Patents Assigned to American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
  • Pre-cloud data protection
    Patent number: 9965647
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method comprising encrypting sensitive data, generating a token comprising a data identifier, tokenizing the encrypted sensitive data, and/or storing the encrypted sensitive data in association with the token to a token vault. Tokenizing may comprise mapping the encrypted sensitive data to the token. The method may further comprise storing the token to a cloud application, wherein the cloud application comprises a software application that functions within a cloud computing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Siddhartha Dutta
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SELF-SERVICES DATA FILE CONFIGURATION WITH VARIOUS DATA SOURCES
    Publication number: 20180121519
    Abstract: A system for generating and delivering custom data sets in a big data environment may receive a preselected schema that identifies a plurality of columns from a plurality of data sources for inclusion in an output data file. The system reads data from the data sources to generate a data file containing a big data table. The system monitors the plurality of data sources to detect that the data sources have been ingested into a data storage system. The data file is read and a column is filtered from the data file to generate the output data file in response to the preselected schema excluding the column. The output data file is transferred to a client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Jane Cook, Sachin Jadhav, Yogaraj Jayaprakasam, Deepak Narayanan, Rahul Shaurya
  • Provisioning Available Appointments
    Publication number: 20180114195
    Abstract: The system instantly provisions high demand items to a consumer. The system may be capable of identifying an item for a consumer based on information about the consumer and a demand associated with the item. The system may also be capable of reserving a reservation for the item. The system may further be capable of provisioning the item to the consumer based on a demand associated with the item. In this regard, the item may be instantly available to the consumer. The system may also be capable of adjusting an item inventory in the item inventory database. The system may further provide available appointments to consumers for selection in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Lisa M. Knight, Scott Seese
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING ITEMS
    Publication number: 20180114263
    Abstract: The system instantly provisions high demand items to a consumer. The system may be capable of identifying an item for a consumer based on information about the consumer and a demand associated with the item. The system may also be capable of reserving a reservation for the item. The system may further be capable of provisioning the item to the consumer based on a demand associated with the item. In this regard, the item may be instantly available to the consumer. The system may also be capable of adjusting an item inventory in the item inventory database. The system may further provide available appointments to consumers for selection in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Lisa M. Knight, Scott Seese
  • SOCIAL MEDIA DISTRIBUTION OF OFFERS BASED ON A CONSUMER RELEVANCE VALUE
    Publication number: 20180114235
    Abstract: The systems and methods described herein may be used to recommend an item to a consumer. The methods may comprise determining, based on a collaborative filtering algorithm, a consumer relevance value associated with an item, and transmitting, based on the consumer relevance value, information associated with the item to a consumer. A collaborative filtering algorithm may receive as an input at least one of: a transaction history associated with the consumer, a demographic of the consumer, a consumer profile, a type of transaction account, a transaction account associated with the consumer, a period of time that the consumer has held a transaction account, a size of wallet, a share of wallet, and/or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: LEE CHAU, TERRENCE FISCHER, ANTHONY MAVROMATIS, ANDREW K. SMITH, VENKAT VARADACHARY, HENRY YUAN
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEALTH MONITORING AND TASK AGILITY WITHIN NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20180115600
    Abstract: Systems and methods for health monitoring and task agility within network environments are provided. The system may comprise a master data controller configured to monitor servers located in an environment level of a network environment. The master data controller may also monitor tasks located on each server. The master data controller may detect a change in a task feature related to the task. The master data controller may also detect a change in an environment feature related to the servers. The master data controller may recalibrate the task in response to the change in the task feature or the change in the environment feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Rares Ioan Almasan, Rebecca Lyn Henry
  • System and method for data security on big data sets
    Patent number: 9948637
    Abstract: Systems and methods of securely storing and retrieving data are disclosed. A database may include a table of data with rows and columns and encrypted at rest. The data may be desired to be accessed by users. However, each user may have different access permissions and each row or column may have different characteristics, such as encryption, data type, and/or the like. As such, access to the data may be controlled in according to the characteristics of the data, the access permissions of the user, and/or the encryption of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Ashok K Nair, Sastry Durvasula, Kevin L Murray, Sulabh Shukla
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC PAYMENT USING LOYALTY REWARDS
    Publication number: 20180101857
    Abstract: A system for using loyalty rewards accounts in a digital wallet may generate a mapping comprising an account mapped to a wallet token number and an indicator with the mapping stored in a database on a network of servers. The indicator may indicate an account type, and the wallet token number may be transmitted to a user device. The system may also receive a transaction request including a received wallet token number and a received indicator. The indicator may be matched to the received indicator to determine the received wallet token number is associated with the account type (e.g., a loyalty rewards account). The system may route the transaction request to a loyalty settlement process in response to the account type being a loyalty rewards account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Manish K. Deliwala, Rajesh K. Namboodiri, Keshav A. Narsipur, Huei Ong, Tony Prentice, Lisa C. Yokoyama, Santhosh R. Rao
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROLE-BASED FILE ACCESS CONTROL
    Publication number: 20180101691
    Abstract: A system for applying access permissions to read requests may write a file to a storage media. The file may contain data, an embedded flag, and an embedded verification datum of the embedded flag. The embedded flag may indicate an access permissions requisite for file access. The system may also receive a request to access the file from a user and retrieve an access permission for the user. The system may also compare the embedded flag to the access permission for the user to determine the user has permission to access the file. A verification datum may be calculated, and the calculated verification datum may be compared to the embedded verification datum to determine the embedded flag has not changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Debasish Das, Kunal Joshi, Matthew Meyer, Jeremy Seideman
  • Systems and methods for delivering tailored content based upon a consumer profile
    Patent number: 9940630
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system, method, and article of manufacture for aggregating a consumer profile, identifying tailored content (e.g., in response to a trigger event and/or based upon a consumer profile), and/or tailoring a digital destination. For example, the systems may receive direct data indicating an interest in receiving specific content, aggregate that data into a consumer profile, compare the consumer profile to content, and/or identify tailored content based upon the comparison. Further, the systems may communicate the tailored content to a web client associated with a consumer, receive a transaction request from a web client, and/or receive bids associated with tailored content. In addition, these systems may prioritize tailored content comprising a plurality of tailored offers and/or forecast a budget for an upcoming experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert E. Morgan, Hitesh K. Seth
  • Systems and methods for determining ad impression utility
    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
  • Security Related Data For A Risk Variable
    Publication number: 20180097834
    Abstract: An adaptable network security system includes trust mediator agents that are coupled to each network component. Trust mediator agents continuously detect changes in the security characteristics of the network and communicate the detected security characteristics to a trust mediator. Based on the security characteristics received from the trust mediator agents, the trust mediator adjusts security safeguards to maintain an acceptable level of security. Trust mediator also uses predetermined rules in determining whether to adjust security safeguards. Despite inevitable changes in security characteristics, an acceptable level of security and efficient network operation are achieved without subjecting users of the network to over burdensome security safeguards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel A. Bailey, JR.
  • Systems and methods for the synchronization of transaction data
    Patent number: 9934535
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving a category of metadata from an accounting software system, receiving a plurality of metadata labels associated with the category of metadata from the accounting software, receiving a ROC, receiving an association of one of the plurality of the metadata labels with the ROC, and/or transmitting the ROC and the association of the one of the plurality of the metadata labels with the ROC to the accounting software system. The category of metadata may comprise a card member name, an image of a receipt associated with the ROC, a description, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Deepak Arora, Carline Darcelin-Riley, David Ibrahim
  • System and method for recursive metadata layers on big data sets
    Patent number: 9934257
    Abstract: The process includes receiving a data set comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and applying a first rule based decisioning to the data set to generate a first layer of metadata that comprises at least one of a key, a type indicator, a categorical indicator, and/or a continuous indicator. The first layer of metadata may be descriptive of the data set. The processor may further apply a second rule based decisioning to the first layer to generate a second layer that includes at least one of the key, the type indicator, the categorical indicator, or the continuous indicator. The second layer may be descriptive of the first layer. The process may also include generating an output file from at least one of the first layer or the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Vineet Agrwal, Ravi Arasan, Atul R. Dalmia, Pratiksha M. Jogani, Kunal C. Joshi, Ravi Kaushik, Himanshu Prabhakar, Kandarp Srivastava
  • Systems and methods for processing transactions
    Patent number: 9934517
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving, by a computer-based system for processing a transaction, a notification that a transaction account holder has taken an action, taking, in near real time, an action in response to the action taken by the transaction account holder, and/or communicating with a web-client associated with the transaction account holder in response to the action taken by the transaction account holder. The communicating with the web-client may occur in near real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Sibish Basheer, Nageshwara R. Chirravuri, Sastry V S M Durvasula, Ravi Govindasamy, Priyadarshini Koul, Ashish Kumar, Premkumar Manivannan, Sathish B. Muthukrishnan, Varun Sood, Sohail Zafar
  • System and method for providing offers through a social media channel
    Patent number: 9934537
    Abstract: The systems and methods of the disclosure allow user to receive offers through social media channels. The systems and methods are capable of creating offers, ranking the offers based on both transaction data and social media profile activity information, distributing the offers through social media channels, associating the offers with a synced transaction account and providing rewards based on transactions that comply with offers. The rewards may be applied at the time of purchase, in response to authorization information or at settlement as a transaction account credit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Leslie Berland, Shari Forman, Luke Gebb, Priyadarshini Koul, Sathish Muthukrishnan, Jennifer Russo, Sripriya Tiku, David Wolf
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVANCED CANDIDATE SCREENING
    Publication number: 20180089627
    Abstract: A system and method for advanced candidate screening is provided. The system may receive a candidate resume comprising candidate identifying information and candidate skills. The system may retrieve defined skills and generated a parsed skill by parsing the candidate resume to determine the candidate skills matching the defined skills. The system may retrieve skill questions corresponding to the parsed skills and generate a candidate assessment document comprising the skill questions corresponding to the parsed skills. The system may transmit the candidate assessment document for candidate completion, and receive a completed candidate assessment document. The system may score the completed candidate assessment document, and store the scored candidate resume for later candidate requests and screening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Liss
  • Systems and Methods for an Electronic Payment System
    Publication number: 20180089669
    Abstract: The systems may include receiving consumer account information associated with a consumer engaging in a transaction with a merchant; receiving transaction information associated with the transaction; generating a unique payment link associated with the transaction; transmitting the unique payment link to the merchant; allowing the merchant access to the transaction portal via the unique payment link; receiving merchant account information associated with the merchant; and transmitting a payment to the merchant for the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY. INC.
    Inventor: Satnam Singh
  • SOFTWARE TESTING MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20180089066
    Abstract: A system may scan a version control repository to detect a first code and/or a first file written for a first test framework. The system may create a first test case in an SOR in response to detecting the first code and/or the first file. The system may scan the version control repository to detect a second code and/or a second file written for a second test framework with the second test framework being different from the first test framework. The system may create a second test case in the SOR in response to detecting the second code and/or the second file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Barnett, Krista Freiland, Satish Jayaraman, Amit Jhaamb, Manish Joon, Jeff Nunn
  • Systems and methods for delivering tailored content based upon a consumer profile
    Patent number: 9928514
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system, method, and article of manufacture for aggregating a consumer profile, identifying tailored content (e.g., in response to a trigger event and/or based upon a consumer profile), and/or tailoring a digital destination. For example, the systems may receive direct data indicating an interest in receiving specific content, aggregate that data into a consumer profile, compare the consumer profile to content, and/or identify tailored content based upon the comparison. Further, the systems may communicate the tailored content to a web client associated with a consumer, receive a transaction request from a web client, and/or receive bids associated with tailored content. In addition, these systems may prioritize tailored content comprising a plurality of tailored offers and/or forecast a budget for an upcoming experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert E. Morgan, Hitesh K. Seth