ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,636, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Blackhawk Network Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for proxy card and/or wallet redemption card transactions" was invented by Tomas Ariel Campos (Berkeley, Calif.), Tushar Vaish (Milpitas, Calif.) and Pranav Sheth (Dublin, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for associating a proxy card with an electronic wallet are disclosed. A computer implemented method may include receiving an authentication information of a proxy card, and associating the proxy card with an electronic wallet, wherein associating the proxy card with the electronic wallet allows secure ...