Patents by Inventor Ayman A. Hammad

Ayman A. Hammad 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).

  • Publication number: 20190362328
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for expediting the authorization of an electronic payment transaction. Authorization of a transaction at a node of an authorization network is the result of inferring the trustworthiness of a customer to the transaction using data obtained from a different node of the authorization network. The authorization process is expedited by relying on the previous authentication decision of another node, where the previous decision may have been made based on a different payment device or different user inputs. The invention uses a decision made by a first node in the authorization network as a proxy for the authorization decision at a different node, thereby transferring the trustworthiness of a consumer, consumer's device, payment device, or other aspect of the transaction from the first node to the second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: Ayman Hammad
  • Patent number: 10482398
    Abstract: The SECURE ANONYMOUS TRANSACTION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“SAT”) transform hardware-verified user authentication requests via SAT components into secure transaction notifications. In one implementation, the SAT obtains a secure anonymous transaction user authentication request. The SAT verifies the authenticity of a user, using the secure anonymous transaction user authentication request. The SAT obtains an authenticated purchase order, in response to which it generates a one-time anonymous card account. Using the one-time card account, the SAT generates an anonymized purchase order for a merchant, and provides the anonymized purchase order. On obtaining a purchase notification for the anonymized purchase order, the SAT provides real-time notification for a user of the purchase notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventor: Ayman Hammad
  • Publication number: 20190347645
    Abstract: A provisioning system for enabling a mobile communication device to operate as a financial presentation device (FPD) presentable to providers of goods or service is provided. The provisioning system relies on a transaction processing system that normally routes authorization requests from merchants to issuers of FPDs for purposes of authorizing FPD transactions. The transaction processing system stores security keys of all issuers in order to validate transaction data sent from the merchants. The provisioning system monitors authorization requests routed through the transaction processing system and retrieves an authorization request of a financial transaction initiated with a particular FPD. The provisioning system then transmits the FPD data contained in the retrieved authorization request and the security key stored in the transaction processing system to a secure memory element of the mobile communication device to enable the mobile communication device to operate as a FPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventor: Ayman Hammad
  • Patent number: 10460338
    Abstract: A network centric system that enables participation by any number of entities including sponsors, issuers, merchants, portable devices, and acceptance point devices in one or more loyalty programs is provided. Any combination of entities may be specified for different loyalty programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: VISA U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Liane Redford, Bryan Shimko, Loc Nguyen, Ayman Hammad
  • Publication number: 20190325454
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system and method for determining the products involved in a transaction conducted with a subsidiary user of a payment account, and transmitting messages containing product specific information. Systems may be implemented to transmit product identifiers during payment processing. The product specific information may be included in alert messages sent to an account holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Carlson, Patrick Stan, Patrick Faith, Ayman Hammad, Ben Rewis
  • Patent number: 10438181
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for expediting the authorization of an electronic payment transaction. Authorization of a transaction at a node of an authorization network is the result of inferring the trustworthiness of a customer to the transaction using data obtained from a different node of the authorization network. The authorization process is expedited by relying on the previous authentication decision of another node, where the previous decision may have been made based on a different payment device or different user inputs. The invention uses a decision made by a first node in the authorization network as a proxy for the authorization decision at a different node, thereby transferring the trustworthiness of a consumer, consumer's device, payment device, or other aspect of the transaction from the first node to the second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventor: Ayman Hammad
  • Publication number: 20190303915
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems pertaining to the verification of portable consumer devices are disclosed. In one implementation, a verification token is communicatively coupled to a computer by a USB connection so as to use the computer's networking facilities. The verification token reads identification information from a user's portable consumer device (e.g., credit card) and sends the information to a validation entry over a communications network using the computer's networking facilities. The validation entity applies one or more validation tests to the information that it receives from the verification token. If a selected number of tests are passed, the validation entity sends a device verification value to the verification token, and optionally to a payment processing network. The verification token may enter the device verification value into a CVV field of a web page appearing on the computer's display, or may display the value to the user using the computer's display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Ayman Hammad
  • Publication number: 20190303891
    Abstract: Systems and methods for validating and processing payment transactions are disclosed. In the embodiments of the invention a first authorization request message and a first verification value are received at a server computer. The verification value is validated and a second authorization request message with a second verification value is generated. The first verification value may be a dynamic value and the second verification value may be static value. The second verification value is associated with portable device used to perform a transaction and it is what the issuer computers of the portable device expect to receive as part of an authorization request message in a payment transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Ayman Hammad
  • Patent number: 10430794
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a dynamic verification value for electronic payment transactions are disclosed. A user of a portable consumer device enrolls the account identifier associated with the portable consumer device and specifies one or more customized linkage rules that identify one or more user communication devices and user identifiers that should be used to submit an authentication request message to an entity that generates a dynamic verification value. A server computer that receives an authentication request message determines whether the authentication request message complies with the specified customized linkage rules and generates a dynamic verification value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventor: Ayman Hammad
  • Publication number: 20190295054
    Abstract: The MULTI-DIRECTIONAL WALLET CONNECTOR APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“W-CONNECTOR”) facilitates the enrollment of payment accounts in a consumer's virtual wallet. The consumer may be logged into their payment account issuer's web site and designate one or more payment accounts for enrollment in a virtual wallet. The issuer may then share account, billing and/or other relevant information with the virtual wallet provider to facilitate the enrollment of the designated payment accounts in the virtual wallet. The W-CONNECTOR may also be configured to facilitate the creation and funding of pre-paid accounts in a consumer's virtual wallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Purves, Shilpak Madadkar, Tenni Theurer, Ayman Hammad
  • Patent number: 10423962
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods are provided for efficiently authorizing a transaction initiated by a consumer. An authorization can be generated before the consumer actually initiates the transaction. For example, a future transaction can be predicted, and an authorization can be generated for the predicted transaction. In this manner, the authorization can be ready and quickly used when the consumer does initiate the transaction. Previous transactions made by the consumer can be used to predict when the future transaction is likely. In various examples, the authorization can be sent to a specific merchant or to the consumer for use when the consumer initiates the predicted transaction, or saved by an authorization server for use in response to an authorization request from the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Patrick Faith, Kevin P. Siegel, Ayman Hammad
  • Patent number: 10402813
    Abstract: A provisioning system for enabling a mobile communication device to operate as a financial presentation device (FPD) presentable to providers of goods or service is provided. The provisioning system relies on a transaction processing system that normally routes authorization requests from merchants to issuers of FPDs for purposes of authorizing FPD transactions. The transaction processing system stores security keys of all issuers in order to validate transaction data sent from the merchants. The provisioning system monitors authorization requests routed through the transaction processing system and retrieves an authorization request of a financial transaction initiated with a particular FPD. The provisioning system then transmits the FPD data contained in the retrieved authorization request and the security key stored in the transaction processing system to a secure memory element of the mobile communication device to enable the mobile communication device to operate as a FPD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Ayman Hammad
  • Publication number: 20190266582
    Abstract: The AUTOMOBILE MOBILE-INTERACTION PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“AMIP”) The AMIP transforms cloud-based wallet and automobile settings into transaction and automobile outputs. In some embodiments, a user may request to connect an electronic wallet account to an automobile interface. Once the user's credentials have been authenticated, the automobile interface may request and receive from a remote server automobile-related and payment-method-related settings. The automobile interface may then configure its settings according to the received information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Ayman Hammad, Julian Hua, Robert Rutherford
  • Publication number: 20190259020
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for processing enrollment requests are provided. Enrollment requests may be sent from a user to an enrollment server. The enrollment server may verify the information in the enrollment request with entities that may contain authoritative data reflecting the validity of the information in the enrollment request. The authenticity of devices involved in the enrollment request may also be verified. In addition, the user's transaction history can be reviewed to determine if the enrollment fits the user's transaction history profile. Based on the verified information and a level of risk associated with the enrollment, the enrollment server may allow or deny the enrollment request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Patrick Faith, Ayman Hammad, Jack Coyne
  • Patent number: 10387871
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems pertaining to the verification of portable consumer devices are disclosed. In one implementation, a verification token is communicatively coupled to a computer by a USB connection so as to use the computer's networking facilities. The verification token reads identification information from a user's portable consumer device (e.g., credit card) and sends the information to a validation entry over a communications network using the computer's networking facilities. The validation entity applies one or more validation tests to the information that it receives from the verification token. If a selected number of tests are passed, the validation entity sends a device verification value to the verification token, and optionally to a payment processing network. The verification token may enter the device verification value into a CVV field of a web page appearing on the computer's display, or may display the value to the user using the computer's display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventor: Ayman Hammad
  • Patent number: 10387885
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system and method for determining the products involved in a transaction conducted with a subsidiary user of a payment account, and transmitting messages containing product specific information. Systems may be implemented to transmit product identifiers during payment processing. The product specific information may be included in alert messages sent to an account holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Mark Carlson, Patrick Stan, Patrick Faith, Ayman Hammad, Ben Rewis
  • Patent number: 10380571
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein include systems and methods for sending merchant alert messages. The merchant can specify criteria indicating the types of customers for which he desires to receive alerts. Merchant alert messages can be sent based on characteristics of a customer, including the customer's proximity to the merchant. The merchant can use the alert message to provide better service to the customer or prevent the customer from engaging in transactions, depending on the contents of the merchant alert message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Mark Carlson, Patrick Stan, Ayman Hammad, Ben Rewis, Patrick L. Faith
  • Publication number: 20190244192
    Abstract: The UNIVERSAL ELECTRONIC PAYMENT APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“UEP”) transform touchscreen inputs into a virtual wallet mobile application interface via UEP components into purchase transaction triggers and receipt notices. In one implementation the UEP provides, via a user device, a product information search request; and obtains, in response to the product information search request, information on a first product for sale by a first merchant and a second product for sale by a second merchant. The UEP generates a single purchase transaction request, using the information on the first product for sale by the first merchant and the second product for sale by the second merchant. The UEP provides, via the user device, the single purchase transaction request for payment processing. Also, the UEP obtains an electronic purchase receipt for the first product for sale by the first merchant and the second product for sale by the second merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Edward Katzin, Julian Hua, Gregory Kenneth Storey, Michael Mori, Abhinav Shrivastava, Amit Bhargava, Andrew Beck, Ayman Hammad, Ben Pfisterer, Diane Salmon, Igor Karpenko, Jennifer Schulz, Miroslav Gavrilov, Peter Ciurea, Patrick Faith, Phillip Kumnick, Saurav Chatterjee, Sebastian Badea, Shaw Li, Shipra Jha, Stacy Pourfallah, Susan French, Tenni Theurer, Theodore Harris, Thomas Purves, Vanita Pandey, Victoria Graham, Prakash Hariramani
  • Patent number: 10373138
    Abstract: Systems and methods for validating and processing payment transactions are disclosed. In the embodiments of the invention a first authorization request message and a first verification value are received at a server computer. The verification value is validated and a second authorization request message with a second verification value is generated. The first verification value may be a dynamic value and the second verification value may be static value. The second verification value is associated with portable device used to perform a transaction and it is what the issuer computers of the portable device expect to receive as part of an authorization request message in a payment transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventor: Ayman Hammad
  • Publication number: 20190228416
    Abstract: Systems and methods for secure mobile transactions are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Ayman Hammad, Scott Ouellette, Michael Naggar