Patents by Inventor Alia Ward

Alia Ward 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: 11941617
    Abstract: Systems and methods of providing pre-staged transactions via lockers are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary computer-implemented method may comprise receiving a request from a user to perform a pre-staged transaction at a physical location; generating a first token based on the pre-staged transaction; transmitting first token to an app executing on a mobile device associated with the user; assigning a locker from a plurality of lockers positioned within the physical location; receiving the first token from the app executing on the mobile device of the user to initiate access to the locker when the user is within the physical location; authenticating the user based on the first token; transmitting, upon successful authentication of the user, a second token to the app executing on the mobile device; and causing, in response to receiving the second token at the locker, the locker to unlock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Amy Wedmore, Steven Almanzar, Alia Ward, Elliot Brown
  • Publication number: 20220172202
    Abstract: Systems and methods of providing pre-staged transactions via lockers are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary computer-implemented method may comprise receiving a request from a user to perform a pre-staged transaction at a physical location; generating a first token based on the pre-staged transaction; transmitting first token to an app executing on a mobile device associated with the user; assigning a locker from a plurality of lockers positioned within the physical location; receiving the first token from the app executing on the mobile device of the user to initiate access to the locker when the user is within the physical location; authenticating the user based on the first token; transmitting, upon successful authentication of the user, a second token to the app executing on the mobile device; and causing, in response to receiving the second token at the locker, the locker to unlock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Amy Wedmore, Steven Almanzar, Alia Ward, Elliot Brown