Patents Examined by Harish T Dass
  • Patent number: 9710807
    Abstract: The THIRD-PARTY VALUE ADDED WALLET FEATURES AND INTERFACES APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS (“VAW”) facilitates allowing a third party service provider to integrate with an electronic wallet to provide a value-added service to a wallet consumer. The VAW may also be configured to facilitate the creation and funding of pre-paid accounts in a consumer's virtual wallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Tenni Theurer, Thomas Purves, Shilpak Mahadkar, Ayman Hammad
  • Patent number: 9640040
    Abstract: An automated banking machine operates to cause financial transfers responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records. The automated banking machine includes a card reader that is operative to read card data corresponding to financial accounts from user cards. The card data is linked in at least one data store to data indicating that the card data corresponds to a financial account that is authorized to be used to conduct at least one transaction through use of the automated banking machine. The automated banking machine may be used to carry out financial transfers involving financial accounts by users who are determined to be authorized users of such accounts. Data corresponding to a financial account can also be linked to a mobile wireless device so as to enable financial transfers by authorized users of such accounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Sathish M. Irudayam, Nicholas Schott, Willis Miller, Matthew R. Zaugg, James Block, H. Thomas Graef, Natarajan Ramachandran, Jeffrey M. Enright, Mark A. Douglass
  • Patent number: 9633341
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of processing transactions with a billing server, including receiving, with the billing server, a transaction request API call from a merchant computer including a msisdn, transmitting, with the billing server, a transaction request response to the merchant computer in response to the transaction request API call, including a transmission ID, receiving, with the billing server, a payment authorization text message from a consumer device at the msisdn including a transaction ID, determining, with the billing server, a match between the transaction ID in the text message with the transaction ID in the transaction request response and if a match is determined between the transaction ID's, transmitting, with the billing server, a charge request to a carrier server to charge an account on the carrier server corresponding to the msisdn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Boku, Inc.
    Inventors: Jang Kim, Yanting Li, Daniel Keegan Flanigan, Wesley D. Mateo
  • Patent number: 9582791
    Abstract: A phone-on-file opt-in method is described. A phone-on-file opt-in request is received at the billing server including a msisdn and a merchant supplied unique consumer identifier. The billing server confirms the phone-on-file opt-in with a consumer device and records a phone-on-file opt-in status as active if the first phone-on-file is confirmed. A charge method includes receiving, at the billing server, a charge API call from a merchant server including at least one identifier and an amount, determining a phone-on-file opt-in status corresponding to the identifier at the billing server and transmitting a request to charge a user account to a carrier server if the phone-on-file opt-in status is active, but not if the phone-on-file opt-in status is inactive, the request including an amount corresponding to the amount received in the charge API call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Boku, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Browne, Pankhudi Pankhudi, Natalya Elkanova, James C. McIntyre, Annie Minh Ma
  • Patent number: 9558485
    Abstract: A two step method for transferring money from a sender to a recipient includes entering information relating to the transfer into a near field communication (NFC) enabled device of the sender. The device is then placed in contact with or close proximity to a recipient's device a first time, causing the sender's device to establish an NFC link between the two devices and to gather information relating to the recipient via the NFC link. The sender's device is then placed in contact with or close proximity to the recipient's device a second time, causing it to transmit the information relating to the transfer and the recipient to a third party service provider via another network, e.g., the Internet, thereby causing the service provider to transfer the money from an account of the sender to an account of the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Kent Griffin, Carl B. Stone
  • Patent number: 9558480
    Abstract: A phone-on-file opt-in method is described. A phone-on-file opt-in request is received at the billing server including a msisdn and a merchant supplied unique consumer identifier. The billing server confirms the phone-on-file opt-in with a consumer device and records a phone-on-file opt-in status as active if the first phone-on-file is confirmed. A charge method includes receiving, at the billing server, a charge API call from a merchant server including at least one identifier and an amount, determining a phone-on-file opt-in status corresponding to the identifier at the billing server and transmitting a request to charge a user account to a carrier server if the phone-on-file opt-in status is active, but not if the phone-on-file opt-in status is inactive, the request including an amount corresponding to the amount received in the charge API call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Boku, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Browne, Pankhudi Pankhudi, Natalya Elkanova, James C. McIntyre, Annie Minh Ma
  • Patent number: 8924277
    Abstract: A securities transaction, such as a buy or sell order is transmitted to a securities exchange with an indicator requesting automatic execution. In one embodiment, the securities transaction has a limit price and if the limit price is equal to or better than the current quote for the security on the exchange, the transaction is automatically executed without exposing the transaction to the auction market crowd on the exchange floor for possible price improvement. In another embodiment, the securities transaction is a market order, and if otherwise eligible, the transaction is automatically executed without exposing the transaction to auction market crowd on the exchange floor for possible price improvement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: NYSE Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Anne E. Allen, Paul N. Desroches
  • Patent number: 8924246
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for mobile payments. A financial institution may offer an electronic prepaid card of a merchant for sale to holders of Demand Deposit Accounts (DDA) and/or Line of Credit Account and/or Loan Account. The card may be provided in electronic form that may be scanned off the account holder's mobile device or by the device. When the account holder purchases the prepaid card, the financial institution may perform a real-time check whether the account holder has sufficient funds. If funds are sufficient, a transfer may be performed from the account holder's account to a holding account of another party at the same financial institution via ON-US transfer. The time duration between prepaid card purchase and its redemption can be so short that the purchaser does not feel the prepay process behind the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: MShift Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Chen, Xiaomeng Zhou, Alan Finke, John Eric Buchbinder, Scott Moeller, Robert Officer
  • Patent number: 8868462
    Abstract: A method for conducting PIN authorized EMV payments using an ordinary mobile phone. The credit card payment is conducted using a merchant's device comprising a card reader and a mobile phone a payment server and a buyer's mobile phone. A PIN entry request is sent from the merchant's device to the buyer's device via the payment server. A secure application in the buyer's device is executed and a PIN code may be entered securely. The entered PIN code is either verified, via the payment server, against the credit card in said merchant's device or against a bank server. Thus, secure credit card payments can be performed using an ordinary unsecure mobile device's.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Izettle Merchant Services AB
    Inventor: Magnus Nilsson
  • Patent number: 8799142
    Abstract: Systems, methods and software for processing and displaying information associated with a plurality of currency exchange transactions to a forex dealer in real time, i.e. substantially simultaneously with the receipt or placement of the associated transactions orders or position requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: FXDirectDealer, LLC
    Inventor: Shawn Vulte Dilkes
  • Patent number: 8799114
    Abstract: This invention provides for a method of (or apparatus for) facilitating the display of items of multiple transaction types in a commingled listing. The display of items of multiple transaction types in a commingled listing may include items which are being offered by a specific Seller at a network based commerce facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Grove, Steve Yan, Rashid Aidun, Premendra Singh, S. N. Rajesh, Preeti Somani, Kevin Cooney
  • Patent number: 8793185
    Abstract: A method facilitating secure financial transactions using email is presented comprising the steps of receiving bill data at a server implementing the method, and generating an email message to a recipient with information including at least a portion of the received bill data. The amount of bill data included in the email message is based, at least in part, on the email address of the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian V. Hollier, Michael L. Waterston
  • Patent number: 8788399
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for maintaining neutrality while trading a list of securities using an algorithmic trading facility coupled with at least one destination. This destination includes at least one alternative trading system (ATS). This facility is coupled, via an electronic data network, to a plurality of trading clients, and configured to receive a trade request to trade a list of securities from a trading client. This request includes user defined trading constraints that are used to generate and transmit trade orders to at least one ATS. The orders are transmitted based on trading data related to the destinations, the trade list, and the trading constraints. The facility can identify each executed trade corresponding to the trade orders and calculate a trade imbalance. The facility can determine whether the trade imbalance exceeds the trading constraints, and reallocate one or more of said submitted orders based on this determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: ITG Software Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitesh Mittal, Ronald Taur, Ryan Lee, Scott Kartinen
  • Patent number: 8788398
    Abstract: A system and method for buying and selling securities based on volatility and liquidity rather than other fundamentals is demonstrated. The method involves: providing at least one decision model to buy and sell a security; inputting real-time data into the decision model; and automatically generating an order and executing transactions to buy and sell the security based in response to the decision model. The method continues in buying and selling the security based in response to decision model until the method is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Inventor: Dean W. Amburn
  • Patent number: 8775297
    Abstract: A computer trading system includes a quote screening function configured to accept quotes specifying a quote amount in a price where the quote amount is greater than a minimum quote amount to produce screen quote messages and to reject quotes specifying a quote amount less than the minimum quote amount. A market view generator generates market views from those quotes which specify an amount greater than or equal to the minimum quote amount. An order screening function only-accepts orders specifying an amount less than a maximum transaction amount submitted in response to the market views to produce screened order messages. A transaction processor receives screened quote messages and screened order messages and matches appropriate messages with each other. The minimum quote amount is substantially equal to or greater than the maximum transaction amount whereby a screened order message can be matched entirely with one screened quote message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: EBS Group Limited
    Inventors: Karen Ilse Setz, Snezhana Malkin, Leong Fai Mah, Steven J. Scully, Tracey Riordan, Edward R. Howorka, James Sinclair
  • Patent number: 8768820
    Abstract: A collateralized lending system and method using a central counterparty is disclosed. Lenders place orders to enter into long contracts with a central counterparty obligating them to lend an asset, or portion thereof. Borrowers place orders to enter into short contracts with the central counterparty obligating them to borrow an asset or a substantial equivalent thereof. The net effect acts like a lending transaction between the lender and the borrower. The central counterparty anonymously matches counter-orders from one or more borrowers and one or more lenders. Upon expiration of the loan, the central counterparty/clearing entity facilitates redemption of the loan. Thereby, the risk of loss due to borrower default is absorbed by the central counterparty encouraging lending activity by prospective lenders resulting in increased credit availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventors: John W. Labuszewski, Richard Co
  • Patent number: 8768840
    Abstract: A Universal Positive Pay Database (UPPD) method, system and/or computer useable medium to reduce financial transaction fraud. A UPPD database is configured to store thereon transaction records associated with financial transactions corresponding to customers of the UPPD database. A particular financial transaction is initiated between a payer and a payee by providing parameters associated with the financial transaction to the UPPD database. An issue File is provided to the UPPD database that includes parameters associated with the particular financial transaction. A correspondence determination is made between the financial transaction parameters from the Issue File and the financial transaction parameters provided to the UPPD database at every point along the financial transaction clearing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventor: William O. Bozeman
  • Patent number: 8768819
    Abstract: Systems and methods for administering trade orders are described. An embodiment comprises receiving, from a first server operated by a first trader, a communication including a first trade order and one or more selection criteria, the first trade order including at least one of a specified instrument, a specified quantity, and a specified price; determining that a database of trade orders does not contain a trade order matching the first trade order; identifying a plurality of traders satisfying the selection criteria; sending, to a plurality of second servers, a query including at least one of the specified instrument, the specified quantity, and the specified price; receiving, from a one of the plurality of second servers operated on behalf of a second trader, a positive response to the query; and facilitating execution of a trade between the first trader and the second trader for the specified instrument at the specified price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: CFPH, LLC
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Dean P. Alderucci, Mark Miller, Andrew Fishkind, Kevin Foley, Bill Rice, Brian L. Gay, Philip Marber, Charles Plott
  • Patent number: 8762257
    Abstract: A client device coalesces data received from an exchange, and provides a client application such as a graphical user interface with the opportunity to process fewer, but up-to-date, data updates from an exchange when a large volume of prices becomes available. Accordingly, the trader can be assured of receiving updated information that are fed to the client applications at a rate that is cohesive with that client device's processing speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc
    Inventor: Scott F. Singer
  • Patent number: 8762269
    Abstract: Systems and processes are disclosed for providing customized user interfaces for facilitating personal payment transactions. In certain embodiments, disclosed embodiments may generate a dynamic and customized interface for effecting the personal payment transaction by, for example, providing one or more options for the payer to fund the payment. The disclosed embodiments may provide an interface that includes one or more suggested recipients for identifying the payee associated with the payment transaction. The disclosed embodiments may also provide an interface that includes one or more routing options to route the payment. The disclosed embodiments may also provide an interface that provides one or more communication channel options for parties associated with the personal payment transaction to communicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Capital One Financial Corporation
    Inventors: Gagan Kanjlia, Scott Zimmer, Alexander S. Wilson, Vishal Puri