Patents by Inventor Mark William Andrews
Mark William Andrews 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).
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Patent number: 11917954Abstract: A wheel track monitoring system for an irrigation system monitors the condition of a wheel track and alerts an operator and/or automatically takes corrective action when a wheel track develops ruts or other conditions that may adversely affect operation of the irrigation system. The wheel track monitoring system includes a wheel track condition sensor, a location sensor, and a processing system. The processing system receives and stores wheel track condition data and location data from the sensors as the irrigation system travels across a field and creates a log of wheel track condition data for multiple locations in the field. The processing system also analyzes the wheel track condition data to determine if the condition of the wheel track is unacceptable at any locations in the irrigated field and generates a corrective action signal if the condition is unacceptable.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Lindsay CorporationInventors: Mark William Miller, Reece Robert Andrews
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Patent number: 11861648Abstract: Using identifiers on user payment instruments to identify user loyalty accounts comprises a method to store a loyalty account list associated with a user, the loyalty account list comprising one or more user loyalty accounts; associate an identifier with the loyalty account list; receive information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant, the information comprising an account number for the user loyalty account and an identity of the merchant; associate the user loyalty account with the loyalty account list; receive a request for information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant, the request comprising the identifier received by the merchant from a user payment instrument and an identity of the merchant; determine the user loyalty account associated with the merchant; and provide the information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Mark William Andrews, Richard Tsuwen Hung, Robin Dua, Marcus Quintana Mitchell
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Patent number: 10949819Abstract: Managing user devices associated with a digital wallet account comprises associating, using one or more computing devices, one or more user computing devices with a digital wallet account of a user, each of the associated one or more user computing devices being activated to conduct financial transactions with a merchant utilizing the digital wallet account; presenting the associated user computing devices in a list of associated user computing devices; receiving a request to deactivate a particular user computing device from the list of associated user computing devices; deactivating the particular user computing device, the deactivation being sufficient to prevent the user computing device from conducting transactions with a merchant utilizing the digital wallet account; and presenting a deactivated status of the particular user computing device.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Mark William Andrews, Peter Malcolm Gwinn, Erick John Armbrust, Petra Cross, Christopher Michael Peterson
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Publication number: 20210035147Abstract: Using identifiers on user payment instruments to identify user loyalty accounts comprises a method to store a loyalty account list associated with a user, the loyalty account list comprising one or more user loyalty accounts; associate an identifier with the loyalty account list; receive information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant, the information comprising an account number for the user loyalty account and an identity of the merchant; associate the user loyalty account with the loyalty account list; receive a request for information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant, the request comprising the identifier received by the merchant from a user payment instrument and an identity of the merchant; determine the user loyalty account associated with the merchant; and provide the information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Mark William Andrews, Richard Tsuwen Hung, Robin Dua, Marcus Quintana Mitchell
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Publication number: 20200234270Abstract: Selecting payment instruments for proxy card transactions comprises associating a plurality of financial accounts with a user proxy account; establishing a model for the user account based on configuration data received from a user, the model comprising identification of a particular financial account to use as a backing instrument for a transaction; receiving data associated with a pending transaction regarding the pending transaction; identifying a financial account to use as a backing instrument for the pending transaction based on a comparison of the model with the pending transaction data; receiving a selection of an alternate financial account to use instead of the identified financial account as the backing instrument; modifying the model account based on the selection of the alternate financial account and the data associated with the pending transaction; and utilizing the modified model in a subsequent selection of a financial account for a subsequent transaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Michael Blandina, Mark William Andrews, Osama Bedier
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Patent number: 10579981Abstract: Selecting payment instruments for proxy card transactions comprises associating a plurality of financial accounts with a user proxy account; establishing a model for the user account based on configuration data received from a user, the model comprising identification of a particular financial account to use as a backing instrument for a transaction; receiving data associated with a pending transaction regarding the pending transaction; identifying a financial account to use as a backing instrument for the pending transaction based on a comparison of the model with the pending transaction data; receiving a selection of an alternate financial account to use instead of the identified financial account as the backing instrument; modifying the model account based on the selection of the alternate financial account and the data associated with the pending transaction; and utilizing the modified model in a subsequent selection of a financial account for a subsequent transaction.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Mark William Andrews, Michael Blandina, Osama Bedier
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Publication number: 20190057364Abstract: Managing user devices associated with a digital wallet account comprises associating, using one or more computing devices, one or more user computing devices with a digital wallet account of a user, each of the associated one or more user computing devices being activated to conduct financial transactions with a merchant utilizing the digital wallet account; presenting the associated user computing devices in a list of associated user computing devices; receiving a request to deactivate a particular user computing device from the list of associated user computing devices; deactivating the particular user computing device, the deactivation being sufficient to prevent the user computing device from conducting transactions with a merchant utilizing the digital wallet account; and presenting a deactivated status of the particular user computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Mark William Andrews, Peter Malcolm Gwinn, Erick John Armbrust, Petra Cross, Christopher Michael Peterson
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Patent number: 10127533Abstract: Managing user devices associated with a digital wallet account comprises associating, using one or more computing devices, one or more user computing devices with a digital wallet account of a user, each of the associated one or more user computing devices being activated to conduct financial transactions with a merchant utilizing the digital wallet account; presenting the associated user computing devices in a list of associated user computing devices; receiving a request to deactivate a particular user computing device from the list of associated user computing devices; deactivating the particular user computing device, the deactivation being sufficient to prevent the user computing device from conducting transactions with a merchant utilizing the digital wallet account; and presenting a deactivated status of the particular user computing device.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2012Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Mark William Andrews, Peter Malcolm Gwinn, Erick John Armbrust, Petra Cross, Christopher Michael Petersen
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Publication number: 20170330216Abstract: Using identifiers on user payment instruments to identify user loyalty accounts comprises a method to store a loyalty account list associated with a user, the loyalty account list comprising one or more user loyalty accounts; associate an identifier with the loyalty account list; receive information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant, the information comprising an account number for the user loyalty account and an identity of the merchant; associate the user loyalty account with the loyalty account list; receive a request for information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant, the request comprising the identifier received by the merchant from a user payment instrument and an identity of the merchant; determine the user loyalty account associated with the merchant; and provide the information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Mark William Andrews, Richard Tsuwen Hung, Robin Dua, Marcus Quintana Mitchell
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Publication number: 20170243192Abstract: Selecting payment instruments for proxy card transactions comprises associating a plurality of financial accounts with a user proxy account; establishing a model for the user account based on configuration data received from a user, the model comprising identification of a particular financial account to use as a backing instrument for a transaction; receiving data associated with a pending transaction regarding the pending transaction; identifying a financial account to use as a backing instrument for the pending transaction based on a comparison of the model with the pending transaction data; receiving a selection of an alternate financial account to use instead of the identified financial account as the backing instrument; modifying the model account based on the selection of the alternate financial account and the data associated with the pending transaction; and utilizing the modified model in a subsequent selection of a financial account for a subsequent transaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Mark William Andrews, Michael Blandina, Osama Bedier
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Patent number: 9679284Abstract: Selecting payment instruments for proxy card transactions comprises associating a plurality of financial accounts with a user proxy account; establishing a model for the user account based on configuration data received from a user, the model comprising identification of a particular financial account to use as a backing instrument for a transaction; receiving data associated with a pending transaction regarding the pending transaction; identifying a financial account to use as a backing instrument for the pending transaction based on a comparison of the model with the pending transaction data; receiving a selection of an alternate financial account to use instead of the identified financial account as the backing instrument; modifying the model account based on the selection of the alternate financial account and the data associated with the pending transaction; and utilizing the modified model in a subsequent selection of a financial account for a subsequent transaction.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Mark William Andrews, Michael Blandina, Osama Bedier
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Publication number: 20160148185Abstract: Selecting payment instruments for proxy card transactions comprises associating a plurality of financial accounts with a user proxy account; establishing a model for the user account based on configuration data received from a user, the model comprising identification of a particular financial account to use as a backing instrument for a transaction; receiving data associated with a pending transaction regarding the pending transaction; identifying a financial account to use as a backing instrument for the pending transaction based on a comparison of the model with the pending transaction data; receiving a selection of an alternate financial account to use instead of the identified financial account as the backing instrument; modifying the model account based on the selection of the alternate financial account and the data associated with the pending transaction; and utilizing the modified model in a subsequent selection of a financial account for a subsequent transaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Mark William Andrews, Michael Blandina, Osama Bedier
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Patent number: 9092767Abstract: Selecting payment instruments for proxy card transactions comprises associating a plurality of financial accounts with a user proxy account; establishing a model for the user account based on configuration data received from a user, the model comprising identification of a particular financial account to use as a backing instrument for a transaction; receiving data associated with a pending transaction regarding the pending transaction; identifying a financial account to use as a backing instrument for the pending transaction based on a comparison of the model with the pending transaction data; receiving a selection of an alternate financial account to use instead of the identified financial account as the backing instrument; modifying the model account based on the selection of the alternate financial account and the data associated with the pending transaction; and utilizing the modified model in a subsequent selection of a financial account for a subsequent transaction.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Mark William Andrews, Michael Blandina, Osama Bedier
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Patent number: 8972298Abstract: Transmitting category codes to payment instruments in proxy card transactions comprises receiving a first payment request to authorize a proxy card transaction, the first payment request identifying a proxy account of a user for payment of the transaction and a merchant category code associated with the merchant; selecting a financial account associated with the proxy account to fund the transaction; communicating a second payment request to authorize the transaction to a financial account system associated with the selected financial account, the second payment request comprising the merchant category code associated with the merchant; receiving an authorization for the transaction from the financial account system to fund the transaction using the selected financial account; and communicating an authorization for the transaction to the merchant computing device in response to receiving the authorization for the transaction from the financial account system to fund the transaction using the selected financiaType: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: William Dennis Kunz, Mark William Andrews, Christopher Michael Petersen
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Publication number: 20150019417Abstract: A digital wallet provider system provides an interface specification to a financial account issuer. Using the interface specification, the financial account issuer system provides user financial account information directly to the digital wallet provider system without requiring the user to enter the user's financial account information. Once the digital wallet provider system receives the user's financial account information from the financial account issuer system, the digital wallet provider system verifies the identity of the user and the completeness of the financial account information received from the financial account issuer system. The digital wallet provider then updates the user's digital wallet account, on behalf of the user, to include the user's financial account.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Mark William Andrews, William Dennis Kunz, Steve Chen, Reena Nadkarni, Jonathan M. Newman, Buckner Woodford Clay, IV, Michael Schenker, Titia Tin Yee Wong, Stephen Tai-Chung Hu
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Publication number: 20140257958Abstract: Selecting an alternate payment instrument after a proxy card payment transaction comprises associating the proxy card account comprising with a plurality of financial accounts that can be selected for funding financial transactions; associating a merchant account with a merchant, the merchant account comprising an incentive program; associating the user proxy card account with the incentive program; receiving a payment authorization request; accessing the user proxy card account based on the identification of the user proxy card account; determining that the user proxy card account is associated with the merchant's incentive program; when the item information in the transaction data meets at least one rule in the set of rules for obtaining the incentive, applying the incentive to the user proxy account associated with the merchant's incentive program; and communicating a notification of the applied incentive to a user associated with the user proxy card account.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Google Inc.Inventor: Mark William Andrews
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Patent number: D736825Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Ben DuPont, Trevor Austin Gray, Mark William Andrews
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Patent number: D737317Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Ben DuPont, Trevor Austin Gray, Mark William Andrews
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Patent number: D737851Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Ben DuPont, Trevor Austin Gray, Mark William Andrews
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Patent number: D742406Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Ben DuPont, Trevor Austin Gray, Mark William Andrews