Patents by Inventor Brenda Daugherty Ellis

Brenda Daugherty Ellis 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REWARD TRANSACTION MATCHING AND SETTLEMENT
    Publication number: 20100191594
    Abstract: A reward processing method, system, apparatus, and computer program code is provided. Pursuant to some embodiments, the method includes analyzing transaction data associated with a plurality of payment transactions, each payment transaction including data identifying a payment account identifier, a transaction date, a transaction amount, and a merchant identifier, and identifying a first set of the payment transactions involving registered payment account identifiers. A second set of payment transactions involving a registered merchant identifier and a current offer are identified, and a reward amount earned for each of the second set is calculated. The reward amount is credited to each of the payment account identifiers in the second set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Brigette White, Randy Jeffrey Schafer, Raegen A. Lang, Brenda Daugherty Ellis