Patents by Inventor Tamara F. Odinec

Tamara F. Odinec 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: 10068252
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system, method, and article of manufacture for measuring the effectiveness of an advertisement. In various embodiments, the system may compare exposed data indicating that a first customer was exposed to a targeted advertisement to a first spending activity associated with the first customer. The system may further compare unexposed data indicating that a second customer was exposed to a neutral advertisement to a second spending activity associated with the second customer. Further still, the system may, in various embodiments, generate a spend report based on the comparing the exposed data to the first spending activity and the comparing the unexposed data to the second spending activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: David S. Bonalle, Brian C. Bender, Mehmet E. Dedeoglu, Rajendra R. Rane, Tamara F. Odinec, Patrick R. Lowery
  • Patent number: 9940628
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for measuring ad impression effectiveness are provided. A method is provided comprising selecting, by an ad impression processor, a target consumer for an ad impression, delivering the ad impression to the target consumer, determining, by the processor, a behavior of the target consumer after a time period elapses, wherein the determining comprises analyzing internal data relating to the target consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Brian C. Bender, David S. Bonalle, Mehmet Dedeoglu, Patrick R. Lowery, Tamara F. Odinec, Rajendra R. Rane
  • Patent number: 9589271
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for measuring ad impression effectiveness are provided. A method is provided comprising selecting, by an ad impression processor, a target consumer for an ad impression, delivering the ad impression to the target consumer, determining, by the processor, a behavior of the target consumer after a time period elapses, wherein the determining comprises analyzing internal data relating to the target consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Brian C. Bender, David S. Bonalle, Mehmet Dedeoglu, Patrick R. Lowery, Tamara F. Odinec, Rajendra R. Rane
  • Patent number: 9530143
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for measuring ad impression effectiveness are provided. A method is provided comprising selecting, by an ad impression processor, a target consumer for an ad impression, delivering the ad impression to the target consumer, determining, by the processor, a behavior of the target consumer after a time period elapses, wherein the determining comprises analyzing internal data relating to the target consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Brian C. Bender, David S. Bonalle, Mehmet Dedeoglu, Patrick R. Lowery, Tamara F. Odinec, Rajendra R. Rane
  • Patent number: 9311653
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system, method, and article of manufacture for measuring the effectiveness of an advertisement. In various embodiments, the system may compare exposed data indicating that a first customer was exposed to a targeted advertisement to a first spending activity associated with the first customer. The system may further compare unexposed data indicating that a second customer was exposed to a neutral advertisement to a second spending activity associated with the second customer. Further still, the system may, in various embodiments, generate a spend report based on the comparing the exposed data to the first spending activity and the comparing the unexposed data to the second spending activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: David S. Bonalle, Brian C. Bender, Mehmet E. Dedeoglu, Rajendra R. Rane, Tamara F. Odinec, Patrick R. Lowery
  • Patent number: 9208510
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system, method, and article of manufacture for spend based targeting. In various embodiments, the system may transmit, to a third party system, a spend data file associating a first party cookie ID with spend data, as well as a first party cookie ID and/or a third party cookie ID to a web client. The web client may transmit the first party cookie ID and/or the third party cookie ID to the third party system, and the third party system may generate a look alike model for targeting advertisements to the web client based on the spend data file and clickstream data associated with the web client. In various embodiments, the third party system may match the third party cookie ID with the first party cookie ID in the spend data file, which may associate a customer with a segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: David S. Bonalle, Brian C. Bender, Mehmet E. Dedeoglu, Rajendra R. Rane, Tamara F. Odinec, Patrick R. Lowery
  • Publication number: 20130232059
    Abstract: Recurring loan payments (e.g., mortgage payments) through a transaction card account is disclosed. Information is received at a transaction account system from a loan company system corresponding to an application received at the loan company system from a requester for a loan involving automatic debits to a transaction card account. A determination is made as to whether the requestor is eligible for the loan to be associated with a transaction card account. If not, the customer receives a communication of rejection. If eligible, a determination is made whether the transaction account system has stored therein a transaction card account of the requestor. If no, a transaction card account is opened for the requestor and associated with the loan. If yes, the loan payment is associated with the transaction card account bill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruth L. Aloni, Rebecca R. Deen, Richard A. Exelbert, Elizabeth Langwith, Tamara F. Odinec, Joanne R. Pate, Sheraz Shere, Natalie M. Sunderland, Ian Woolley
  • Patent number: 8438104
    Abstract: Recurring loan payments (e.g., mortgage payments) through a transaction card account is disclosed. Information is received at a transaction account system from a loan company system corresponding to an application received at the loan company system from a requester for a loan involving automatic debits to a transaction card account. A determination is made as to whether the requestor is eligible for the loan to be associated with a transaction card account. If not, the customer receives a communication of rejection. If eligible, a determination is made whether the transaction account system has stored therein a transaction card account of the requester. If no, a transaction card account is opened for the requestor and associated with the loan. If yes, the loan payment is associated with the transaction card account bill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruth L. Aloni, Rebecca R. Deen, Richard A. Exelbert, Elizabeth Langwith, Tamara F. Odinec, Joanne R. Pate, Sheraz Shere, Natalie M. Sunderland, Ian Woolley
  • Publication number: 20130036015
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for measuring ad impression effectiveness are provided. A method is provided comprising selecting, by an ad impression processor, a target consumer for an ad impression, delivering the ad impression to the target consumer, determining, by the processor, a behavior of the target consumer after a time period elapses, wherein the determining comprises analyzing internal data relating to the target consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian C. Bender, David S. Bonalle, Mehmet Dedeoglu, Patrick R. Lowery, Tamara F. Odinec, Rajendra R. Rane
  • Publication number: 20130036014
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for measuring ad impression effectiveness are provided. A method is provided comprising selecting, by an ad impression processor, a target consumer for an ad impression, delivering the ad impression to the target consumer, determining, by the processor, a behavior of the target consumer after a time period elapses, wherein the determining comprises analyzing internal data relating to the target consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian C. Bender, David S. Bonalle, Mehmet Dedeoglu, Patrick R. Lowery, Tamara F. Odinec, Rajendra R. Rane
  • Publication number: 20130036004
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for measuring ad impression effectiveness are provided. A method is provided comprising selecting, by an ad impression processor, a target consumer for an ad impression, delivering the ad impression to the target consumer, determining, by the processor, a behavior of the target consumer after a time period elapses, wherein the determining comprises analyzing internal data relating to the target consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian C. Bender, David S. Bonalle, Mehmet Dedeoglu, Patrick R. Lowery, Tamara F. Odinec, Rajendra R. Rane
  • Publication number: 20120116962
    Abstract: Recurring loan payments (e.g., mortgage payments) through a transaction card account is disclosed. Information is received at a transaction account system from a loan company system corresponding to an application received at the loan company system from a requester for a loan involving automatic debits to a transaction card account. A determination is made as to whether the requestor is eligible for the loan to be associated with a transaction card account. If not, the customer receives a communication of rejection. If eligible, a determination is made whether the transaction account system has stored therein a transaction card account of the requester. If no, a transaction card account is opened for the requestor and associated with the loan. If yes, the loan payment is associated with the transaction card account bill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruth L. Aloni, Rebecca R. Deen, Richard A. Exelbert, Elizabeth Langwith, Tamara F. Odinec, Joanne R. Pate, Sheraz Shere, Natalie M. Sunderland, Ian Woolley
  • Patent number: 8117116
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are used to make recurring loan payments (e.g., mortgage payments) through a transaction card account. Information is received at a transaction account system from a loan company system corresponding to an application received at the loan company system from a requester for a loan involving automatic debits to a transaction card account. A determination is made as to whether the requestor is eligible for the loan to be associated with a transaction card account. If not, the customer receives a communication of rejection. If eligible, a determination is made whether the transaction account system has stored therein a transaction card account of the requestor. If no, a transaction card account is opened for the requester and associated with the loan. If yes, the loan payment is associated with the transaction card account bill. Periodic debits to the transaction card account are automatically made that correspond to a recurring loan payment amount for the loan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruth L. Aloni, Rebecca R. Deen, Richard A. Exelbert, Elizabeth Langwith, Tamara F. Odinec, Joanne R. Pate, Sheraz Shere, Natalie M. Sunderland, Ian Woolley