SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FIXED FORM CARD TO VIRTUAL CARD COMMUNICATION

• US 20120323787A1
• Filed: 06/15/2012
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: e2Interactive Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Giftango Corp. (Millennium Prime, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nelsen, David A.
• Application Number:
  US13/525,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20120323787A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/44
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/351 Virtual cards

Abstract

System and methods for converting a fixed form card to a virtual card are disclosed herein. The system includes a virtual card manager and a user computing device communicatively coupled via a network. The virtual card manager may be configured to convert a fixed form card to a virtual card, and the user computing device may be configured to initiate a virtual card conversion request via a virtual card engine stored in mass storage and executable by a processor. As such, a stored value of the fixed form card may be transferred to the virtual card in a secure manner.

Claims

1. A system for converting a fixed form card to a virtual card, the system comprising:

a user computing device including a mass storage executable by a processor and having a virtual card engine stored thereon,

the virtual card engine configured to receive fixed form card data, generate a virtual card in response to receiving the fixed form card data, send a fixed form card conversion request to a virtual card manager in response to receiving the fixed form card data, receive a conversion file including virtual card value data corresponding to the value of the fixed form card from the virtual card manager upon authentication of the fixed form card data via the virtual card manager, and initiate a virtual card transaction with a card service provider.

2. The system of claim 1, where receiving fixed form card data includes receiving image data from a camera included in the user computing device.

3. The system of claim 1, where the fixed form card is a fixed form gift card and where the virtual card is a virtual gift card, where the virtual card value data is identical to fixed form card value data stored in the card service provider.

4. The system of claim 3, where the fixed form card value data is stored in a provider-side associative fixed form card profile in the card service provider.

5. The system of claim 1, where the virtual card engine is configured to send a personal identification number (PIN) associated with the fixed form card to the virtual card manager and where the virtual card manager determines if the PIN matches a second PIN associated with the fixed form card stored in the virtual card manager to authenticate the fixed form card.

6. The system of claim 1, where generating the virtual card including generating virtual card data including at least one of card image data, barcode data, and designation data corresponding to the fixed form card.

7. The system of claim 1, where in response to authentication of the virtual card via the virtual card manager activating the virtual card.

8. The system of claim 1, where the fixed form card data is encrypted and where the virtual card manager is configured to decrypt the encrypted fixed form card data during authentication.

9. The system of claim 1, where the fixed form card data includes a two-dimensional barcode.

10. The system of claim 1, where the card service provider is configured to manage fixed form card services and virtual card services.

11. The system of claim 1, where the virtual card engine is configured to display the virtual card during a virtual card transaction.

12. A method for converting a fixed form card to a virtual card, the method comprising:

at a virtual card manager, receiving a fixed form card conversion request including fixed form card data from a virtual card engine executed via a virtual card engine executed on a user computing device; and

if the fixed form card data is authenticated, sending a conversion file including value data associated with the fixed form card to the virtual card engine.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising if the fixed form card data is authenticated activating a virtual card at the virtual card manager.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising if the fixed form card data is authenticated activating a virtual card at the virtual card manager.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising, at the virtual card manager, sending a personal identification number (PIN) request to the virtual card engine prior to authenticating the fixed form card and where authenticating the fixed form card data including determining if a PIN received from the virtual card engine matches a second PIN included in a manager-side associative fixed form card profile stored in a card service provider.

16. The method of claim 12, where the fixed form card data includes a two-dimensional barcode and authenticating the fixed form card data includes decrypting the two-dimensional barcode and determining if data in the decrypted two-dimensional bar code matches data stored in the virtual card manager and associated with the fixed form card.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising at the virtual card manager, generating a manager-side associative virtual card profile and receiving value data from a provider-side associative fixed form card profile in a card service provider prior to sending the conversion file.

18. A method for converting a fixed form gift card to a virtual gift card, the method comprising:

at a virtual card engine executed on a user computing device, receiving image data of a two-dimensional barcode on the fixed form gift card from a camera integrated into the user computing device;

generating a virtual gift card in response to receiving the image data of the two-dimensional barcode;

sending a fixed form gift card conversion request including the two-dimensional barcode to a virtual card manager in response to receiving the two-dimensional barcode;

at a virtual card manager, receiving the fixed form card conversion request; and

if data in the two-dimensional barcode matches data associated with the fixed form gift card stored in the virtual card manager, sending an encrypted conversion file including value data associated with the fixed form gift card to the virtual card engine.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising at the virtual card manager, if the two-dimensional barcode is authenticated activating a virtual card.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising, at the virtual card manager, sending a personal identification number (PIN) request to the virtual card engine prior to authenticating the fixed form card and where authenticating the fixed form card data including determining if a PIN received from the virtual card engine matches a second PIN included in a manager-side associative fixed form card profile stored in a card service provider.