US Patent Issued to MasterCard International on April 29 for "Systems and methods for account processing validation" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,210, issued on April 29, was assigned to MasterCard International Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for account processing validation" was invented by Amy Christine Milam (Wentzville, Mo.), Stephen J. Klaus (Clayton, Mo.), Allen Russell Thompson (Florissant, Mo.) and Richard G. Ampleman (Florissant, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system for validating an account to be used in an electronic payment includes a processor coupled to a memory device. The computer system is programmed to receive an account validation web request from a bill payment originator. The account validation web request includes account deta...