Patents by Inventor Benjamin H. Scott

Benjamin H. Scott 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: 20230351429
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system for electronically validating coupons comprises a primary positive coupon database containing positive coupon data. The positive coupon data relates to one or more coupons known to the valid. The system further includes a computing system comprising a control circuit configured to execute a processing module that, when executed, receives electronic coupon data from a coupon comprising a machine-readable code, parses the electronic coupon data, compares the parsed electronic coupon data to the positive coupon data in the primary positive coupon database, and determines whether the coupon is valid by determining whether there is a match between the parsed electronic coupon data and the positive coupon data, and determining whether the coupon has expired based on an expiration date of the coupon contained in the parsed electronic coupon data and an identified expiration date.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Cynthia M. Scholtes Kennedy, William Polidore, Jr., Benjamin H. Scott, Jason A. Wolf
  • Patent number: 11775997
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system for electronically validating coupons comprises a primary positive coupon database containing positive coupon data. The positive coupon data relates to one or more coupons known to the valid. The system further includes a computing system comprising a control circuit configured to execute a processing module that, when executed, receives electronic coupon data from a coupon comprising a machine-readable code, parses the electronic coupon data, compares the parsed electronic coupon data to the positive coupon data in the primary positive coupon database, and determines whether the coupon is valid by determining whether there is a match between the parsed electronic coupon data and the positive coupon data, and determining whether the coupon has expired based on an expiration date of the coupon contained in the parsed electronic coupon data and an identified expiration date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Cynthia M. Scholtes Kennedy, William Polidore, Jr., Benjamin H. Scott, Jason A. Wolf
  • Publication number: 20220343355
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system for electronically validating coupons comprises a primary positive coupon database containing positive coupon data. The positive coupon data relates to one or more coupons known to the valid. The system further includes a computing system comprising a control circuit configured to execute a processing module that, when executed, receives electronic coupon data from a coupon comprising a machine-readable code, parses the electronic coupon data, compares the parsed electronic coupon data to the positive coupon data in the primary positive coupon database, and determines whether the coupon is valid by determining whether there is a match between the parsed electronic coupon data and the positive coupon data, and determining whether the coupon has expired based on an expiration date of the coupon contained in the parsed electronic coupon data and an identified expiration date.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Cynthia M. Scholtes Kennedy, William Polidore, JR., Benjamin H. Scott, Jason A. Wolf