Patents Examined by Milena Racic
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Patent number: 10740852Abstract: Techniques and arrangements for industry vertical classification of merchants using merchant signals, based, in part, on comparing the merchant signals with collected business class profiles. The merchant signals can include reported data, collected data, and third-party data associated with the merchant. The techniques can include identifying one or more business class profiles using the data associated with the merchant and classifying and/or reclassifying the merchant within a business class using the one or more identified business class profiles.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Square, Inc.Inventors: Matthew R. George, Jonathan Steven Landy, John Berian James, Mehmet Zahit Guneri, James A. Esposito, Drew A. Edmond
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Patent number: 10699265Abstract: Aspects of the invention may involve systems, methods, and computer readable medium. In an embodiment of the invention, a computer-implemented method for paying for usage of a pay per use device may be provided. The method may transmit device identification information from the device to a server. Device setup information and vend price may be received and the vend price may be displayed. User identification may be received and transmitted to the server. An account balance value may be received and displayed on the display. A start request may be received and transmitted to the server. The device may start and an updated account balance may be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Inventor: Albert Bruce Urquhart
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Patent number: 10692048Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method of generating a passive chronological timesheet for users of computing devices having a graphical user interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: PRACTICE INSIGHT PTY LTDInventor: Thomas Haines
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Patent number: 10679176Abstract: Example systems and methods for inventory management are described. In one implementation, a method may analyze user profiles to retrieve geographic information and user online activity information. The method may identity an offline store corresponding to the retrieved geographic information such that the method may cause inventory management associated with the offline store.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventor: Valerie Goulart
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Patent number: 10556722Abstract: Systems, methods and devices are provided for tracking and managing waste or recyclable materials, which may include one or more devices enabled to capture and record information about waste material at a point in a distribution chain, as well as information technology systems for collecting, processing, analyzing and otherwise managing information about a large number and variety of streams of waste material.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: DIVERT, INC.Inventors: Nicholas L. Whitman, Ryan R. Begin
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Patent number: 10560426Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for configuring a virtual machine instance accessed over a publically routable network address to host intranet applications. A virtual (or “dummy”) interface on the virtual machine instance is assigned an IP address that is inaccessible from the public interface. An application executed on the virtual machine instance is bound to a port on the network address assigned to this dummy interface. A virtual private network server assigns client's IP addresses that can be routed to the dummy interface. When a client computing system connects to the VPN server over the virtual machine instance's public interface, the client forwards traffic destined for the dummy interface's inaccessible network over the VPN connection.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael J. Fork, Christopher T. Gloe, Kevin G. Paterson
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Patent number: 10552578Abstract: A prescription management system receives prescription information and manages containers filled with the prescription. The prescription is stored in the container and the container is attached to a tracking device storing prescription information. The tracking device is managed by the prescription management system. The tracking device is self-powered and activates an indicator when it receives a request from the prescription management system identifying the tracking device. The indicator permits a user, such as a pharmacist, to locate a desired prescription.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: PerceptiMed, Inc.Inventors: Alan Jeffrey Jacobs, Darius Mostowfi, Jennifer A. L. Jacobs
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Patent number: 10432607Abstract: A method and system for single sign-on session management. Functions of session management and client log-in, normally handled by separate system servers, are incorporated as plug-in modules on individual web content servers. In this manner, network traffic to grant and validate client user credentials is reduced or minimized.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.Inventors: Lawrence R. Miller, Bruce J. Skingle
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Patent number: 10430775Abstract: Categorization of data may be performed using rule-based data categorization. Rules may be used to categorize the data into a limited number of categories for a temporary, ad hoc, or updatable process. The rules may be validated to make sure the rules are not ambiguous, contradictory, unattainable, or otherwise ineffective. The rules may include a priority value which may be used as a tie breaker when more than one rule applies to a record. To implement the rules, a lookup flow may be generated to enable rapid or quick traversal of applicable rules for a particular lookup while bypassing at least a portion of the rules. In some embodiments, a record (e.g., an item, etc.) may be categorized during a transaction process to determine a tax classification, a promotion, or another type of classification, which may then be used to complete the transaction.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Guy Bialostocki, Daniel T. Mellott
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Patent number: 10417679Abstract: A method for transaction verification scoring includes obtaining, from a distributed computing system of distributed computing systems distributed throughout a computing network, a transaction description describing a financial transaction with a vendor, obtaining, from the distributed computing systems, transaction records of potential corroborators, and reconciling, with the financial transaction, the transaction records to obtain at least one matching transaction record of at least one corroborator, in the potential corroborators, to the financial transaction. The method further includes scoring the transaction description based on a function of each of the at least one corroborator to the financial transaction to obtain a verification score, and presenting, on a display device, a recommendation of the vendor to a consumer based on the verification score.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Kevin Michael Furbish, Calum Murray, John J. Tumminaro, Jeffrey A. Langston
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Patent number: 10410196Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method involving: receiving, by a point of sale (POS) system, purchase data for a customer; generating bidirectional connection data for the customer, where the bidirectional connection data describes a bidirectional connection; encoding a symbol with the purchase data and the bidirectional connection data; presenting the symbol to the customer; enabling the bidirectional connection in response to a connection request from the customer; receiving payment data from the customer over the bidirectional connection; comparing the payment data to the purchase data; and sending a payment confirmation to the customer over the bidirectional connection in response to a determination that the payment data satisfies the purchase data.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Alexander Ran, Cynthia J. Osmon, William T. Laaser, Komal Bhatia, Mithun Mahadevan
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Patent number: 10360556Abstract: Methods and systems for a secure financial transaction that can be processed through open loop or closed loop networks using electronically readable or visual data that is preferably provided or integrated into a financial card to determine network selection and card authentication and verification requirements.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: VERITEC INC.Inventor: Thomas F. Look
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Patent number: 10296884Abstract: Embodiments are described herein that allow for personalized media playback at a discovered point-of-sale display. In one aspect, a method is provided that involves discovering a point-of-sale display by a portable computing device. The point-of-sale display comprises at least one media playback device. The method further involves receiving, over a wireless network by the portable computing device, a software application and a system identifier of the point-of-sale display. The system identifier to automatically configure the software application to control the at least one media playback device at the discovered point-of-sale display. The method further involves joining the software application on the portable computing device to the point-of-sale display using the system identifier. The method further involves sending from the portable computing device via the configured software application one or more commands to control the at least one media playback device.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Lang, Deborah Dubois
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Patent number: 10209079Abstract: Routing information (e.g., routing information displayed in an electronic map or provided as verbal travel directions) is generated and presented to a user in a tailored manner. A request for routing information is received from a user. Spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data is retrieved that is related to the user and/or to a location or change of location of the user. Based on the retrieved data and the routing information, information display data is generated, and is provided to an electronic device of the user to generate an information display. An attribute of the information display is configured/modified based on the location information and/or on the spatial data, temporal data, social data, and/or topical data. For example, a display attribute and/or an audio attribute of the information display may be modified.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: EXCALIBUR IP, LLCInventors: Christopher Higgins, Marc E. Davis, Ronald Martinez, Joseph O'Sullivan, Christopher Paretti, Athellina Athsani, Chris Kalaboukis
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Patent number: 10198749Abstract: Techniques for providing a number of items may be described. For example, a request for a delivery of an item within a time frame may be received. An additional item may be determined based at least in part on the item and the time frame. Both items may be scheduled for delivery based at least in part on the time frame. Information associated with the items and including an option to accept a delivery of the additional item may be provided. If the option may have been selected, a delivery of the additional item may be caused.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Menashe Haskin
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Patent number: 10157377Abstract: A system and method for automatically managing the allocation of reservation inventory for an individual POS terminal in a distributed reservation system having multiple POS terminals. Inventory allocation for an event for the individual POS terminal is calculated as a function of total reservation capacity for the event, the allocation and use of reservation inventory at the individual POS terminal, and/or the allocation and use of reservation inventory at other POS terminals in the reservation system. All POS terminals in the reservation system periodically share a token with one another to get updated inventory status for use in calculating inventory allocations.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: VERSONIX CORPORATIONInventors: Vadim Evfimiou, Pavlo Fomenko
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Patent number: 10140617Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed for storing and presenting warranties to one or more customers. Within the method, a computer system may store at least one warranty. Subsequently, a point-of-sale system forming part of the computer system may initiate a point-of-sale transaction involving a customer. The computer system may then determine that a first product forming part of the point-of-sale transaction corresponds to a first warranty of the least one warranty and offer to display the first warranty. In response to the offer, the computer system may receive a request to display the first warranty from a computing device corresponding to the customer. Accordingly, the computer system may present the first warranty to the customer via the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Stuart Argue, Anthony Emile Marcar
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Patent number: 10108947Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure provide a reader device for managing transactions using financial instruments with encrypted data storage devices, such as integrated circuit cards (ICC). In some implementations, a reader device of the subject technology can be configured to access the encrypted information in an ICC via an index or table of keys stored on a host device. In operation, upon detecting an ICC, the reader device can obtain application or protocol information for the ICC and concurrently pre-fetch keys from the host device, so that the pre-fetched keys are received prior to or concurrently with the application or protocol information. In the event that the pre-fetch fails to provide the keys needed for the application or protocol of the ICC, the reader device can make a specific request for the exact keys needed for the application or protocol.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: SQUARE, INC.Inventors: Dan Post, Dave Terra
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Patent number: 10032142Abstract: A method is disclosed for reprinting a paper copy of a receipt at a physical store location. The receipt printing may be based off of an electronic receipt. A customer may provide receipt identification to a returns associate at a POS terminal in a store location. Information may be sent to a server or computer system to request that a receipt be reprinted. The server may then process the request and transmit receipt information to the POS terminal where a paper copy of the receipt is printed for the returns associate. A modified receipt may be printed which includes receipt information for additional transactions. A modified receipt may be printed which includes additional information regarding items on the receipt.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Stuart Argue, Anthony Emile Marcar
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Patent number: 10026079Abstract: Selecting ecosystem features for inclusion in operational tiers includes taking a reference implementation of a specific application adapted to operate in a multi-domain computing ecosystem and, using a computer, breaking down the reference implementation into service related components, determining ecosystem participants for the reference implementation, and using a feature allocation engine to configure operational features that enable one of the service related components.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: MASTERCARD MOBILE TRANSACTIONS SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Mehul Desai, Satyan G. Pitroda, Nehal Maniar