance value associated with a stored value account.