Patents Assigned to American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20150356103
    Abstract: A system for testing the effectiveness of webpage configurations is disclosed. Tags indicating dependency between sections of a webpage may be associated with the sections. In response to a version of a first section of a webpage being tested, an associated tag may indicate that the content or behavior of a second section is dependent on the first section. A webpage configuration including content of the first section, and corresponding behavior and content of the second section, may be transmitted to a web client. Data may be collected indicating the effectiveness of the webpage configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Anant Athale
  • Patent number: 9208485
    Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating online transactions are disclosed. One method includes supplying content for display in a frame of a website, the website hosted by a third-party. The method also includes receiving transaction information from the third-party, and returning a token to the frame, the token including state information based on the transaction information. The method further includes passing the token from the frame to the third-party. The method optionally also includes receiving the token from the third-party and transferring funds from a first account to a second account based on the transaction information and the state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Kerner, Weidong Tang
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9208528
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Azriel Chelst, Estelle Mangeney, Lee Pham
  • Patent number: 9207982
    Abstract: The present disclosure improves upon existing systems and methods by providing a tool for managing processing resources. For instance, the presently described tool may be used to time replacement, plan for uplifts, budget for uplifts/decommissioning of hardware, and/or maintain a plurality of servers. This tool may lead to increased satisfaction, uptime, and a reduction of unexpected costs. The system may include initiating collection of variables to compile a prioritized list of servers, executing, a calculation application for determining a prioritized list of servers' end of life targets based on both technical and business parameters based on the entered variables, and prioritizing uplifts of the servers based on the technical and the business parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Sharon Gail Barnes, Kerry A. Marisa, Steven Wayne Mingl, Kevin R. Murphy, Harish R. Naik
  • Publication number: 20150348024
    Abstract: The system comprises approving a credit application during a single http session, transmitting an encoded secure token to a web-client participating in the http session, receiving from the mobile communications device the secure token, and transmitting the transaction account data to the mobile communications device, in response to the receiving the secure token. The system may further comprise the mobile communications device decoding the secure token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandeep K. Asokan, Michael J. Bailey, Joe Buselmeier, Manish K. Deliwala, Chintan Mehta, Keshav A. Narsipur, Manoj K. Thulaseedharan Pillai
  • Publication number: 20150348039
    Abstract: A method comprising creating, by a computer-based system for shifting financial responsibility for a transaction from a merchant to a transaction account issuer, a digital wallet associated with a transaction account holder, wherein the digital wallet comprises one or more attributes associated with the transaction account holder, confirming, by the computer-based system, the attribute in response to a transaction request, and/or determining, by the computer-based system, whether to shift financial responsibility for the transaction from the merchant to the transaction account issuer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Clinton R. Allen, Dewi J. Apun, Christopher J. Fletcher, Jeffrey Fromm, Ashish Gupta, Alois T. Stock, Angee Stonehouse
  • Publication number: 20150339655
    Abstract: A method comprises transmitting, by a merchant web-client, a signal using a low energy consuming device, wherein the signal may be received by a transaction account holder web-client, wherein the signal may carry content associated with a merchant, and wherein the merchant is associated with the merchant web-client, and/or receiving, by the merchant web-client, a response from the transaction account holder web-client, wherein the response may be transmitted by the transaction account holder web-client to the merchant web-client using the low energy consuming device. The content may comprise an advertisement associated with an item offered for sale by the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Sibish Neelikattil Basheerahammed, Sastry VSM Durvasula, Premkumar Manivannan, Anuj K. Mathur, Sathish B. Muthukrishnan, Philip Norman, Robert Wilmes, David M. Wolf
  • Patent number: 9195671
    Abstract: A system that enables development and execution of predictive models comprises a centralized data management system, a data extraction tool a model validation tool and a model execution tool. In embodiments, a data management system includes a data management server that can be accessed via a web browser that stores data in the form of a flat file. An extraction tool extracts data. A model validation tool validates a model by scoring an analytical environment data set and a production environment data set. A model execution tool allows a user to select when and how often a model is scored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Narasimha Murthy, Mickey S. Oralevich, Sandeep Sacheti, Deep Thomas
  • Patent number: 9195988
    Abstract: The method of processing an analysis cycle to determine interest merchants may include selecting a seed merchant relevant to a topic interest, identifying consumers that have completed a transaction with the seed merchant to generate a list of identified consumers, determining merchants visited by the identified consumers, scoring all the merchants based on network connectivity, activity, and merchant over-index, updating the seed merchant in response to the list of scored merchants relative to a scoring threshold, and scoring the list of identified consumers based on the number of distinct merchants in transaction and over-indexing. Additionally, the method may further comprise producing a list of updated interest merchants and a list of updated identified consumers, where the updated interest merchants and the updated identified consumers are relevant to the topic interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Terrence Fischer, Anthony Harry Mavromatis, Monique M. Navarro, Benjamin Schulte, Venkat Varadachary
  • Publication number: 20150332385
    Abstract: A method and system of using widgets embedded in web pages as virtual storefronts is disclosed. A user of a social networking site may create a merchant account with a transaction service provider. The user embeds a storefront widget provided by the transaction service provider in the user's profile page on the social networking site and the user can use the storefront widget to input information about products that the user is selling. Other users of the social networking site view the user's profile page and the storefront widget will display the products that the user is selling. The other users may interact with the storefront widget to purchase the products that the user is selling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason J. Hogg, Cory Moreira, Andrew Peret, Kiran Jagannath
  • Publication number: 20150332273
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for granting access and/or an authorization are disclosed. For instance, a computer-implemented method may include receiving a first sequence of plurality of biometric data elements. The sequence of plurality of biometric data elements may comprise a biometric passphrase. The method may include registering the biometric passphrase to a known user and/or a transaction account. The method may include receiving a transaction request comprising a second sequence of plurality of biometric data elements. The method may include comparing the second sequence of plurality of biometric data elements to the biometric passphrase to resulting in a confidence factor of the comparison. The comparison may include comparing the sequencing of the second sequence of plurality of biometric data elements and the characteristics of each biometric data element of the second sequence of plurality of biometric data elements to the biometric passphrase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: John Bruno
  • Publication number: 20150324592
    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: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Siddhartha Dutta
  • Publication number: 20150302384
    Abstract: A system, method, and article of manufacture for splitting a shared financial obligation is disclosed. The method may comprise receiving, by a bill splitting computer-based system, a single record of charge (ROC) associated with a purchase by one or more members of a group, and splitting, by the bill splitting computer-based system, the ROC between the members of the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Rajesh K. Aadi, Mansoor A. Jafary, Robert B. Mawk, Nagaraj S. Pandit, Ganeshbabu G. Subramanian
  • Patent number: 9167425
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rapidly provisioning functionality to one or more mobile communication devices are disclosed. The method may comprise receiving, by a telecommunications company (“Telco”) computer-based system and prior to a request for provisioning functionality, a globally unique identifier (“GUID”) encryption key, wherein the GUID comprises a unique identifier that is associated with a transaction account customer, and/or receiving, by the Telco computer-based system, a proto-script, wherein the proto-script comprises a perso-script prepended by a script to rotate a plurality of base encryption keys, wherein the base encryption keys are based on a value generated by an application service provider system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: John G. McDonald
  • Publication number: 20150294028
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system, method, and article of manufacture for generating an entity graph. The method may comprise determining a relationship between a first entity and a second entity based upon internal data, external data, and/or online data associated with the first entity, and generating the entity graph comprising at least two nodes and an edge connecting the at least two nodes. The method may further comprise, in various embodiments, tailoring marketing to the first entity based upon the entity graph, detecting fraud against the first entity based upon the entity graph, periodically updating the entity graph based upon new internal data and new online data, and/or adjusting the edge based upon a change in the relationship between the first entity and the second entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhijit Bose, Winnie Cheng, Anthony Mavromatis, Huiming Qu, Benjamin Schulte, Kendell Timmers, Venkat Varadachary, Wei Yin, Hao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20150294336
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for identifying attributes of customers and potential customers, allowing marketing to be directed at such consumers. Information is received regarding each of a number of consumers. This information can include demographic information, data regarding spending habits, and information as to how such attributes may have changed over time. Once attributes have been determined, and any changes over time to such attributes have been determined, a correlation of the attributes is performed. Such combined attributes are denoted as composite dimensions. Given the composite dimensions, as well as attributes that may not have been correlated with any other attributes, consumers are plotted in the resulting multi-dimensional space. Sets of consumers that appear to be grouped in this multi-dimensional space are then identified. Common attributes of this consumer group are identified. Unique attributes of a given consumer in such a group are also identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajendra Rane, David Juang, Eduardo J. Alvarez, Iwao Fasillo
  • Patent number: 9158656
    Abstract: A method for progressively launching a website is disclosed. A production phase website may be launched or made available to a limited number of consumers. In addition, the performance of the production phase website may be evaluated based upon a comparison of the performance of the production phase website to a performance of the predecessor website. Further, the predecessor website may be replaced with the production phase website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Anant Athale, Srinivas V. Dasari
  • Patent number: 9159063
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rapidly provisioning functionality to one or more mobile communication devices are disclosed. The method may comprise transmitting, by a mobile communication device, a request to receive application functionality, receiving, by the mobile communication device, a preformed perso-script, wherein the perso-script comprises a file that includes customer information and is prepended by a key rotation portion, processing, by the mobile communication device, the key rotation portion to rotate to a new set of encryption keys, and/or transmitting, by the mobile communication device and to an application service provider, a result of the key rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: John G. McDonald
  • Patent number: 9152974
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system, method, and article of manufacture for performing dispute resolution. The method may include retrieving an identifier that associates a funds request with a rewards currency request, crediting, based on the identifier, a transaction account based upon the funds request, and crediting, based on the identifier, a rewards account based upon the rewards currency request. The method may further comprise crediting the transaction account less a value associated with the rewards currency request and/or generating a first statement that shows a funds balance and a second statement that shows a rewards currency balance. A funds balance may be credited by an amount associated with the funds request, and a rewards currency balance may be credited by an amount associated with the rewards currency request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Behm, Sudhakar W. Gopal, Trey Neemann, Pavan Pemmaraju, Mike Rice, Geoffrey R. Wright