Patents Examined by Robert R Niquette
  • Patent number: 11354751
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for provisioning and using a multi-purpose device. The device contains information regarding a plurality of memberships. The device contains one or more membership certificate chains, comprising multiple certificates, wherein a membership provider certificate is signed by a private key associated with a membership root certificate authority, and wherein a member certificate is signed by a private key associated with the membership provider certificate. The member certificate includes member attributes regarding the user, such as member benefit information. The device also includes a payment certificate chain, comprising multiple certificates, wherein a payment provider certificate is signed by a private key associated with a payment root certificate authority, and wherein a payment certificate is signed by a private key associated with the payment provider certificate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventor: Simon Hurry
  • Patent number: 11354663
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for use in carrying out a transaction between a transaction device and a point of interaction. In connection therewith, a device for interacting with a point of interaction to carry out a transaction by a consumer includes a processor comprising a payment application and a system environment module, where the system environment module is configured to determine whether the payment application is eligible for a transaction. The device also includes an input in communication with the processor and configured to receive transaction data from a point of interaction in connection with the transaction, and an output in communication with the processor and configured to transmit transaction data to the point of interaction in connection with the transaction when the system environment module determines that the payment application is eligible for the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Patrick Mestré, Patrik Smets
  • Patent number: 11348114
    Abstract: Online fraud prevention including receiving a rules set to detect fraud, mapping the rules set to a data set, mapping success data to members of the rules set, filtering the members of the rules set, and ordering members of the data set by giving priority to those members of the data set with a greater probability for being fraudulent based upon the success data of each member of the rule set in detecting fraud. Further, a receiver coupled to an application server to receive a rules set to detect fraud, and a server coupled to the application server, to map the rules set to a data set, and to map the success data to each members of the rules set. The server is used to order the various members of the data set by giving priority to those members of the data set with a greatest probability for being fraudulent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventor: Palash Nandy
  • Patent number: 11348109
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in processing transactions based on biometric data used in connection with authenticating consumers to payment accounts to which the transactions are directed. One exemplary method includes prompting a consumer to provide a biometric in connection with a transaction by the consumer, and receiving a payment account credential specific to a payment account for use in the transaction. The method also includes appending a biometric score and an indication of a biometric technology used to capture the biometric to an authorization request associated with the transaction, and transmitting, by the computing device, the authorization request to an issuer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mark Jules Azzam, John Eric Roberts, Matthew Wease, Brett Jon Halkett
  • Patent number: 11341501
    Abstract: A zero-step authentication system and method which uses wireless mobile devices to automatically make payments in a secure manner without requiring the customer to handle his or her mobile device. The system and method use a payment facilitation device at the business location which automatically detects and recognizes registered mobile devices, displays a photo of the customer to a business employee for identity confirmation, and automatically deducts payments for purchases from a pre-authorized customer account. The customer account is managed by a payment processing server, which stores the customer account data, makes appropriate deductions, sends confirmation of deductions to the customer's mobile device, and automatically refills the customer's account by making pre-authorized charges to the customer's banking institution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: ROCKSPOON, INC.
    Inventor: Nagib Georges Mimassi
  • Patent number: 11335155
    Abstract: In some embodiments a wagering game system comprises a personal area network device configured to render media content including results of a wagering game. The system can include a wagering game machine configured to determine and provide the wagering game results to the personal area network device. The wagering game machine can include a personal area network device transceiver configured to exchange data with the personal area network device, the data including the wagering game results, and a personal area network controller configured to detect the personal area network device, to procure an identification code for the personal area network device without player input, and to authenticate the personal area network device by use of the identification code. The system can also include a repository configured to store the identification code in association with a player identifier and to provide the identification code to the wagering game machine upon request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SG Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Bytnar, Mark B. Gagner, Timothy C. Loose, Larry J. Pacey, Scott H. Schulhof
  • Patent number: 11315090
    Abstract: A financial management network is disclosed for optimizing interest return and/or deposit insurance coverage among a plurality of online accounts that may include one or more savings accounts and a checking account, by automatically allocating and transferring funds among the accounts without intervention of the account holder, in accordance with constraints that may be set by the financial management network, account holder, the account holder's financial advisor, and/or imposed by the associate financial institutions holding the accounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Six Trees Capital LLC
    Inventors: Gary E. Zimmerman, Richard D. Wu, Gabriel Jorge Gironda
  • Patent number: 11315102
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein disclose a mobile device system for displaying contactless payment options to a user of a mobile device. A location of the device may be detected. The location may be transmitted to a payment services provider, and information indicating that the location corresponds to a merchant having contactless payment options may be received. In response, graphical depictions of payment options associated with a plurality of payment sources are displayed on a touch-sensitive display of the mobile device. A selection of one of the graphical depictions is received, and in response, one or more transceivers of the mobile device, such as one or more NFC transceivers, may be activated. The activation may cause the transceivers to transmit a personal account number to a point-of-sale terminal. Thus, the user is presented with contactless payment options based on a geographical location, and may be presented with a suggested payment source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: Adhish N. Vyas
  • Patent number: 11314390
    Abstract: A digital downloading jukebox system including a mechanism for delivering custom services to a recognized user is provided. For example, information specific to a recognized user may be stored and optionally may include a recognized user avatar representative of the recognized user. The user avatar may be an image, video, and/or animation, which may be displayed on and/or played through the jukebox. The user avatar may be associated with transactions associated with the user. For example, an avatar may be displayed when a playlist of the recognized user is played, when a message is sent, etc. In other examples, the avatar may introduce instances of media by playing an audio and/or video message, and the avatar may sing, dance, etc. while an instance of media is playing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOUCHTUNES MUSIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francois Brillon, Dominique Dion, Loic Gratton
  • Patent number: 11282060
    Abstract: A zero-step authentication system and method which uses wireless mobile devices to automatically make payments in a secure manner without requiring the customer to handle his or her mobile device. The system and method uses a payment facilitation device at the business location which automatically detects and recognizes registered mobile devices, displays a photo of the customer to a business employee for identity confirmation, and automatically deducts payments for purchases from a pre-authorized customer account. The customer account is managed by a payment processing server, which stores the customer account data, makes appropriate deductions, sends confirmation of deductions to the customer's mobile device, and automatically refills the customer's account by making pre-authorized charges to the customer's banking institution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: ROCKSPOON, INC.
    Inventor: Nagib Georges Mimassi
  • Patent number: 11270378
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to internalize trade orders are described herein. An example method includes obtaining, via an internalization manager, a trade order communicated to an exchange. The trade order corresponds to a tradeable object offered at the exchange. The example method includes comparing, via the internalization manager, the trade order to one or more trade orders in an internalization order record to determine whether a matching contra-side trade order is included in the one or more trade orders in the internalization order record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventor: Bevan Jacob Brookfield
  • Patent number: 11232426
    Abstract: A system and method for third-party food and dining ordering control, comprising at least one device capable of accessing the internet which may be a mobile device or personal computing device such as a laptop or desktop, a web application, and a point-of-sale system at a restaurant or retailer, wherein users of the web application may deposit funds into an account and set regulations on what they may purchase with the deposited funds, or have an administrator set up an account for them such as a parent setting up an account for a child or a doctor setting up an account for a patient, allowing the parent or doctor or other administrator to regulate what the sub-user such as the child or patient may purchase, in keeping with budget, diet, and lifestyle restrictions, and which may utilize zero-step authentication to allow for seamless use of the service at certain establishments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: ROCKSPOON, INC.
    Inventor: Nagib Georges Mimassi
  • Patent number: 11222313
    Abstract: A system and method of transmitting a check-type payment between a payor and a payee using a third-party service includes registering a payor, receiving a check-type payment request from the payor by the third-party service, generating a unique identifier for the check-type payment request and associating payment information with the unique identifier, transmitting a payment notice to the payee, receiving a deposit request to a deposit account from the payee by the third-party, generating a depositable item responsive to the deposit request, and depositing the depositable item into the deposit account by the third-party service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Deluxe Small Business Sales, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. Doyle, Dean Tribble
  • Patent number: 11205233
    Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods enhance a user's sophistication as she/he reviews complex information sources using specialized detective tools provided by a user interface of the computer system. The specialized investigative inquiries are stored in a database and are particularly tailored a priori by a subject-matter content designer for the type of documents being reviewed for risk and opportunity. The investigative scripts are organized into to a path of risk-related subjects or topics, and within each path of subjects/topics the investigative scripts are organized into a specialized inquiry or flow chart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventor: James Callahan
  • Patent number: 11176618
    Abstract: Applying funds is disclosed. A set of interfaces for configuring filtering criteria and receiving user configurations of the filtering criteria is displayed. Fund information pertaining to a fund that is to be applied to one or more receivables under an insurance policy account is received. A set of eligible receivables is identified based on filtering information included in the fund information and a set of preconfigured filtering criteria. A set of ranked receivable partitions to which the fund is applied is established based on a set of preconfigured priority criteria and using the fund information and information associated with the set of eligible receivables. The fund is applied to the ranked receivables partitions according to the rankings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Guidewire Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Seshadhri Pakshi Rajan, Luis Arturo Diaz
  • Patent number: 11172541
    Abstract: A method and system for transmitting data between devices within a fueling environment comprising a wireless mesh network wherein the devices are configured to communicate via the wireless mesh network. A wireless communication device is connected to each device, and a middleware executed by the wireless communication device handles communications between the devices and the wireless mesh network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Gilbarco Italia S.r.l.
    Inventor: Giovanni Carapelli
  • Patent number: 11132652
    Abstract: A system and method of transmitting a check-type payment between a payor and a payee using a third-party service includes registering a payor, receiving a check-type payment request from the payor by the third-party service, generating a unique identifier for the check-type payment request and associating payment information with the unique identifier, transmitting a payment notice to the payee, receiving a deposit request to a deposit account from the payee by the third-party, generating a depositable item responsive to the deposit request, and depositing the depositable item into the deposit account by the third-party service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Deluxe Small Business Sales, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. Doyle, Dean Tribble
  • Patent number: 11126979
    Abstract: An alias management and value transfer claim processing system is disclosed. A sending entity initiates value transfer identifying a recipient entity using an alias that is unregistered with the system. The value transfer is authorized, but not settled until the recipient entity registers with the system and claims the value transfer. The registered alias can be used for subsequent value transfers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Thanigaivel Ashwin Raj, Jacob Saul Fuentes, John Tullis, Vishwanath Shastry
  • Patent number: 11107074
    Abstract: A system for allowing electronic payments through use of a unique proxy includes a first server, a first registration database and a first lookup database. The first server receives an electronic registration request message, including registration information of a first user, from a financial institution of the first user. The first registration database then copies a subset of the registration information, including a unique proxy of the first user, to the first lookup database as the first user's lookup information. When the first server receives an electronic proxy payment request message, including the unique proxy of the first user, from a financial institution of a second user, the first server looks up the first user's lookup information in the first lookup database on the basis of the unique proxy of the first user and transmits the first user's lookup information to the financial institution of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: IPCO 2012 LIMITED
    Inventors: Daniel Ginger, Christopher Kendall
  • Patent number: 11087329
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for identifying a transaction risk are disclosed. The method includes obtaining risk identification information of a sub-network to which a node relating to a transaction to be identified belongs; and identifying a risk of the transaction to be identified based on the risk identification information of the sub-network to which the node relating to the transaction to be identified belongs, wherein the sub-network is a network acquired by partitioning a relationship network based on connectivity, the relationship network is a network built up with entities and activities relating to a plurality of transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengwei Wang, Huimei He, Renxin Mao, Dijun He