Patents by Inventor Brian O'Neale Bettinger

Brian O'Neale Bettinger 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).

  • Methods and systems for tracking a price change for a purchase made using a transaction card
    Patent number: 10685384
    Abstract: A computer-based method and system for tracking a price change of a purchase made using a transaction card over an interchange network is provided. The interchange network includes a price tracking computer device in communication with a memory device. The method includes receiving, at the interchange network, transaction data associated with a purchase of an item by a cardholder using the transaction card, transmitting via the interchange network an authorization message in response to the purchase of the item, directing at least some of the transaction data to the price tracking computer device including a purchase price of the item, and using the price tracking computer device to track changes in a current asking price of the item, and compare the purchase price of the item to the current asking price of the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Donald W. Kemp, Christopher P. Aguas, Brian O'Neale Bettinger, Thomas G. Romary, Hugh Herrick Birch
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING A PRICE CHANGE FOR A PURCHASE MADE USING A TRANSACTION CARD
    Publication number: 20120226570
    Abstract: A computer-based method and system for tracking a price change of a purchase made using a transaction card over an interchange network is provided. The interchange network includes a price tracking computer device in communication with a memory device. The method includes receiving, at the interchange network, transaction data associated with a purchase of an item by a cardholder using the transaction card, transmitting via the interchange network an authorization message in response to the purchase of the item, directing at least some of the transaction data to the price tracking computer device including a purchase price of the item, and using the price tracking computer device to track changes in a current asking price of the item, and compare the purchase price of the item to the current asking price of the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Donald W. Kemp, Christopher P. Aguas, Brian O'Neale Bettinger, Thomas G. Romary, Hugh Herrick Birch