Christopher H Hobbs

US Patent:

20070050255, Mar 1, 2007

Filed:

Aug 31, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/214797

Inventors:

Christopher Hobbs - New York NY, US
Maura Rose - New York NY, US
Wayne Blum - New York NY, US
Kevin Burkhart - Brooklyn NY, US
Liuliu Lu - Tuckahoe NY, US

Assignee:

American Express Marketing & Development Corp. - New York NY

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705014000

Abstract:

A system, method, and computer program product are used to control access to promotions is disclosed. The system, method and computer program product control access to promotion information through receiving a partial account number of a cardholder at a customer service system that stores the promotion information, comparing the received partial account number to previously-stored information to produce a verification result, and controlling access to the promotion information based on the verification result. Use of a partial account number (e.g., just the BIN number) allows a card issuer (or their agent) to verify a card holder's eligibility for a promotion, without the need for the card holder to submit and personably-identifiable information.