Patents by Inventor Amy Haugen

Amy Haugen 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).

  • System and method for determining the level of an authentication required for redeeming a customers award credits
    Patent number: 7778868
    Abstract: A redemption system for use with Low Authentication Promotion (LAP) programs. The redemption system includes a method for use with a network promotion system. The network promotion system provides awards to consumers for participation in promotion programs. The method performs steps of receiving award transaction information describing awards earned by consumers for participation in promotion programs, maintaining an award history database that contains the award transaction information, receiving a request from a consumer to redeem at least a portion of the awards earned by the consumer, and determining a level of consumer authentication required from the consumer to redeem the at least a portion of the awards, wherein the level of consumer authentication is determined from the award transaction information maintained in the award history database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Affinion Net Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Haugen, Kevin Rowney
  • System And Method For Determining The Level Of An Authentication Required For Redeeming A Customers Award Credits
    Publication number: 20090024485
    Abstract: A redemption system for use with Low Authentication Promotion (LAP) programs. The redemption system includes a method for use with a network promotion system. The network promotion system provides awards to consumers for participation in promotion programs. The method performs steps of receiving award transaction information describing awards earned by consumers for participation in promotion programs, maintaining an award history database that contains the award transaction information, receiving a request from a consumer to redeem at least a portion of the awards earned by the consumer, and determining a level of consumer authentication required from the consumer to redeem the at least a portion of the awards, wherein the level of consumer authentication is determined from the award transaction information maintained in the award history database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: AFFINION NET PATENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Amy HAUGEN, Kevin ROWNEY
  • System and method for determining the level of a authentication required for redeeming a customer's award credits
    Patent number: 7430520
    Abstract: A redemption system for use with Low Authentication Promotion (LAP) programs. The redemption system includes a method for use with a network promotion system. The network promotion system provides awards to consumers for participation in promotion programs. The method performs steps of receiving award transaction information describing awards earned by consumers for participation in promotion programs, maintaining an award history database that contains the award transaction information, receiving a request from a consumer to redeem at least a portion of the awards earned by the consumer, and determining a level of consumer authentication required from the consumer to redeem the at least a portion of the awards, wherein the level of consumer authentication is determined from the award transaction information maintained in the award history database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Affinion Net Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Haugen, Kevin Rowney