Patents by Inventor Glen E. Graf

Glen E. Graf 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).

  • Patent number: 9843588
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system, method, and article of manufacture for lossless compression of data and high speed manipulation of the data. The method may comprise associating a customer with a plurality of levels, and counting, in near real time, a number of transactions at each level in the plurality of levels based on a transaction history of the customer at each of a plurality of merchants. The method may further comprise counting the number of transactions during a time period. Similarly, the method may comprise determining an opportunity comprising an offer based upon the counting, determining an opportunity based upon a count indicating a transaction by the customer with a merchant, and/or determining an opportunity with a first merchant based upon a count indicating a transaction by the customer with a second merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: III Holdings 1, LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Evans, Glen E. Graf, Joseph Lesko, John G. McDonald, Christina L. Richards
  • Publication number: 20150101068
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system, method, and article of manufacture for lossless compression of data and high speed manipulation of the data. The method may comprise associating a customer with a plurality of levels, and counting, in near real time, a number of transactions at each level in the plurality of levels based on a transaction history of the customer at each of a plurality of merchants. The method may further comprise counting the number of transactions during a time period. Similarly, the method may comprise determining an opportunity comprising an offer based upon the counting, determining an opportunity based upon a count indicating a transaction by the customer with a merchant, and/or determining an opportunity with a first merchant based upon a count indicating a transaction by the customer with a second merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Richard A. Evans, Glen E. Graf, Joseph Lesko, John G. McDonald, Christina L. Richards
  • Patent number: 8914545
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system, method, and article of manufacture for lossless compression of data and high speed manipulation of the data. The method may comprise associating a customer with a plurality of levels, and counting, in near real time, a number of transactions at each level in the plurality of levels based on a transaction history of the customer at each of a plurality of merchants. The method may further comprise counting the number of transactions during a time period. Similarly, the method may comprise determining an opportunity comprising an offer based upon the counting, determining an opportunity based upon a count indicating a transaction by the customer with a merchant, and/or determining an opportunity with a first merchant based upon a count indicating a transaction by the customer with a second merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: III Holdings 1, LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Evans, Glen E. Graf, Joseph Lesko, John G. McDonald, Christina L. Richards
  • Publication number: 20120316961
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system, method, and article of manufacture for lossless compression of data and high speed manipulation of the data. The method may comprise associating a customer with a plurality of levels, and counting, in near real time, a number of transactions at each level in the plurality of levels based on a transaction history of the customer at each of a plurality of merchants. The method may further comprise counting the number of transactions during a time period. Similarly, the method may comprise determining an opportunity comprising an offer based upon the counting, determining an opportunity based upon a count indicating a transaction by the customer with a merchant, and/or determining an opportunity with a first merchant based upon a count indicating a transaction by the customer with a second merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Evans, Glen E. Graf, Joseph Lesko, John G. McDonald, Christina L. Richards