Patents Assigned to American Express Travel Related Services
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Patent number: 10853353Abstract: A system for integrating blockchain-enabled shared datasets across databases having varying formats and structures is disclosed. The system may include various entity systems in communication via a peer-to-peer network. A first entity system may receive a dataset update request to update the shared dataset. The first entity system may broadcast the dataset update request across the network, and one or more entity systems connected to the network may consent to the dataset update request. The consenting entity systems may broadcast the consented dataset update request to the other entity systems connected to the network. Each entity system may update its local copy of the shared dataset with the consented dataset update request. Each entity system may comprise a mapping module configured to reformat the consented dataset update request into a format that can be stored in a local data structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Balaji Balaraman, Shivakumar Chandrashekar, Jitendra Singh Dikhit, Andras L. Ferenczi, Ashish Kumar
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Patent number: 10856100Abstract: A mobile device may identify nearby locations, such as locations of a merchant. The mobile device may create local geofences around the nearby locations. The mobile device may create an exit geofence which includes all of the local geofences. In response to the mobile device entering one of the local geofences, the mobile device may provide a notification regarding the location. In response to the mobile device leaving the exit geofence, the mobile device may identify nearby locations based on the new location of the mobile device, and the mobile device may create new local geofences for the current nearby locations, as well as a new exit geofence.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: John L. Ahn, Ashish Bhaskar, Vasanth Dharmaraj, Jacob Duron, James H. Graves, Stewart M. Kendall, Brandon Leong, Elmahdi Nahro, Jimit Baldev Patel, Nishtha Patel, Ashish A. Pawale, Pradeep Peethambaram, Jose Villegas, James Ware
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Publication number: 20200372492Abstract: Systems and methods for identity-based interconnected transactions are disclosed. The system may receive an interconnected transaction request comprising a first financial subsystem identifier, a second financial subsystem identifier, and a transaction request. The first financial subsystem and the second financial subsystem may not be in direct communication with each other. The first financial subsystem may write the interconnected transaction request to an interconnected transaction ledger. The second financial subsystem may retrieve the interconnected transaction request from the interconnected transaction ledger. In response to retrieving the interconnected transaction request the second financial subsystem may complete the transaction request.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2019Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Rares Ioan Almasan, Rebecca L. Henry, Swatee Singh, Kenneth M. Wolf
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Publication number: 20200372081Abstract: The method includes receiving historical data from a first data source; analyzing the historical data for a desired characteristic; determining a representative value for the desired characteristic of the historical data; determining a first data expectation for the historical data based on the representative value; transmitting the first data expectation to a first data recipient; receiving first incoming data from the first data source; analyzing the desired characteristic of the first incoming data; determining a first incoming data value for the desired characteristic for the first incoming data; comparing the first incoming data value and the representative value; determining a first difference between the first incoming data value and the representative value; and/or comparing the first difference to a difference threshold which indicates whether a difference between an incoming data value and the representative value is significant.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2019Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Anna Korsakova Bain, Atul Dalmia, Debasish Das, Karin Fourie, Kavita Gupta, Gurusamy Ramasamy, Jeremy David Seideman, Paramjit Singh, Swatee Singh, Jennifer Tam, Yan Zhang
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Patent number: 10846900Abstract: The systems may include superimposing a canvas layer having a pixel system over the digital map; aligning the coordinate system of the digital map with the pixel system of the canvas layer; obtaining a location coordinate of the coordinate system to each site of interest of a plurality of sites of interest, wherein the location coordinate is associated with a location of the site of interest on the digital map; associating the location coordinate for the site of interest with a pixel in the pixel system; and creating a marker on the canvas layer on the pixel associated with the location coordinate for the site of interest.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Kedar Biradar, Raju Rathi, Kunal Upadhyay, Purushotham Vunnam, Digvijay Yadav
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Patent number: 10846734Abstract: The systems, methods, and computer program products (collectively “systems”) described herein are generally configured to monitor actions in digital channels. More specifically, the systems described herein are capable of initiating a transaction with a transaction account based on an action in any suitable digital channel. The systems are capable of syncing transaction accounts with various digital channels. Moreover, the systems are capable of initiating or completing transaction based on user information. The systems may also be capable of providing rewards based on activities or accomplishments in the digital channels. Moreover, the systems may be capable of verifying activities based on transaction information.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Kathleen King, Matthew Miller, Sathish Muthukrishnan, Philip Norman, Anthony Prentice, Stephanie Schultz, Elizabeth Vakil, David Wolf
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Publication number: 20200364527Abstract: The disclosure includes a transaction card comprising a card body having a slot. A first portion of the slot is formed at a first angle, and a third portion of the slot is formed at a third angle. A card body may be fabricated by positioning the card body at a first angle with respect to a cutter, creating a first portion of a slot at the first angle by at least one of translating the card body across the cutter or translating the cutter across the card body, stopping the translating of the card body, rotating the card body to a third angle to create a second portion of the slot; and creating a third portion of the slot at the third angle by at least one of translating the card body across the cutter or translating the cutter across the card body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventor: James Bruce Coleman
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Patent number: 10832247Abstract: A system for operating a payment network with a blockchain-based ledger may prepare a request to complete a transaction from an account associated with a payer digital wallet for entry on the blockchain. The request may include an amount and payee address associated with a payee digital wallet. The system may also send the request to the blockchain using a blockchain interface. The system may approve or decline the request. The system may further adjust a balance of the payer a balance of the payee to reflect approval of the request. The adjustment may include writing the transaction to the blockchain.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Sastry Durvasula, Andras Ferenczi, Upendra Mardikar, Keshav Narsipur, Vishnuvajhala Subrahmanyam, Sathish B. Muthukrishnan
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Publication number: 20200342014Abstract: A data indexing system may use dynamic tags to increase findability and relativity of located datasets. The dynamic tags may be generated based on captured search log data. The system may calculate various parameters used to determine the findability and relativity of a given dataset. The system may calculate a dynamic tag score based on the calculated parameters. The system may store the dynamic tags and the associated dynamic tag score with the given dataset.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2019Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Ashish Kumar, Yousef Mofidi, Ruchika Panesar, Dhruv Navinchandra Shah, Jaskirat Singh
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Patent number: 10812275Abstract: Systems for decoupling and updating pinned certificates on a user device are disclosed. A mobile application having a hardcoded pinned certificate may be installed on a user device. The pinned certificate may be decoupled from the mobile application and stored on the user device. In response to the mobile application attempting to establish a secure connection with a server, the system may check whether the decoupled pinned certificate is current by querying a certificate repository. In response to determining that the pinned certificate is out of date, the system may transmit the current certificate to the user device to update the decoupled pinned certificate.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventor: Wael Ibrahim
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Patent number: 10810420Abstract: A system provides an end-to-end solution for invoice processing which includes reading invoices (both pdfs and images), extracting key relevant information from the face of invoices, organizing the relevant information in a structured template as a key-value pair, and comparing invoices based on the similarities between different invoice fields to identify potential duplicate invoices.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Lokesh Bhatnagar, Himanshu Sharad Bhatt, Manoj Bhokardole, Gabriella P. Fitzgerald, Vinit Jain, Chetan Lohani, Shachindra Pandey, Gunjan Panwar, Shourya Roy, Di Xu
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Publication number: 20200327573Abstract: Systems and methods for automated transactional offers are disclosed. The system may receive an extension communication comprising a merchant uniform resource locator (URL) and an offer ID. The system may filter verified merchant URLs based on the merchant URL. The system may retrieve an available offer based on a merchant ID associated with the verified merchant URL. The system may transmit the available offer to a user device. In response to the user device accepting the offer, the system may enroll the user for the offer at an issuer system, to enable the offer to be applied during processing of the associated transaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Suman Babu Alapati, William H. Bishop, Anoop Kanippayyur, Rakesh Pattanayak, Avishekh Kumar Tewari, Tejaswi Upadhyaya
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Publication number: 20200320080Abstract: Systems and methods for data processing in an optimized analytics environment are disclosed. The system may enable users to create data processing requests, interact with various data sources and datasets, and generate data processing outputs. The system may receive a data processing request from an audio-enabled input source or a UI-based input source. The system may determine whether the data processing request at least partially matches a stored data processing request. The system may receive a data processing request selection comprising the data processing request or the stored data processing request. The system may execute the data processing request selection on a data source.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Rares Ioan Almasan, Anand Vijai Mavelipatty Rangasamy, Todd W. Oulton, Ravi Peethala
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Patent number: 10796136Abstract: A system may receive a primary image containing a first set of facial feature data. The primary image may be sent by a facial recognition device for association with a user account. The system may also retrieve a secondary image from a secondary image source. The secondary image may contain a second set of facial feature data. The secondary image may further depict a user associated with the user account. The system may then compare the first set of facial feature data to the second set of facial feature data to determine whether the primary image depicts the user associated with the user account.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventor: Upendra Mardikar
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Patent number: 10795892Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for evaluating colliding data records are provided. The system may ingest one or more data inputs from one or more data sources. The system may parse the data inputs and determine whether the data is preexisting in the system. In response to the data input and stored data at least partially conflicting (e.g., colliding), the system may generate a candidate dataset based on the data input and the stored data. The candidate dataset may comprise two or more data candidates comprising permutations of the data values in the data input and the stored data. The system may evaluate each data candidate, score each date candidate based on the evaluation, and determine the data candidate having the greatest score.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Vincent Julien David, Yogaraj Jayaprakasam, Daniel Reznik
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Publication number: 20200311734Abstract: Systems and methods for the calculation of a dynamic trust score are disclosed. The dynamic trust score may indicate a likelihood that the consumer will complete the transaction in a positive manner. The system may calculate the dynamic trust score based on various static and dynamic variables including digital identity data, internal data, third-party data, private data, and/or data from the transaction initiated by the consumer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Upendra Mardikar, Brian Carini, Royal Hansen, Dan H. Toraason, Maria Washburn
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Patent number: 10789595Abstract: A consumer uses a web client to transmit purchase information associated with a transaction to a merchant server. The purchase information is transmitted via a web acceleration server. The web acceleration server identifies enhanced authorization data associated with the transaction. The web acceleration server creates a pseudo authorization message. The web acceleration server transmits the pseudo authorization message to a transaction account issuer. The merchant server transmits an authorization request to the transaction account issuer. The transaction account issuer determines that the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message are associated with the same transaction. The transaction account issuer merges the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message and performs a fraud analysis. The transaction account issuer transmits an authorization response to the merchant.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Marcel Leyva, Houman Motaharian, Robert Phelan, Hing Seng Too
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Patent number: 10783545Abstract: A system and method for the redemption of reward points for cryptocurrency is disclosed. The system may allow transaction account holders to redeem earned reward points for a selected cryptocurrency. The transaction account holders may establish a blockchain wallet to maintain and track the cryptocurrency. The system may interact with an exchange API of a cryptocurrency exchange platform to purchase the cryptocurrency for a blockchain wallet address associated with the blockchain wallet, or to initiate a transfer of pre-purchased cryptocurrency to the blockchain wallet. The system may provide additional authentication measures to ensure that the transaction is initiated by the transaction account holder and that the transaction account holder understands the potential risks of investing in cryptocurrencies.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventor: Vasudevan Swamidurai
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Patent number: 10776765Abstract: The invention presented comprises a system and method for executing a cash payment via a computer network. A payor computing device communicates over a computer network with payee computing devices via a P2P server. The P2P server is operative to receive a payment request from the payor computing device and process the payment by debiting a financial instrument specified by a payor utilizing the payor computing device. The payment request is transmitted from the P2P server to a cash payment server operative to receive the payment request and translate the request into the native format of an ATM control server, the native format of the P2P server and ATM control server not being interoperable. The ATM control server is operative to generate a PIN code, which is transmitted along with the received payment instructions to an ATM.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Catherine L. Amann, Arthur Barnett, Jaromir G. Divilek, Garling Lee, Eric T. Nissenbaum
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Patent number: 10776795Abstract: The systems may include receiving, by a processor, transaction information for a transaction, wherein the transaction information comprises a transaction amount; matching, by the processor, the transaction information with a transaction type; retrieving, by the processor, a plurality of possible charge types associated with the transaction type; comparing, by the processor, the transaction information with the plurality of possible charge types; separating, by the processor, the transaction amount of the transaction information into at least one individual charge amount; and/or identifying, by the processor, a charge type of the plurality of possible charge types associated with the at least one individual charge amount.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Amy L. Harbour, Michael A. Woods, Jane E. Cook, Michael Alexander Gonzales, Sachin Jadhav, Yogaraj Jeyaprakasam, Deepak Narayanan