Patents by Inventor Scott Christopher Francis

Scott Christopher Francis 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).

  • Publication number: 20140074569
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to systems and methods for facilitating loyalty and reward functionality in mobile commerce. In one embodiment, a method for providing a loyalty/reward program can include receiving an indication that a consumer has entered a predefined merchant location; transmitting a notification to a mobile device associated with the consumer; providing one or more payment tools on a mobile device for the consumer to facilitate a purchase from a merchant associated with the predefined merchant location; generating a loyalty/reward credit for an account associated with the consumer; and receiving an instruction from the consumer to redeem loyalty/reward credit for goods and/or service from the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Christopher Francis, J. Scott Sanchez, Christopher T. Cox
  • Publication number: 20130103574
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for processing payment delegate transactions are provided. A transaction message associated with a payment instrument of a customer may be received by a payment processing service from a merchant. The payment processing service may determine when the payment instrument is not a payment delegate. When the payment instrument is not a payment delegate, the payment processing service may communicate a response to the merchant processor. When the payment instrument is a payment delegate, a message may be communicated to a funding source gateway and/or an indication that the payment instrument is a payment delegate may be communicated to at least one memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abbe Elizabeth Conrad, Francis J. Pavlik, Scott Christopher Francis