Patents Assigned to American Express Travel Related Service Company, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8527330
    Abstract: A system and method for calculating savings using a savings calculator for calculating savings realized over a period of time for several travel-related categories of expenses using respective pre-defined formulas and for producing a savings summary report and worksheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Charles Bender, Richard A. Chinitz, Michael W. Hoherchak, Lynne Madorsky, Irfan S. Pirmohamed, Gail Renee Richards
  • Publication number: 20130226787
    Abstract: Share of Wallet (“SOW”) is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a consumers spending capability, tradeline history including balance transfers, and balance information. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new applicant evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle. A SOW score focusing on a consumer's spending capability can he used in the same manner as a credit bureau score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130226720
    Abstract: A system and method for remediation, curing concerns, and transferring information associated with declined transactions is disclosed. The present disclosure generally relates to electronic commerce, and more particularly, to a system and method of validation and efficiency associated with electronic commerce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Aruj Ahluwalia, Vernon Marshall, Satish Thenthiruperai Narayanan, Andrew Roth, Xiongwen Rui, Thomas K. Serge
  • Publication number: 20130226781
    Abstract: Improved systems and methods are provided for identifying financial relationships. In particular, financial relationships may be identified by associating tradelines with one or more people who sign or co-sign on the tradeline. In various embodiments a method is provided comprising, receiving, at a computer-based system for credit data analysis comprising a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory, credit reporting data relating to a tradeline, parsing, by the computer-based system, the credit reporting data to yield primary debtor data and secondary debtor data, and linking, by the computer-based system, the tradeline with the primary debtor data and the secondary debtor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen Haggerty, Venkat Varadachary
  • Publication number: 20130226753
    Abstract: Improved systems and methods are provided for identifying financial relationships. In particular, financial relationships may be identified by associating tradelines with one or more people who sign or co-sign on the tradeline. In various embodiments a method is provided comprising, receiving, at a computer-based system for credit data analysis comprising a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory, credit reporting data relating to a tradeline, parsing, by the computer-based system, the credit reporting data to yield primary debtor data and secondary debtor data, and linking, by the computer-based system, the tradeline with the primary debtor data and the secondary debtor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen Haggerty, Venkat Varadachary
  • Publication number: 20130226780
    Abstract: Improved systems and methods are provided for identifying financial relationships. In particular, financial relationships may be identified by associating tradelines with one or more people who sign or co-sign on the tradeline. In various embodiments a method is provided comprising, receiving, at a computer-based system for credit data analysis comprising a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory, credit reporting data relating to a tradeline, parsing, by the computer-based system, the credit reporting data to yield primary debtor data and secondary debtor data, and linking, by the computer-based system, the tradeline with the primary debtor data and the secondary debtor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen Haggerty, Venkat Varadachary
  • Publication number: 20130226778
    Abstract: Improved systems and methods are provided for identifying financial relationships. In particular, financial relationships may be identified by associating tradelines with one or more people who sign or co-sign on the tradeline. In various embodiments a method is provided comprising, receiving, at a computer-based system for credit data analysis comprising a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory, credit reporting data relating to a tradeline, parsing, by the computer-based system, the credit reporting data to yield primary debtor data and secondary debtor data and linking, by the computer-based system, the tradeline with the primary debtor data and the secondary debtor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen Haggerty, Venkat Varadachary
  • Publication number: 20130226706
    Abstract: Improved systems and methods are provided for identifying financial relationships. In particular, financial relationships may be identified by associating tradelines with one or more people who sign or co-sign on the tradeline. In various embodiments a method is provided comprising, receiving, at a computer-based system for credit data analysis comprising a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory, credit reporting data relating to a tradeline, parsing, by the computer-based system, the credit reporting data to yield primary debtor data and secondary debtor data, and linking, by the computer-based system, the tradeline with the primary debtor data and the secondary debtor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen Haggerty, Venkat Varadachary
  • Publication number: 20130226717
    Abstract: A system and method for remediation, curing concerns, and transferring information associated with declined transactions is disclosed. The present disclosure generally relates to electronic commerce, and more particularly, to a system and method of validation and efficiency associated with electronic commerce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Aruj Ahluwalia, Vernon Marshall, Satish Thenthiruperai Narayanan, Andrew Roth, Xiongwen Rui, Thomas K. Serge
  • Publication number: 20130226554
    Abstract: Webpage content is sent to a user's web browser in a neutral format. On the user's web browser the webpage content is translated by a transformation application into the appropriate language and locale. A Language template file that contains the internationalization and localization data and processing components is loaded onto a browser and is used by the transformation application to render the final data to the user. The transformation application can render a new language and locale by loading an appropriate language template file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Service Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David Dillard, Smitha Sebastian
  • Publication number: 20130226779
    Abstract: Improved systems and methods are provided for identifying financial relationships. In particular, financial relationships may be identified by associating tradelines with one or more people who sign or co-sign on the tradeline. In various embodiments a method is provided comprising, receiving, at a computer-based system for credit data analysis comprising a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory, credit reporting data relating to a tradeline, parsing, by the computer-based system, the credit reporting data to yield primary debtor data and secondary debtor data, and linking, by the computer-based system, the tradeline with the primary debtor data and the secondary debtor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen Haggerty, Venkat Varadachary
  • Publication number: 20130226783
    Abstract: Improved systems and methods are provided for identifying financial relationships. In particular, financial relationships may be identified by associating tradelines with one or more people who sign or co-sign on the tradeline. In various embodiments a method is provided comprising, receiving, at a computer-based system for credit data analysis comprising a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory, credit reporting data relating to a tradeline, parsing, by the computer-based system, the credit reporting data to yield primary debtor data and secondary debtor data, and linking, by the computer-based system, the tradeline with the primary debtor data and the secondary debtor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen Haggerty, Venkat Varadachary
  • Publication number: 20130226782
    Abstract: Improved systems and methods are provided for identifying financial relationships. In particular, financial relationships may be identified by associating tradelines with one or more people who sign or co-sign on the tradeline. In various embodiments a method is provided comprising, receiving, at a computer-based system for credit data analysis comprising a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory, credit reporting data relating to a tradeline, parsing, by the computer-based system, the credit reporting data to yield primary debtor data and secondary debtor data, and linking, by the computer-based system, the tradeline with the primary debtor data and the secondary debtor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen Haggerty, Venkat Varadachary
  • Patent number: 8517742
    Abstract: A system and method for testing labor resources is disclosed. The method includes defining core skill set requirements for a project and/or job and defining each according to expertise and experience requirements is disclosed. The defined skill set requirements and their corresponding expertise levels are provided into a tool via a web interface where they are used to compile an examination from questions selected from a database. The invention further administers the compiled examination to one or more candidates, scores the examination, transmits results and analysis to a hiring manager and accepts subjective input from the hiring manger following a personal interview. Subjective input is used to adjust future weighting values of the examination questions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Earl Johnson, Frank Kaupa
  • Patent number: 8521729
    Abstract: The disclosed methods, systems, and computer-program products allow a business to generate data quality indicators for relationships in a database. In an embodiment, one or more relationships linked to a customer are retrieved from a database to form a set of relationships. A match confidence code is generated for each relationship based on a score generated by the comparison of customer data associated with the respective relationship and corresponding customer data obtained from an external industry database. A link confidence code is subsequently determined for the customer based on a score generated by the scores used to define the match confidence code for each relationship in the set of relationships and on internal data associated with each relationship in the set of relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant Sharad Churi, German Gonzalo Creamer, Sara Tresch, Mary Weissman
  • Publication number: 20130218828
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to accessing data, and more particularly, to systems and methods for improving the efficiency and quality of real-time extracting, transforming, and/or loading data using customer information control system (CICS) interval control element (ICE) chain processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Krishna K. Lingamneni
  • Patent number: 8515899
    Abstract: The initial systems analysis of a new data source fully defines each data element and also designs, tests and encodes complete data integration instructions for each data element. A metadata cache stores the data element definition and data element integration instructions. The metadata cache enables a comprehensive view of data elements in an enterprise data architecture. When data is requested that includes data elements defined in a metadata cache, the metadata cache and associated software modules automatically generate database elements to fully integrate the requested data elements into existing databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Eddie J. Alvarez, Stephen K. Dantu, Sastry V S M Durvasula, Marat S. Khalfin, Deep Thomas
  • Patent number: 8515840
    Abstract: A computer program is provided that causes a computer to enable a user to make an electronic payment via a communication network. A user is authenticated to a server computer. The computer retrieves identification information stored in a memory region of the computer, and transmits the identification information to a server computer via the communication network. In addition, the computer displays a personal-finance toolbar on a portion of the display screen, and the computer receives from the server computer, via the communication network, financial information of at least one financial account corresponding to the user. The computer displays, on the tool bar, at least some of the financial information received from the server computer. The computer concurrently displays on the display screen the tool bar and a Web page of a Web site, which is a purchase page on which the user may input purchase information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Colin T. McCabe
  • Patent number: 8516076
    Abstract: A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Tracey R. Thomas
  • Patent number: 8515845
    Abstract: An existing customer of a financial institution may open a new account with their financial institution using an optimized online interface. Initially, the interface presents a standard application for a new account in which an extensive number of fields for personal and financial information must be completed. A link is provided on this long application for use by existing account holders only. Upon selection of the link, an existing account holder is instead presented with a short application in which only the account holder's name, a portion of their social security number, their existing account number, and their account confirmation identifier are required to be entered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Yelena Khandros, Lorraine C. Miranda, Suzanne K. Berlin, Randy Okerlund, Rhonda Lee Bertucci, Gregory Alan Glenn