Patents by Inventor Arthur Silvio Velez

Arthur Silvio Velez 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: 7848977
    Abstract: A method of processing a purchase card transaction includes receiving a transaction request at a host computer system from a point-of-sale device of a first merchant. The transaction request comprises transaction details relating to a purchase from the first merchant using a private label purchase card relating to a second merchant and an issuer. The first merchant and the second merchant are different merchants. The transaction details comprise at least an identifier relating to the first merchant, an amount, and an account identifier relating to the private label purchase card. The method further includes evaluating at least a portion of the account identifier, recognizing that the account identifier relates to the issuer, routing at least a portion of the transaction request to the issuer, and facilitating a payment from the issuer to the first merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: James Alan McCarthy, Paul Matthew Fortney, Curtis Gregory Winchester, Brian Lee Teller, Douglas James Byerley, Arthur Silvio Velez, Joni Wren Wheeler, Stephen Jay Hug
  • Patent number: 6064375
    Abstract: A method of providing merchant information from a computer to a user includes displaying on a computer a plurality of merchant data categories. Each of the merchant data categories contains merchant data fields. One of the merchant data fields is then selected from the plurality of merchant data categories. Merchant information of the selected one of the plurality of merchant data fields is then displayed for a given merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur Silvio Velez, Joseph T. Coleman, John L. Duffy, Edward G. Rippon