Patents by Inventor Adam Jeremy Fern

Adam Jeremy Fern has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11823153
    Abstract: In some examples, a financial system receives, from a plurality of computing devices associated with a plurality of users, respectively, transaction data of transactions performed by the plurality of users. The financial system may provide, based at least on the transaction data, financing to an account of a first user, the financing including repayment terms for repayment of the financing. The financial system may receive, from one or more services, one or more signals related to a business of the first user. Further, the financial system may determine, based on the received one or more signals related to the business of the first user, updated repayment terms for repayment of the financing from the first user. In addition, the financial system may apply the updated repayment terms for repayment of the financing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball
  • Patent number: 11720959
    Abstract: A payment processing system receives, from a plurality of merchant computing devices associated with respective merchants, transaction information of transactions performed between the respective merchants and customers. Further, the system may receive, from a first computing device, a request to finance a purchase to be made by a customer from a first merchant. The system may determine, based at least partially on analysis of previous transactions of the customer determined from the received transaction information, financing terms for the purchase, the financing terms including a financed amount and repayment terms for the customer for the financed amount. The system may transmit the financing terms to the first computing device, and may receive an acceptance by the customer of the financing terms. Additionally, the system may send, based on the approved financed amount, a communication indicating an amount to provide to an account associated with the first merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball, John Bryan Scott
  • Patent number: 11593876
    Abstract: In some examples, a payment processing system receives transaction information of transactions performed by a plurality of merchants. The payment processing system may generate, using one or more trained machine learning classifiers and based on transaction information of a current transaction of a first merchant, a request to a plurality of financial systems. Further, the payment processing system may expose an application programming interface (API) to at least one financial system of the plurality of financial systems for electronic communication of financial information at least one of to or from the at least one financial system. Additionally, the payment processing system may generate, using the one or more trained machine learning classifiers and based at least on information obtained from the at least one financial system, via the API, one or more payment actions for the first merchant to perform using the payment processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball, John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates
  • Publication number: 20230039797
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a partnership configuration engine. In examples, a configuration engine may maintain configuration information associated with one or more providers for which a partnership service provides computing functionality. For example, a partnership service may provide a website, generate electronic communications, and/or perform data processing associated with a third-party provider. The configuration engine may maintain a set of configuration items associated with such a third-party provider, such that functionality of the partnership service is configured accordingly. Thus, as a result of maintaining such configuration information, the partnership service may be configured to provide functionality for any number of providers. Further, data duplication may be reduced and complexity may be reduced as a result of such a configuration information repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Better Holdco, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Jeremy Fern, Ilia Rogov
  • Patent number: 11501366
    Abstract: In some examples, a service provider may manage inventories of items by offering money advances to make inventory orders on behalf of a merchant. The service provider may determine a risk associated with advancing money to the merchant based on sales of items made by the merchant. The service provider may provide a money advance to the merchant when the risk associated with advancing money is within a threshold level. The money advance may be used to order inventory from a supplier. This may assist the merchant in managing inventory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Morrissey Cieri, Adam Jeremy Fern, Ding Zhou, Ariana Poursartip
  • Publication number: 20220301052
    Abstract: A payment processing system for mobile point-of-sale transactions from a mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminal including a payment card reader having a card interface configured to read data from a payment card, the payment processing system configured to process a request from a merchant to provide financing for a purchase by a buyer (e.g., a second merchant). The payment processing system is further configured to calculate financing terms including an approved purchase amount and repayment terms for the approved purchase amount, to transmit the financing terms to the merchant for presentation to the buyer via the mobile POS terminal, to receive an acceptance of the financing terms from the buyer, to transmit the approved purchase amount to the merchant, and to receive payment from the buyer according to the repayment terms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Brian BOATES, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball, John Bryan Scott
  • Patent number: 11367096
    Abstract: In some examples, a payment processing system may send, based on transaction information received from a plurality of merchant devices, an incentive for a first merchant to whom financing has been provided, to achieve a performance target during a specified time period. For instance, the incentive may include a proposed modification to repayment terms for the financing to be implemented if the merchant achieves the performance target during the specified time period. The system may track transactions processed for the first merchant during the specified time period. Based on the tracking, the system may determine that the merchant has achieved the performance target during the specified time period for receiving the incentive, and may implement the modification of the repayment terms for the financing for the first merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball
  • Patent number: 11010740
    Abstract: In some examples, a payment processing system may receive, from a plurality of merchant computing devices associated with a plurality of merchants, respectively, transaction data of transactions performed between the plurality of merchants and a plurality of customers. Based at least on the transaction data, the payment processing system may provide financing to an account of a first merchant, the financing including repayment terms for repayment of the financing. In addition, the payment processing system may determine that the first merchant is predicted to have a change in sales during an upcoming time period. Based on the predicted change in sales, the payment processing system may determine updated repayment terms for repayment of the financing from the first merchant, and may apply the updated repayment terms for repayment of the financing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball
  • Patent number: 10902512
    Abstract: A payment processing system is configured to expose an API to provide financing terms to a financial institution. The payment processing system receives, via the API, a request from the financial institution to calculate financing terms for providing capital to a merchant based on the merchant's financial history with the payment processing system and/or the financial institution. The payment processing system calculates the financing terms including an approved financing amount and repayment terms, which may include a portion of the transaction processed by the payment processing system or the financial institution to be withheld for repayment of the approved financing amount. The payment processing system transmits the financing terms to the financial institution via the API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball, John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates
  • Publication number: 20200320643
    Abstract: Integration of transaction information with payroll information for payroll payment processing is described. In an example, server(s) associated with a service provider can utilize at least one of transaction information, login information or logout information to determine a payment to be made to a worker. In an example, based at least in part on a determination that a risk associated with paying the payment to the worker prior to receiving funds for paying the payment is below a threshold, transferring, from a service provider account of the service provider, at least a portion of the payment to an account of the worker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Amir Nathoo, James Colin Brady, Adam Jeremy Fern
  • Patent number: 10755349
    Abstract: A payment processing system receives, from merchant computing devices, transaction information of transactions performed between a plurality of merchants and customers. The merchant computing devices may each execute a merchant application that configures the merchant computing devices as point-of-sale (POS) terminals. The payment processing system receives, from a first POS terminal, a request to finance a purchase between a customer and a first merchant. The payment processing system determines financing terms for the purchase from the transaction information received from the merchant computing devices. The payment processing system sends the financing terms, including an approved financed amount and repayment terms for the approved financed amount, to the first POS terminal for presentation to the customer. In response to receiving an indication of acceptance by the customer of the financing terms, the payment processing system transfers the approved financed amount to an account of the first merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball, John Bryan Scott
  • Patent number: 10628816
    Abstract: In some examples, a payment processing system may receive, from merchant devices of a plurality of merchants, transaction data of transactions performed between the merchants and customers. The system may provide financing to an account of a first merchant with repayment terms based on one or more attributes of the first merchant determined from the received transaction data. The system may receive service information from at least one service performed for a business of the first merchant and may determine a state of the business of the first merchant. Based on the received transaction data and the state of the business of the first merchant, the system may determine that the first merchant is expected to have a decrease in sales. The system may determine a deferral period based on the expected decrease in sales and may refrain from taking repayment of the financing for the deferral period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball
  • Patent number: 10565642
    Abstract: In some examples, a service provider may manage inventories of items by offering money advances to make inventory orders on behalf of a merchant. The service provider may determine a risk associated with advancing money to the merchant based on sales of items made by the merchant. The service provider may provide a money advance to the merchant when the risk associated with advancing money is within a threshold level. The money advance may be used to order inventory from a supplier. This may assist the merchant in managing inventory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Morrissey Cieri, Adam Jeremy Fern, Ding Zhou, Ariana Poursartip
  • Patent number: 10453086
    Abstract: A payment processing system is configured to provide financing to a merchant, the merchant having an account with a payment provider who operates the payment processing system to process a plurality of financial transactions between the merchant and buyers via a mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminal. The payment processing system receives repayment of the financing from the merchant by withholding a portion of funds from the plurality of financial transactions processed for the merchant by the payment processing system. The payment processing system evaluates financial transactions conducted by the merchant through the payment processing system and, based on the evaluation, provides the merchant with one or more offers defining an incentive of financing or modification of current financing arrangements in order to induce activity by the merchant. The payment processing system identifies that the merchant has performed the activity identified in the offer and implements the incentive in the offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball
  • Patent number: 10019698
    Abstract: A payment processing system for processing mobile point-of-sale transactions and extending cash advances to merchants is disclosed. The payment processing system receives repayment of the cash advance from the merchant by withholding a portion of funds from financial transactions processed for the merchant, the portion of funds determined according to repayment terms for the cash advance. The payment processing system receives signals from other products provided to the merchant by the payment processing service provider to determine payment deferral eligibility for the merchant where the payment processing system refrains from taking repayment from the financial transactions processed for the merchant by the payment processing system. The payment deferral eligibility may be determined in response to a merchant request for a payment deferral or automatically by the payment processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball
  • Patent number: 9824394
    Abstract: A payment processing system for mobile point-of-sale transactions from a mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminal including a payment card reader having a card interface configured to read data from a payment card, the payment processing system configured to process a request from a merchant to provide financing for a purchase by a buyer (e.g., a second merchant). The payment processing system is further configured to calculate financing terms including an approved purchase amount and repayment terms for the approved purchase amount, to transmit the financing terms to the merchant for presentation to the buyer via the mobile POS terminal, to receive an acceptance of the financing terms from the buyer, to transmit the approved purchase amount to the merchant, and to receive payment from the buyer according to the repayment terms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball, John Bryan Scott
  • Patent number: 9773242
    Abstract: A system and method for calculating crowdfunding terms based on a financial history of a merchant is described. The crowdfunding terms include an approved funding amount and repayment terms including a portion of transactions processed for the merchant by the payment processing system to withhold for repayment of the approved funding amount plus earnings to investors. The a payment processing system may withhold the portion of the transactions processed for the merchant by the payment processing system for repayment of the approved funding amount plus earnings to the investors, apportion the portion of the transactions processed for the merchant by the payment processing system amongst the investors, and transmit, by the payment processor system, the apportioned amount to each investor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, John Bryan Scott, Andrew Kimball, Donald Clark