Patents Assigned to American Express Travel Related Service Company, Inc.
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Publication number: 20190311392Abstract: A reward points transfer system and process using blockchain is disclosed. Transaction account issuers may write reward transfer messages to the blockchain to initiate a transfer of reward points for a transaction account holders account to one or more rewards partners. Rewards partners may retrieve the reward transfer messages from the blockchain, and write a reward transfer response message to the blockchain to confirm receipt of the reward points transfer and to update the status of the transfer. The transaction account issuers and rewards partners may encrypt the messages and generate hashes based on the messages prior to writing to the blockchain, to ensure that the messages are not tampered with during the transfer process.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventor: Vasudevan Swamidurai
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Publication number: 20190311196Abstract: The systems may include dividing a digital map provided by a mapping system into a matrix having a plurality of cells; assigning a cell of the plurality of cells to encompass a geographic region of the digital map; calculating a number of sites of interest in the cell; creating a marker comprising a first count number representing the number of sites of interest in the cell; and sharing the marker with a browser for display on the digital map.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Shivakumar Chandrashekar, Raju Rathi, Yogesh Tayal, Kunal Upadhyay, Purushotham Vunnam
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Publication number: 20190312848Abstract: A mainframe network may store a plurality of records. The mainframe network may generate a file comprising the data elements in the records. The mainframe network may transmit the file to a distributed network. The distributed network may encrypt the data elements. The distributed network may transmit a file comprising the encrypted data elements to the mainframe network. The mainframe network may store the encrypted data elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: PEDAMEERASA CHENNUPALLI, SIDDHARTHA DUTTA, TAPAN K. GANGULY, RANDALL W. LATHAM, SUDHAGAR NATARAJAN
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Patent number: 10437848Abstract: The system may validate a data source having a structured format and a grammar that includes tags. The system may identify a tag in the grammar. The system may parse the data source to extract attributes and/or values associated with the tags in response to successful validation. The system may also write the attributes and/or values to an output file separated by a preselected delimiter. A configuration file may identify the grammar, the preselected delimiter, and/or the data source. The data source may be in an XML format or a JSON format. The system may generate execution ready code in response to the validating the data source and the grammar. The output file may be a load ready file for ingestion into a big data storage format. The tag may include a parent tag and a sub tag corresponding to a hierarchy in the data source.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Rahul Agarwal, Sachin Arya, Sandeep Bose, Ajay Paul Singh Manesh, Harish Naik, Neha Singh
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Patent number: 10438298Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for expense management are disclosed. A user may submit receipts for one or more transactions into an expense management system. The expense management system may extract information from the receipts and match the extracted information to one or more of a plurality of Records of Charge (ROCs). The expense management system may match the extracted information to a ROC based on vendor name, location, time stamp, and the like. The expense management system may further assign a ROC to an expense category. The expense management system may assign a ROC to an expense category based on a standard industrial classification (SIC) code of a merchant, a category assigned to a different ROC, and a location associated with the ROC. An expense report for all submitted receipts may be generated.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Azriel Chelst, Estelle Mangeney, Lee Pham
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Publication number: 20190303920Abstract: A transaction system and process using a token smart contract is disclosed. The system may receive a transfer notification comprising a user public blockchain address, a merchant public blockchain address, and a transaction amount. The system may retrieve a transaction account identifier and a merchant identifier based on the user public blockchain address and the merchant public blockchain address. The system may adjust a transaction account balance associated with the user identifier based on the transaction amount. The system may credit a merchant account based on the transaction amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Balaji Balaraman, Andras L. Ferenczi, Dallas L. Gale, Nilesh Y. Jadhav, Harish R. Naik
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Publication number: 20190303813Abstract: A distributed file system may store a plurality of entity attributes. A node linking system may classify links between the nodes. The node linking system may calculate a network effect of an action with a link. The node linking system may modify parameters of the action based on the network effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Matthew K. Meyer, Rajesh Shah, Yashwanth Tekena
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Publication number: 20190303550Abstract: A system for conducting transactions without a debit card or credit card may receive a request to complete a transaction including authentication data associated with a transaction account and a captured biometric template. The transaction request may lack information contained on a typical debit card or credit card. The system may identify the transaction account using the authentication data associated with the transaction account. The transaction account may be associated with a stored biometric template stored in a biometric data store. The system may also compare the stored biometric template with the captured biometric template. In response to the stored biometric template conflicting with the captured biometric template, the system may decline the transaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Wael Ibrahim, Upendra Mardikar
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Publication number: 20190303942Abstract: Systems and methods for fraud management using a distributed database are disclosed. The system may receive a payment request and generate a payment request hash by cryptographically processing the payment request using a hashing algorithm. The system may invoke a fraud reporting smart contract by passing the payment request hash and a public blockchain address to the fraud reporting smart contract. The system may query a local blockchain database to locate a fraud report matching the payment request hash to determine whether the payment request has been previously reported as fraud. In response to the payment request hash not matching the fraud report, the fraud reporting smart contract is configured to write the payment request hash to the blockchain as a second fraud report.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Balaji Balaraman, Rana Dasgupta, Andras L. Ferenczi, Vishnu Garg, Chad Gonzales, Farid G. Hatefi, Abhishek Jha, Upendra Mardikar, Sulubh Monga, Harish R. Naik, Timothy O. Rollins
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Publication number: 20190303494Abstract: A distributed file system may store a plurality of entity attributes. A node linking system may identify similarities between entity attributes for different entities. The node linking system may generate an entity graph which displays relationships and similarities between entities in a graphical user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Matthew K. Meyer, Rajesh Shah, Yashwanth Tekena
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Publication number: 20190303432Abstract: Systems and methods of improving the operation of a transaction network and transaction network devices are disclosed. An online purchase autofill plugin includes various modules and engines. The fields of online forms may be identified and the fields of online forms may be automatically filled. The user experience may be improved, and data security enhanced so that the transaction network more properly functions according to approved parameters, such as protecting the integrity of sensitive data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventor: Hans-Jurgen Greiner
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Patent number: 10430821Abstract: A system and method provide rewards or loyalty incentives to card member customers. The system includes an enrolled card member customer database, an enrolled merchant database, a participating merchant offer database and a registered card processor. The enrolled card member customer database includes transaction accounts of card member customers enrolled in a loyalty incentive program. If the purchase qualifies for a rebate credit, the registered card processor provides the rebate credit to an account of the enrolled card member customer. The registered card processor also provides for electronic notification of rewards offers or credit to prepaid cards, in response to purchases conforming to a specific set of merchant criteria. The system provides a coupon-less way for merchants to provide incentive discounts and/or credits to enrolled customers, along with notifying customers of other available incentive offers.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: David Wolf, Sripriya V. Tiku, Scott M. Roen, Jennifer M. Russo
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Patent number: 10430829Abstract: A system may generate a first transaction history from a plurality of records of charge. The system may select a plurality of merchants based on the plurality of records of charge, and generate a first user profile in response to the first transaction history and the plurality of merchants. The first user profile may comprise a merchant score for a merchant appearing in the first transaction history. The first transaction history may include transaction account issuer data. The system may receive a request for content that identifies a user account associated with the first user profile. The system may further generate the content based on the merchant score in response to the request for the content. The request may be automatically generated by the application or may be in response to an action by the first user.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Emily E. Gould, Kristen N. Oldenburger, Alice Park, Seth M. Ross, Mohammad Torkzahrani, Venkat Varadachary
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Patent number: 10432668Abstract: A secure mobile financial transaction is provided by receiving, over a communication network, a list of protection mechanisms available for implementation by an external terminal. Security-related data is received from one or more sensors and an attack signature is computed based on the security-related data. An appropriate security policy is selected from multiple security policies stored in a database based on the list of protection mechanisms and the attack signature. A secure communication session is established between the external terminal and an internal network component according to the selected security policy. A data message associated with a mobile financial transaction is communicated over the communication network during the communication session.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventor: Samuel A. Bailey, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190297031Abstract: A chat system implementing AI-based support chat profiles may receive and process one or more user chat inputs from a user terminal. The chat system may select a support chat profile based on the processed user chat input. The chat system may generate one or more AI chat responses based on the processed user chat input and the support chat profile. The chat system may determine a confidence level of each AI chat response. The chat system may generate a support response. In response to the confidence level of the AI chat response being greater than a predetermined level, the support response may be generated to comprise the AI chat response.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: SIBISH BASHEER, JOHN BRUNO
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Patent number: 10423953Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium (collectively, the “system”) are provided. The system may include a processor configured to perform operations and/or steps comprising storing, by a processor, a session key on a mobile device, wherein the session key is encrypted. The system receiving a transaction request, decrypting the session key, and broadcasting a signal configured for being received by a magnetic stripe reader. Track 1 data and/or track 2 data may be encoded in the signal. The track 1 data and/or the track 2 data may also comprise a dynamically generated value that is generated based on the session key.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Manish K. Deliwala, Jonathan Lupton, Ajay B. Maddukuri, John G. McDonald
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Publication number: 20190287135Abstract: A system may generate a first transaction history from a plurality of records of charge. The system may select a plurality of merchants based on the plurality of records of charge, and generate a first user profile in response to the first transaction history and the plurality of merchants. The first user profile may comprise a merchant score for a merchant appearing in the first transaction history. The first transaction history may include transaction account issuer data. The system may receive a request for content that identifies a user account associated with the first user profile. The system may further generate the content based on the merchant score in response to the request for the content. The request may be automatically generated by the application or may be in response to an action by the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Emily E. Gould, Kristen N. Oldenburger, Alice Park, Seth M. Ross, Mohammad Torkzahrani, Venkat Varadachary
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Publication number: 20190287183Abstract: The system may be configured to perform operations including receiving a transaction history having transaction information; parsing transactions of the plurality of transactions into a plurality of spending types based on metadata in the transaction information; identifying a first spending type of a first transaction based on associated metadata, wherein the first spending type is related to a travel expense; identifying a first parameter associated with the first spending type in the transaction information of the first transaction; determining a first parameter value of the first parameter; determining a first parameter benchmark value associated with the first parameter; comparing the first parameter value to the first parameter benchmark value to determine a first parameter value difference; determining a first parameter adjustment recommendation in response to the first parameter value unfavorably differing from the first parameter benchmark value; and/or displaying the first parameter adjustment recomType: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Richa Bishnoi, Bobby Chetal, Priyesha Jain, Vishal Jain, Isha Kakkar, Ashi Kalra Sawhney, Preetika Madan, Mayank Pruthi, Rahul Sharma, Madhu Setia, Yakshi Shode, Kartikeya Singh, Vivek Singh, Annamalai Veerappan
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Publication number: 20190287182Abstract: The system may be configured to perform operations including receiving a transaction history for a consumer having transaction information associated with a plurality of transactions; detecting within the transaction information for each transaction a characteristic, resulting in a plurality of characteristics; calculating a respective value associated with each characteristic, wherein the respective value is at least one of a number or percentage of transactions having the characteristic; assigning a respective weight to each characteristic, producing an assigned respective weight for each characteristic; applying the assigned respective weight to the respective value associated with each characteristic to produce a respective weighted value for each characteristic; combining the respective weighted values of the plurality of characteristics; and/or producing a compliance score in response to the combining the respective weight values.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Bobby Chetal, Iwao Fusillo, Tushar Kant Gaur, Nilesh Anil Ghate, Anshul Jain, Vishal Jain, Abhishek Kachhara, Sanjay Madaan, Preetika Madan, Shriram Nalwade, Esha Paul, Harsimaran Singh
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Publication number: 20190279309Abstract: The systems and methods herein may include receiving a plurality of transactions for a plurality of consumers, wherein each respective transaction of the plurality of transactions is between a consumer of the plurality of consumers and a merchant of a plurality of merchants; automatically inputting the plurality of transactions into a neural network; automatically analyzing the plurality of transactions over a plurality of iterations, wherein an iteration of the plurality of iterations comprises cycling through a consumer transaction history associated with the consumer, wherein the consumer transaction history has a consumer transaction sequence associated with the consumer; and automatically updating over the plurality of iterations, a previous fraud detection variable associated with the consumer and/or the merchant to generate updated fraud detection variables, in response to the analyzing the plurality of transactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Kamal Gupta, Vidit Jain