SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING TOKEN DATA WITH A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for capturing information from physical tokens with a portable computing device:
- creating an image of a first side of a token with a portable computing device;
identifying a position of the token contained within the image;
conducting a broad recognition scan of the token;
identifying a source associated with token based on the broad recognition scan of the token; and
conducting optical character recognition of the first side of the token to retrieve consumer information based on the source identified for the token.
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Abstract
A system and method for collecting and managing information taken from tokens, like credit cards and gift cards, includes a portable computing device (PCD). The PCD may support a token recognizer that may comprise hardware and/or software that may reside in memory of the PCD. The token recognizer may work in combination with a camera. The token recognizer may comprise a broad recognizer module and an optical character recognition (“OCR”) module. The camera of the PCD may capture images of one or more physical tokens. These captured images of the physical tokens may be processed by the token recognizer so that digital images as well as data provided by the physical tokens may be maintained in memory of the PCD for later presentation to the user. These later presentations on the PCD may be used for account management and for conducting transactions, such as making payment at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal.
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Citations
40 Claims
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1. A method for capturing information from physical tokens with a portable computing device:
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creating an image of a first side of a token with a portable computing device; identifying a position of the token contained within the image; conducting a broad recognition scan of the token; identifying a source associated with token based on the broad recognition scan of the token; and conducting optical character recognition of the first side of the token to retrieve consumer information based on the source identified for the token. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for managing information captured from physical tokens with a server, comprising:
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receiving a file containing unrecognized token information; storing the file in a first memory area; conducting a robust scan of the first file containing the unrecognized token information; if the token information cannot be recognized, then comparing the unrecognized token information with other unrecognized token information stored in a second memory area; and if there is a matched between the unrecognized token information, then storing these match results in a third memory area. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer system for capturing information from physical tokens with a portable computing device, the system comprising:
a processor operable for; creating an image of a first side of a token with a portable computing device; identifying a position of the token contained within the image; conducting a broad recognition scan of the token; identifying a source associated with token based on the broad recognition scan of the token; and conducting optical character recognition of the first side of the token to retrieve consumer information based on the source identified for the token. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer system for managing information captured from physical tokens with a server, the system comprising:
a processor operable for; receiving a file containing unrecognized token information; storing the file in a first memory area; conducting a robust scan of the first file containing the unrecognized token information; comparing the unrecognized token information with other unrecognized token information stored in a second memory area if the token information cannot be recognized; and storing these match results in a third memory area if there is a matched between the unrecognized token information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer system for capturing information from physical tokens with a portable computing device, the system comprising:
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means for creating an image of a first side of a token with a portable computing device; means for identifying a position of the token contained within the image; means for conducting a broad recognition scan of the token; means for identifying a source associated with token based on the broad recognition scan of the token; and means for conducting optical character recognition of the first side of the token to retrieve consumer information based on the source identified for the token. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer system for managing information captured from physical tokens with a server, the system comprising:
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means for receiving a file containing unrecognized token information; means for storing the file in a first memory area; means for conducting a robust scan of the first file containing the unrecognized token information; means for comparing the unrecognized token information with other unrecognized token information stored in a second memory area if the token information cannot be recognized; and means for storing these match results in a third memory if there is a matched between the unrecognized token information. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for capturing information from physical tokens with a portable computing device, said method comprising:
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creating an image of a first side of a token with a portable computing device; identifying a position of the token contained within the image; conducting a broad recognition scan of the token; identifying a source associated with token based on the broad recognition scan of the token; and conducting optical character recognition of the first side of the token to retrieve consumer information based on the source identified for the token. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for managing information captured from physical tokens with a server, said method comprising:
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receiving a file containing unrecognized token information; storing the file in a first memory area; conducting a robust scan of the first file containing the unrecognized token information; if the token information cannot be recognized, then comparing the unrecognized token information with other unrecognized token information stored in a second memory area; and if there is a matched between the unrecognized token information, then storing these match results in a third memory area. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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Specification