Patents by Inventor Ankur Dua

Ankur Dua 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: 11423434
    Abstract: The invention enables optimizing performance of a recommendation server. The invention comprises (i) receiving a first set of customer information corresponding to a first set of events recorded in a first time period in which the recommendation server operates in a first configuration state, (ii) generating a first performance evaluation score based on the first set of customer information, (iii) reconfiguring the recommendation server to operate in a second configuration state having a second performance evaluation score associated therewith, and wherein said second performance evaluation score is generated based on a second set of customer information corresponding to a second set of events recorded in a second time period in which the recommendation server operates in the second configuration state and (iv) transmitting to a terminal device, one or more electronic offers selected for transmission to the customer by the recommendation server operating in the second configuration state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ankur Dua, Gaurav Dhama, Ankur Arora
  • Patent number: 11373202
    Abstract: A method for preventing account referral fraud includes: receiving a referral request, the request including a referring account identifier; transmitting a digital signature corresponding to the referral request to a processing server; verifying, by the processing server, the digital signature using a public key; identifying a plurality of blockchain data values included in a blockchain using the public key, wherein each data value is related to a blockchain transaction involving a blockchain wallet associated with the public key; generating an authenticity score for the blockchain wallet based on data included in the plurality of blockchain data values; receiving, by the referral server, the authenticity score from the processing server; and processing the referral request based on the authenticity score, wherein processing the referral request includes one of: declining the referral and awarding a referral reward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ankur Arora, Rakesh Patel, Ankur Dua, Aditya Koduri
  • Publication number: 20200380553
    Abstract: The invention enables optimizing performance of a recommendation server. The invention comprises (i) receiving a first set of customer information corresponding to a first set of events recorded in a first time period in which the recommendation server operates in a first configuration state, (ii) generating a first performance evaluation score based on the first set of customer information, (iii) reconfiguring the recommendation server to operate in a second configuration state having a second performance evaluation score associated therewith, and wherein said second performance evaluation score is generated based on a second set of customer information corresponding to a second set of events recorded in a second time period in which the recommendation server operates in the second configuration state and (iv) transmitting to a terminal device, one or more electronic offers selected for transmission to the customer by the recommendation server operating in the second configuration state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ankur Dua, Gaurav Dhama, Ankur Arora
  • Publication number: 20200019980
    Abstract: A method for preventing account referral fraud includes: receiving a referral request, the request including a referring account identifier; transmitting a digital signature corresponding to the referral request to a processing server; verifying, by the processing server, the digital signature using a public key; identifying a plurality of blockchain data values included in a blockchain using the public key, wherein each data value is related to a blockchain transaction involving a blockchain wallet associated with the public key; generating an authenticity score for the blockchain wallet based on data included in the plurality of blockchain data values; receiving, by the referral server, the authenticity score from the processing server; and processing the referral request based on the authenticity score, wherein processing the referral request includes one of: declining the referral and awarding a referral reward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ankur Arora, Rakesh Patel, Ankur Dua, Aditya Koduri
  • Publication number: 20190197638
    Abstract: A method for determining a development plan for an area includes receiving input parameters associated with a plurality of target geographical areas and a reference geographical area; identifying, based on the input parameters, a candidate geographical area matching the reference geographical area from the plurality of target geographical areas; and determining a development activity for the candidate geographical area based on an outcome of said development activity in the reference geographical area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Rabia Aslam, Rajesh Chopra, Priyanshu Sawalka, Tanika Gupta, Ganesh Shankar Rai, Ankur Dua, Surbhi Chetwani