Patents by Inventor Alastair Rampell

Alastair Rampell 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: 11836790
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TRIALPAY, INC.
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alexander E Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Patent number: 11676201
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TRIALPAY, INC.
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alexander Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Patent number: 10733664
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one and providing payment to the offeror the primary offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: TRIALPAY, INC.
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alexander E. Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Publication number: 20190370891
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alexander E Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Publication number: 20190370892
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alexander E. Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Patent number: 10424010
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alexander E. Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Patent number: 10387948
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Trialpay, Inc.
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alexander E. Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Publication number: 20120209668
    Abstract: From a third-party process within a social network having a platform policy, a graph of a social network member is queried. The results of the query are passed to a matching process, without violating the platform policy. Content is requested from the process. In response to passing the results, a description of content is received. The content is caused to be made available to the social network member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Terry Angelos, Eddie Lim, Robert DiMarco, Vickie Wong, Alexander E. Campbell, Alastair Rampell, Arjuna Wijeyekoon, Gyuchang Jun
  • Publication number: 20120209908
    Abstract: From outside a social network having a platform policy, causing a third-party program within the social network to query a social graph of a social network member. The results of the query are accessed without violating the platform policy. Based on the results, content is identified to serve to the social network member. The third-party program within the social network is caused to make the content available to the social network member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Terry Angelos, Eddie Lim, Robert DiMarco, Vickie Wong, Alexander E. Campbell, Alastair Rampell, Arjuna Wijeyekoon, Gyuchang Jun
  • Publication number: 20120197717
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alex Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Publication number: 20120197716
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alex Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Publication number: 20120197730
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one and providing payment to the offeror the primary offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alex E. Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Publication number: 20120197731
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alex E. Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Patent number: 7848960
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: TrialPay, Inc.
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alex Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Patent number: 7788139
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: TrailPay, Inc.
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alex Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Patent number: 7698171
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for facilitating bidding for placement of alternate offers in an alternative payment platform, including methods and systems for providing a platform for presenting alternate offers the completion of which serves as an alternative to payment for an item associated with a primary offer, receiving a bid for the opportunity to present an alternate offer in the platform, wherein the bid is associated with a placement attribute, wherein the placement attribute is at least one of an attribute of a prospective user and an attribute associated with the presentation of the alternate offer, and determining a placement of the alternate offer based at least in part on the bid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: TrialPay, Inc.
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alex Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Patent number: 7647252
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: TrialPay, Inc.
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alex Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Publication number: 20090292599
    Abstract: A method of transactional advertising includes providing a transactional advertising platform for presenting offers to a user who is committed to complete an electronic transaction; selecting an offer to present based on at least two of the following associated with the transaction: a transaction amount, a payment type, a shipment address, and a shopping cart contents; and presenting the offer to the user based on a user level of commitment to complete the electronic transaction and based on the status of the transaction. The user level of commitment includes one of an indication of non-payment, an indication of payment, and an indication of indecision to pay. The transaction status includes one of needs incentive to transact, method of payment provided, payment approved, and payment complete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alexander E. Campbell, Terry Angelos, Kenneth K. Yu
  • Publication number: 20080162370
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alex Campbell, Terry Angelos
  • Publication number: 20080162315
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Alastair Rampell, Alex Campbell, Terry Angelos