Phillip J Rogers

US Patent:

20070244816, Oct 18, 2007

Filed:

Apr 13, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/735310

Inventors:

Mustafa Patni - Lake Forest Park WA, US
Phillip Rogers - San Pablo CA, US
Paul Willard - Seattle WA, US
Matthew Macomber - Walnut Creek CA, US
Richard Starbuck - Walnut Creek CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705045000

Abstract:

Systems and methods for opening, funding, and/or using a financial account are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for providing a financial account includes receiving a request from a user to open a financial account. In response to receiving the request, the method further includes providing a plurality of unused checks to the user. The method additionally includes receiving a first check which has been used in commerce and includes a first signature of the user, and storing an image of the first signature from the first check. The method further includes receiving a second check which has been used in commerce and includes a second signature of the user, and comparing the second signature on the second check to the image of the first signature to authenticate the second signature.