Patents by Inventor Brian Colodny

Brian Colodny 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: 20240095752
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for reporting lost items includes presenting a lost item reporting link associated with an entity having a plurality of different physical establishment locations; receiving a user selection of the lost item reporting link; presenting at a website, in response to the user selection of the lost item reporting link, a graphical user interface configured to solicit lost item recovery information, the website being associated with the entity having the plurality of different physical establishments; receiving the lost item recovery information via the graphical user interface; and transmitting the lost item recovery information to a third party online lost and found system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Chargerback, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 11836649
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for reporting lost items includes presenting a lost item reporting link associated with an entity having a plurality of different physical establishment locations; receiving a user selection of the lost item reporting link; presenting at a website, in response to the user selection of the lost item reporting link, a graphical user interface configured to solicit lost item recovery information, the website being associated with the entity having the plurality of different physical establishments; receiving the lost item recovery information via the graphical user interface; and transmitting the lost item recovery information to a third party online lost and found system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Chargerback, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 11599888
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for reporting lost items includes presenting a lost item reporting link associated with an entity having a plurality of different physical establishment locations; receiving a user selection of the lost item reporting link; presenting at a website, in response to the user selection of the lost item reporting link, a graphical user interface configured to solicit lost item recovery information, the website being associated with the entity having the plurality of different physical establishments; receiving the lost item recovery information via the graphical user interface; and transmitting the lost item recovery information to a third party online lost and found system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Chargerback, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20220138763
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for reporting lost items includes presenting a lost item reporting link associated with an entity having a plurality of different physical establishment locations; receiving a user selection of the lost item reporting link; presenting at a website, in response to the user selection of the lost item reporting link, a graphical user interface configured to solicit lost item recovery information, the website being associated with the entity having the plurality of different physical establishments; receiving the lost item recovery information via the graphical user interface; and transmitting the lost item recovery information to a third party online lost and found system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 11250443
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for reporting lost items includes presenting a lost item reporting link associated with an entity having a plurality of different physical establishment locations; receiving a user selection of the lost item reporting link; presenting at a website, in response to the user selection of the lost item reporting link, a graphical user interface configured to solicit lost item recovery information, the website being associated with the entity having the plurality of different physical establishments; receiving the lost item recovery information via the graphical user interface; and transmitting the lost item recovery information to a third party online lost and found system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Chargerback, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20210406911
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for reporting lost items includes presenting a lost item reporting link associated with an entity having a plurality of different physical establishment locations; receiving a user selection of the lost item reporting link; presenting at a website, in response to the user selection of the lost item reporting link, a graphical user interface configured to solicit lost item recovery information, the website being associated with the entity having the plurality of different physical establishments; receiving the lost item recovery information via the graphical user interface; and transmitting the lost item recovery information to a third party online lost and found system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 11170341
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system, method, and apparatus to generate a merged record comprises a client server configured to generate a first report; and a recovery server configured to: receive the first report, the first report including first report information including at least one first descriptive term and a customer ID; match the at least one first descriptive term to one of a plurality of descriptive terms in a descriptive term list; determine if a weighted percentage associated with the matched at least one first descriptive term is greater than a predetermined weighted percent; match the at least one first descriptive term to at least one second descriptive term in at least one second report if it is determined that the weighted percentage associated with the matched at least one first descriptive term is greater than the predetermined weighted percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Chargerback, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20210256535
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for reporting lost items includes presenting a lost item reporting link associated with an entity having a plurality of different physical establishment locations; receiving a user selection of the lost item reporting link; presenting at a website, in response to the user selection of the lost item reporting link, a graphical user interface configured to solicit lost item recovery information, the website being associated with the entity having the plurality of different physical establishments; receiving the lost item recovery information via the graphical user interface; and transmitting the lost item recovery information to a third party online lost and found system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20210150536
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for reporting lost items includes presenting a lost item reporting link associated with an entity having a plurality of different physical establishment locations; receiving a user selection of the lost item reporting link; presenting at a website, in response to the user selection of the lost item reporting link, a graphical user interface configured to solicit lost item recovery information, the website being associated with the entity having the plurality of different physical establishments; receiving the lost item recovery information via the graphical user interface; and transmitting the lost item recovery information to a third party online lost and found system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 11004086
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for reporting lost items includes presenting a lost item reporting link associated with an entity having a plurality of different physical establishment locations; receiving a user selection of the lost item reporting link; presenting at a website, in response to the user selection of the lost item reporting link, a graphical user interface configured to solicit lost item recovery information, the website being associated with the entity having the plurality of different physical establishments; receiving the lost item recovery information via the graphical user interface; and transmitting the lost item recovery information to a third party online lost and found system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Chargerback, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 10949421
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system, method, and apparatus to generate a merged record comprises: a client server configured to generate a first report having at least one internal term and at least one descriptive term and a recovery server configured to: receive the first report, associate the at least one internal term with at least one of a plurality of public terms, associate the at least one descriptive term with a generic code or a product code, and associate the at least one descriptive term with at least one main code, the associated main code based upon the associated generic code or product code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Chargerback, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20210004415
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for monitoring lost items, includes a database configured to store lost item information, the lost item information pertaining to lost items recovered at one or more establishments; and a computing device operatively connected to the database, the computing device operable to: (i) receive lost item information for a given lost item that has been recovered at the one or more establishments; (ii) entry of a lost item record for the given lost item into the database, the lost item record includes the lost item information for the given lost item; (iii) browse or search the database to locate lost item of a current or prior patron of the one or more establishments; and (iv) facilitating transmission of an electronic recovery notification to the current or prior patron when the lost item of the current or prior patron has been located in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Michael McLaughlin, Brian Colodny
  • Patent number: 10762586
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for receiving itinerary information and user information for a reservation for a user where the user has opted to acquire lost item protection for use with at least part of the reservation; receiving a lost item notification from a computing device associated with a notifior, the lost item notification including at least notifior information and lost item information; retrieving itinerary information from the first database associated with the user when it is determined that the notifior information from the lost item report matches the user information stored in the first database; facilitating presentation of a list of one or more establishments associated with the retrieved itinerary information; and automatically generating and electronically transmitting a lost item report to the selected at least one establishment if it is determined that the establishment information is stored in the second database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Chargerback, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20200160260
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system, method, and apparatus to facilitate the transfer of items between different establishment locations of an entity having a lost item database storing a record for each of a plurality of lost items, wherein, for each lost item, the record having at least a lost item description, a lost item establishment location, and a destination location; a found item database including a record for each of a plurality of found items, wherein, for each found item, the record having at least a found item description and a found item location; at least one server configured to search the found item database for a found item that matches a lost item in the lost item database; and a transfer manager configured to manage transfer of the found item from the found item establishment location to the destination location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20200090115
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system, method, and apparatus to generate a merged record comprises a client server configured to generate a first report; and a recovery server configured to: receive the first report, the first report including first report information including at least one first descriptive term and a customer ID; match the at least one first descriptive term to one of a plurality of descriptive terms in a descriptive term list; determine if a weighted percentage associated with the matched at least one first descriptive term is greater than a predetermined weighted percent; match the at least one first descriptive term to at least one second descriptive term in at least one second report if it is determined that the weighted percentage associated with the matched at least one first descriptive term is greater than the predetermined weighted percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20200090286
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for receiving itinerary information and user information for a reservation for a user where the user has opted to acquire lost item protection for use with at least part of the reservation; receiving a lost item notification from a computing device associated with a notifior, the lost item notification including at least notifior information and lost item information; retrieving itinerary information from the first database associated with the user when it is determined that the notifior information from the lost item report matches the user information stored in the first database; facilitating presentation of a list of one or more establishments associated with the retrieved itinerary information; and automatically generating and electronically transmitting a lost item report to the selected at least one establishment if it is determined that the establishment information is stored in the second database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 10521802
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for reporting lost items includes presenting a lost item reporting link associated with an entity having a plurality of different physical establishment locations; receiving a user selection of the lost item reporting link; presenting at a website, in response to the user selection of the lost item reporting link, a graphical user interface configured to solicit lost item recovery information, the website being associated with the entity having the plurality of different physical establishments; receiving the lost item recovery information via the graphical user interface; and transmitting the lost item recovery information to a third party online lost and found system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Charberback, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 10482422
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system, method, and apparatus to generate a merged record comprises a client server configured to generate a first report; and a recovery server configured to: receive the first report, the first report including first report information including at least one first descriptive term and a customer ID; match the at least one first descriptive term to one of a plurality of descriptive terms in a descriptive term list; determine if a weighted percentage associated with the matched at least one first descriptive term is greater than a predetermined weighted percent; match the at least one first descriptive term to at least one second descriptive term in at least one second report if it is determined that the weighted percentage associated with the matched at least one first descriptive term is greater than the predetermined weighted percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Chargerback, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 10482552
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for receiving itinerary information and user information for a reservation for a user where the user has opted to acquire lost item protection for use with at least part of the reservation; receiving a lost item notification from a computing device associated with a notifier, the lost item notification including at least notifier information and lost item information; retrieving itinerary information from the first database associated with the user when it is determined that the notifier information from the lost item report matches the user information stored in the first database; facilitating presentation of a list of one or more establishments associated with the retrieved itinerary information; and automatically generating and electronically transmitting a lost item report to the selected at least one establishment if it is determined that the establishment information is stored in the second database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Chargerback, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20190340570
    Abstract: The invention provide for an item transport management system, comprising at least one server having a processor configured to, receive a pick-up request from a client device to pick up at least one package, the pick-up request including at least a departure location and at least one service request to service at least one item in the at least one package, and transmit a service shipping label to the departure location, the service shipping label being used to direct the package to a service location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Brian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin