Patents by Inventor George Mark McGregor

George Mark McGregor has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Techniques for real-time offer evaluations
    Patent number: 10296923
    Abstract: Techniques for real-time offer evaluations are presented. An enterprise system detects and interaction with a customer. Metrics for the interaction are acquired and a centralized preference server delivers real time preference values known for the customer. The metrics and the preference values are used to dynamically and in real-time evaluate conditions for an enterprise offer and when met the offer is delivered to the customer in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Laurie Ann Rodriguez, George Mark McGregor, Vincent Robert Koser, Norman Perkins Blake
  • Techniques for deployment of universal promotion conditions for offer evaluations
    Patent number: 9646316
    Abstract: Techniques for universal promotion conditions for offer evaluations are provided. Promotions are comprised of promotion conditions. The conditions are defined as a key value, description, and data type. Defined operators for the data types are enumerated and the key values can be mixed and matched in custom defined conditional statements to expand promotional engines with universal promotion conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Vincent Robert Koser, George Mark McGregor
  • Centralized user preference management for electronic decision making devices
    Patent number: 9021363
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for centralized user preference management for electronic decision making devices are provided. A user preference profile is received. A user preference profile manager may transmit a user preference from the user preference profile to a requesting user transaction terminal. the user preference manager may also receive a dynamic user preference from a user preference profile and extend the user preference profile with the dynamic user preference, where the dynamic user preference includes a preference definition and the preference definition includes read and write access controls for the dynamic user preference. Then the user manager may update the user preference profile based on data received from the user transaction terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Perkins Blake, III, Christopher Lee Collier, George Mark McGregor, Vincent Robert Koser
  • TECHNIQUES FOR DEPLOYMENT OF UNIVERSAL PROMOTION CONDITIONS FOR OFFER EVALUATIONS
    Publication number: 20140067495
    Abstract: Techniques for universal promotion conditions for offer evaluations are provided. Promotions are comprised of promotion conditions. The conditions are defined as a key value, description, and data type. Defined operators for the data types are enumerated and the key values can be mixed and matched in custom defined conditional statements to expand promotional engines with universal promotion conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Vincent Robert Koser, George Mark McGregor
  • TECHNQUES FOR REAL-TIME OFFER EVALUATIONS
    Publication number: 20130166388
    Abstract: Techniques for real-time offer evaluations are presented. An enterprise system detects and interaction with a customer. Metrics for the interaction are acquired and a centralized preference server delivers real time preference values known for the customer. The metrics and the preference values are used to dynamically and in real-time evaluate conditions for an enterprise offer and when met the offer is delivered to the customer in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Laurie Ann Rodriguez, George Mark McGregor, Vincent Robert Koser, Norman Perkins Blake
  • CENTRALIZED USER PREFERENCE MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTRONIC DECISION MAKING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120110467
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for centralized user preference management for electronic decision making devices are provided. A user preference profile is received. A user preference profile manager may transmit a user preference from the user preference profile to a requesting user transaction terminal. the user preference manager may also receive a dynamic user preference from a user preference profile and extend the user preference profile with the dynamic user preference, where the dynamic user preference includes a preference definition and the preference definition includes read and write access controls for the dynamic user preference. Then the user manager may update the user preference profile based on data received from the user transaction terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Perkins Blake, Christopher Lee Collier, George Mark McGregor, Vincent Robert Koser