Patents by Inventor Steve David Goldsmith

Steve David Goldsmith 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: 20150242834
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to computer software, network communications and networked applications, and computing devices, including wired and wireless mobile and computing devices, for interfacing with a payment processor that provides electronic payments as a service, and more specifically, to a split payment engine and method for fulfillment of goods and services, such as reserving a rental property and ancillary goods and services, via, for example, aggregation of electronic transactions. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a request acquire multiple goods or services from different good or service providers, and initiating a split payment operation at a processor to apply against an account. The split payment operation includes determining that the split payment operation is associated with either a first or a second state, and causing, if the request is in the first state, payments collectively represented as a single transaction in association with the account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Homeaway.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve David Goldsmith, James Aron Vaughan
  • Publication number: 20150242835
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to computer software, network communications and networked applications, and computing devices, including wired and wireless mobile and computing devices, for interfacing with a payment processor that provides electronic payments as a service, and more specifically, to correlate transactions generated by split payment operations to fulfill and correlate online orders of goods and services offered by multiple provider entities, via, for example, aggregation of electronic transactions. In some embodiments, a method includes causing presentation of one or more web pages to facilitate rental of real property, and receiving data representing electronic transactions subject to a split payment operation. The method can include monitoring the electronic transactions, and generating data representing a correlation identifier indicating that a first electronic transaction is associated with a subset of electronic transactions subject to the split payment operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: HomeAway.com, Inc.
    Inventors: James Aron Vaughan, Steve David Goldsmith