Patents by Inventor Brent Allan Pier
Brent Allan Pier 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).
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Patent number: 8655774Abstract: A method of processing a purchase transaction for one or more items includes receiving, at a central computing network, MICR information associated with a financial account of a customer. The central computing network includes a solicitation processor and a comprehensive negative check file. The method further includes using the solicitation processor to determine whether to solicit the customer to apply for a financial transaction card including determining if any of a plurality of predefined reasons exist not to solicit the customer, wherein one of the plurality of predefined reasons includes if the MICR information associated with the financial account of the customer matches MICR information of a check listed in the comprehensive negative check file, if any of the plurality of predefined reasons exist, deciding not to solicit the customer, and if none of the plurality of predefined reasons exist, deciding to solicit the customer.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Catherine Michelle Sunde, Michele Lynn Gaida, Timothy Michael Bardell, Robert Joseph Meissner, Brent Allan Pier, Brian James Short-Ohana
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Publication number: 20130232004Abstract: A method of processing a purchase transaction for one or more items includes receiving, at a central computing network, MICR information associated with a financial account of a customer. The central computing network includes a solicitation processor and a comprehensive negative check file. The method further includes using the solicitation processor to determine whether to solicit the customer to apply for a financial transaction card including determining if any of a plurality of predefined reasons exist not to solicit the customer, wherein one of the plurality of predefined reasons includes if the MICR information associated with the financial account of the customer matches MICR information of a check listed in the comprehensive negative check file, if any of the plurality of predefined reasons exist, deciding not to solicit the customer, and if none of the plurality of predefined reasons exist, deciding to solicit the customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.Inventors: Catherine Michelle SUNDE, Michele Lynn GAIDA, Timothy Michael BARDELL, Robert Joseph MEISSNER, Brent Allan PIER, Brian James SHORT-OHANA
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Patent number: 8423455Abstract: Methods for soliciting and enrolling customers for a retailer payment instrument are disclosed. For example, a method is disclosed for enrolling a customer for a retailer debit card which includes receiving enrollment data from the customer, establishing a check writer rating for the customer based on a history of checks associated with the customer and stored by the retailer, adjusting a validation threshold score based on the check writer rating, and denying enrollment of the customer if the validation score is less than the adjusted validation threshold score. Other associated methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Catherine Michelle Sunde, Michele Lynn Gaida, Timothy Michael Bardell, Robert Joseph Meissner, Brent Allan Pier, Brian James Short-Ohana
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Publication number: 20120143747Abstract: Methods for soliciting and enrolling customers for a retailer payment instrument are disclosed. For example, a method is disclosed for enrolling a customer for a retailer debit card which includes receiving enrollment data from the customer, establishing a check writer rating for the customer based on a history of checks associated with the customer and stored by the retailer, adjusting a validation threshold score based on the check writer rating, and denying enrollment of the customer if the validation score is less than the adjusted validation threshold score. Other associated methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2012Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.Inventors: Catherine Michelle SUNDE, Michele Lynn GAIDA, Timothy Michael BARDELL, Robert Joseph MEISSNER, Brent Allan PIER, Brian James SHORT-OHANA
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Patent number: 8117118Abstract: Methods for soliciting and enrolling customers for a retailer payment instrument are disclosed. For example, a method is disclosed for enrolling a customer for a retailer debit card which includes receiving enrollment data from the customer, establishing a check writer rating for the customer based on a history of checks associated with the customer and stored by the retailer, adjusting a validation threshold score based on the check writer rating, and denying enrollment of the customer if the validation score is less than the adjusted validation threshold score. Other associated methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Catherine Michelle Sunde, Michele Lynn Gaida, Timothy Michael Bardell, Robert Joseph Meissner, Brent Allan Pier, Brian James Short-Ohana
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Publication number: 20090276322Abstract: Methods for soliciting and enrolling customers for a retailer payment instrument are disclosed. For example, a method is disclosed for enrolling a customer for a retailer debit card which includes receiving enrollment data from the customer, establishing a check writer rating for the customer based on a history of checks associated with the customer and stored by the retailer, adjusting a validation threshold score based on the check writer rating, and denying enrollment of the customer if the validation score is less than the adjusted validation threshold score. Other associated methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2009Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.Inventors: Catherine Michelle Sunde, Michele Lynn Gaida, Timothy Michael Bardell, Robert Joseph Meissner, Brent Allan Pier, Brian James Short-Ohana
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Patent number: 7562048Abstract: Methods for soliciting and enrolling customers for a retailer payment instrument are disclosed. For example, a method is disclosed for enrolling a customer for a retailer debit card which includes receiving enrollment data from the customer, establishing a check writer rating for the customer based on a history of checks associated with the customer and stored by the retailer, automatically adjusting a validation threshold score based on the check writer rating, and denying enrollment of the customer if the validation threshold score is less than the adjusted validation threshold score. Other associated methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2007Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Catherine Michelle Sunde, Michele Lynn Gaida, Timothy Michael Bardell, Robert Joseph Meissner, Brent Allan Pier, Brian James Short-Ohana