METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARD SECURITY
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1. A financial transaction card comprising a front side and a back side, said financial transaction card further comprising:
- a magnetic strip configured to retain data associated with a financial transaction card account, the account associated with said card; and
a character grid printed on one of said front side and said back side.
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Abstract
A financial transaction card having a front side and a back side is provided and further includes a magnetic strip configured to retain data associated with a financial transaction card account, where the account is associated with the card, and a character grid printed on one of the front side and the back side. A method for securing transactions that are not made in person utilizing a financial transaction card are also provided.
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17 Claims
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1. A financial transaction card comprising a front side and a back side, said financial transaction card further comprising:
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a magnetic strip configured to retain data associated with a financial transaction card account, the account associated with said card; and a character grid printed on one of said front side and said back side. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for securing transactions that are not made in person, utilizing a financial transaction card and an input device, the financial transaction card including a two-dimensional character grid of character fields each having a character printed therein, said method comprising:
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entering, into the input device, a user identification and password that are associated with the financial transaction card; receiving a prompt that requests the cardholder to enter the characters associated with a number of character fields in the character grid printed on the financial transaction card; and entering the characters printed within the requested character fields into the input device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A network-based system for securing financial transaction card account transactions, the transactions including those made independently by customers over a financial transaction card network, said system comprising:
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a plurality of financial transaction cards each comprising a character grid of character fields printed on at least one of a front side and a back side of said card, said character fields each having an individual character printed therein; a client system comprising a browser; a database for storing information; and a server system configured to be coupled to said client system and said database, said server system further configured to; store within said database a plurality of said character grids, each character grid representative of a character grid printed on a respective one of said financial transaction cards; upon receipt of a user identifier and password from a potential customer for a specific one of said financial transactions cards, cause said client system to prompt the potential customer to enter the characters associated with a number of specific character grid locations as printed on the specific said financial transaction card; upon receipt of characters from said client system, compare the received characters to determine if they match the corresponding characters for the individual said financial transaction card stored within said database. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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