Security account for bank card use
CA 2298030 A1 · Owner: Godsey, Pierre Richard · Inventors: Godsey, Pierre Richard
Overview
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A viable way of preventing fraud or abuse of Bank Cards (Credit and/or Debit) that can be, established by creating a Primary Account which is accessed and linked to a User's Bank Card in the, customary manner and that normally contains no funds (supposing that overdraft protection is not in effect, for this account). In normal use the Principal Owner of the Primary Bank Card would transfer funds from a, Subsidiary Deposit Account (Savings Account) or a Subsidiary Credit Account (Line of Credit, Credit Card, Account, etc.) which could be linked to the Primary Account by virtue of their ownership, and also by, various stored procedures (software or hardware) which could be effected by …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed February 4, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 4, 2020.
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