Patent №
US 7,962,406
Granted
2011-06-14
Filed 2008
Owner
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
Lab
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AI components
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planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12242759
A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention also includes the options of interest payments, the use of different account issuers, different financial accounts, budget transfers, spend compartmentalization, cost-splitting, adjusting credit limits, loans, gifting, intermediary facilitating the transaction, transaction tracking, rapid funds availability, confidential transfer of funds, immediate initiation of shipment by a seller, releasing funds to a seller only after approval of the goods, services, or other value, demonstrating proof of payment, and recourse against a remote seller.
AI classification
Ownership
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
assignment · 217610080
Assignors
BISHOP, FRED, SHARMA, BANSI L., THOMAS, TRACEY R.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.