Patents Assigned to Tracfone Wireless, Inc.
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Patent number: 11457749Abstract: A retail product display system configured to display product in a retail setting that includes a generally open front side; a plurality of shelf units extending across the generally open front side; at least one door configured to provide security; and a pusher tray assembly configured to hold products. The pusher tray assembly includes a pusher tray including a floor, a bottom surface, a front wall, at least one sidewall, and at least one back wall, where the floor is configured to hold the products thereon.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Tracfone Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Elvis Pena, Audra Gabbard, Shelby Harrison
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Patent number: 11449889Abstract: A mobile wallet system includes an account module comprising a physical memory database to store account information associated with a plurality of transaction devices issued to a consumer, a location module comprising a location device to determine location information of the consumer, a reward program module comprising a physical memory database to store reward information of a plurality of reward programs associated with the plurality of transaction devices, a payment method module executed on a computer processor to determine a transaction device of the plurality of transaction devices that maximizes a reward for the consumer based at least in part on the account information, the location information and the reward information, and a processing module executed on a computer processor to use the determined transaction device to complete a transaction to purchase products or services in order to maximize rewards for the consumer.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Collart
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Patent number: 11426013Abstract: A pusher tray assembly configured to hold products includes a pusher tray including a floor, a bottom surface, a front wall, at least one sidewall, and at least one back wall, where the floor is configured to hold the products thereon; a pusher paddle having a front face and a back face; an engagement mechanism arranged on a lower side of the pusher paddle and configured to secure the pusher paddle to the floor; a channel arranged in the floor and configured to receive the engagement mechanism; a spring configured to urge the pusher paddle and the products towards the front wall; and an inventory control bar configured to at least partially cover the products, where the pusher tray that includes a transparent material.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Elvis Pena, Audra Gabbard, Shelby Harrison
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Patent number: 11416841Abstract: Using multimedia messaging service (“MMS”) messaging to facilitate a transaction for purchasing electronic content on a wireless device is disclosed. Initially, an indication that a user of the wireless device has selected to purchase the electronic content from among a plurality of electronic content available for purchase is received from a wireless device over a wireless network. An MMS message including payment information for the purchase of the selected electronic content is then received from the wireless device. The purchase of the selected electronic content is authorized based on the payment information included in the MMS message and the wireless device is then enabled to download the selected electronic content in response to the authorization of the purchase of the selected electronic content.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Jackie Miqueo
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Patent number: 11316903Abstract: A process of filtering a wireless service provided to at least one wireless device from a wireless network includes receiving identification of the at least one wireless device in a filtering server from an administrator and receiving filtering instructions from the administrator in the filtering server. The process further including receiving a request for an internet resource from at least one wireless device, comparing the request for the internet resource to the filtering instructions to determine whether the requested internet resource is allowable in view of the filtering instructions or not allowed based on the filtering instructions. The disclosure also provides a system as well.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Theodore Vagelos
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Patent number: 11297227Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a front panel and a rear panel, the rear panel arranged on a side of the housing opposite the front panel, the housing further including side edges connecting the rear panel to the front panel. The electronic device further includes, a processor configured to execute instructions and the processor being arranged within the housing, a display device configured to generate an interface based in part in response to the processor, wherein the display device is arranged in the front panel, a touchscreen associated with the display device and configured to sense a user input, wherein the user input is provided to the processor and wherein the touchscreen comprises part of the front panel, and a rear input arranged on the rear panel of the housing and configured to provide a dedicated input to the processor.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Satish Ramprasad, Sergio Rivera
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Patent number: 11270064Abstract: The invention describes a process and system for improving user experience with web-based applications on an electronic device. In particular, instructions are provided for one or more truncated applications that may be stored in memory of the electronic device. Icons associated with the one or more truncated applications are caused to be displayed on the electronic device. It is further determined that a user has selected at least one of the truncated applications. Thereafter, user input fields of the selected one or more truncated application is populated with user information.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Collart
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Patent number: 11253083Abstract: A pusher tray assembly configured to hold product includes a pusher tray including a floor configured to hold the product thereon. The pusher tray including a front wall, at least one sidewall, and at least one back wall. The assembly further includes a pusher paddle having a front face and a back face, a plurality of engagement mechanisms arranged on a lower side of the pusher paddle and configured to secure the pusher paddle to the floor, a plurality of channels arranged in the floor and configured to receive the plurality of engagement mechanisms, and a spring configured to urge the pusher paddle towards the front wall. The plurality of engagement mechanisms stabilize the pusher paddle.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Elvis Pena, Edith Wollin, Maria Echevarria
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Patent number: 11249615Abstract: A wireless device configured to operate both as a smart phone and a phone having basic features including: a memory configured to store a transition application; a processor configured to implement the transition application in response to a triggering component; a display configured to display a graphical user interface for controlling operation of the processor of the wireless device and the wireless device; and the processor further configured to implement the transition application in response to a triggering component to implement the graphical user interface displayed by the display to implement basic features.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Satish Ramprasad
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Patent number: 11199961Abstract: An electronic device including a housing including a front panel and a rear panel, the rear panel arranged on a side of the housing opposite the front panel, a processor configured to execute instructions and the processor being arranged within the housing, a display device configured to generate an interface based in part in response to the processor, where the display device is arranged in the front panel, a touchscreen associated with the display device and configured to sense a user input, where the user input is provided to the processor and where the touchscreen include part of the front panel, and a rear input arranged on the rear panel of the housing and configured to provide a dedicated input to the processor, the processor providing advanced user controls on the interface in response to operation of the rear input.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Sergio Rivera, Satish Ramprasad
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Patent number: 11188894Abstract: A transaction system and process includes providing financial transactions based on a single card. The transaction system and process further including providing prepaid wireless service based on the single card and providing long-distance service based on the single card.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Stephanie Goodrich
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Patent number: 11182397Abstract: A method and device relate to prioritizing content items stored on a device and, more particularly, relate to automatically ordering highest priority content items stored on a device according to multiple criteria. The method and device enabling presentation, on a display of the device, the high priority content items in order of their total priority.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Frederick J. Pollak
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Patent number: 11159681Abstract: A method for displaying wireless service usage information and account information using an account management application operating on a wireless device includes receiving, at the account management application operating on the wireless device and from a tracking module, wireless service usage information for a wireless subscriber associated with the wireless device, the wireless service usage information including one or more units of wireless services that the wireless subscriber has used, receiving, at the account management application operating on the wireless device and from a service provider over a wireless network, account information associated with the wireless subscriber associated with the wireless device, the service provider being different from the wireless device and the wireless network, and enabling presentation, on a display of the wireless device, of the account management application including the wireless service usage information and the account information for the wireless subscriberType: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Satish Ramprasad
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Patent number: 11128758Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining a most cost effective wireless service for a wireless device implemented at least in part in the wireless device. The method includes obtaining with a wireless device processor wireless service usage information for the wireless device. The method further includes determining with a processor a cost of various wireless service plans based on the wireless service usage information, determining with the processor the most cost effective wireless service in response to the determining with the processor the cost of various wireless service plans, and displaying a most cost effective wireless service information in a graphical user interface on a display of the wireless device. A device for implementing the method is disclosed as well.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Ted Vagelos
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Patent number: 11093942Abstract: A system for adding, authorizing, or activating pre-paid wireless service includes a sticker, and a server. The sticker has an authorization code. The sticker is configured to be affixed to a surface of a product. The server is configured to receive the authorization code. The server is further configured to verify that the received authorization code is authentic. The server is further configured to at least one of add, authorize, and activate wireless service in response to receiving and verifying the received authorization code.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Wendy Harris
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Patent number: 11076294Abstract: A method of securely supporting at least one application for use on a wireless device, including storing a plurality of locations, storing a plurality of public asymmetric keys for encryption of the plurality of locations, providing an interface for a virtual store, providing the location of a plurality of authorization files, displaying a list of applications available for the wireless device, presenting content associated with the list of applications available for the wireless device, receiving a customer selection of an application, creating an authorization file comprising the location of the application, storing the plurality of authorization files, providing an authorization file, authorizing one of the plurality of locations based on decryption of at least one of the plurality of public asymmetric keys, and installing on the wireless device the user selected application.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Satish Ramprasad
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Patent number: 11057732Abstract: A wireless telephone base station for a telephone includes a transceiver configured to receive emergency alerts, a display configured to show the emergency alerts, an output device configured to play the emergency alerts, and a processor configured to show the emergency alerts on the display and to play the emergency alerts on the output device.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Theodore Vagelos
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Patent number: 11057527Abstract: A system for providing emergency telephone call solutions for wireless devices using a voice over data network, the system having the voice over data network to recognize an emergency call from one of the wireless devices, to determine whether a cellular network is available to receive the emergency call, and to transmit the emergency call to the cellular network, a gateway for converting the emergency call between a first format for the voice over data network and a second format for a public switched telephone network associated with the cellular network, a mobile virtual network operator to communicate information associated with the emergency call to the cellular network and to the voice over data network, and the voice over data network and the cellular network to route the emergency call and the information associated with the emergency call to an emergency authority.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Theodore Vagelos
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Patent number: 11019222Abstract: A process for handling wireless service and wireless device transaction and information requests includes storing in a database wireless service information responses, wireless service transaction responses, wireless device information responses, and wireless device transaction responses. The process including receiving and analyzing a keyword, obtaining a response, based at least on the keyword, and transmitting the response.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventors: James Zimmerman, Ricky Ramon, Stephen Ritter
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Patent number: 11019472Abstract: A method for configuring access point network settings using a data connection setting application operating on a wireless device is disclosed. The data connection setting application is operable to accesses settings configuration and data from a memory and/or a SIM card, and compare it with wireless network requirements to determine whether the settings need to be reconfigured. Based on the determination, the data connection setting application can enable the display of instructions to a user and provide tools to fill in information required to reconfigure the wireless device according to wireless network requirements for the specific wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Satish Ramprasad