Patents by Inventor Richard Tsuwen Hung

Richard Tsuwen Hung 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).

  • Loyalty account identification
    Patent number: 11861648
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Mark William Andrews, Richard Tsuwen Hung, Robin Dua, Marcus Quintana Mitchell
  • Loyalty Account Identification
    Publication number: 20210035147
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Mark William Andrews, Richard Tsuwen Hung, Robin Dua, Marcus Quintana Mitchell
  • LOYALTY ACCOUNT IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20170330216
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Mark William Andrews, Richard Tsuwen Hung, Robin Dua, Marcus Quintana Mitchell
  • LOYALTY ACCOUNT IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20140172533
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Mark William Andrews, Richard Tsuwen Hung, Robin Dua, Marcus Quintana Mitchell