Patents by Inventor Cathrine Lee Bone

Cathrine Lee Bone 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 managing co-brand proprietary financial transaction processing
    Patent number: 8606662
    Abstract: A method and system for processing a financial transaction using a co-brand proprietary payment card through a multi-party payment card interchange network is provided. The method includes storing within a database a list of merchants participating in a co-brand program with the interchange network, receiving an authorization request for the transaction involving the co-brand payment card wherein the authorization request includes a merchant identifier, determining whether the transaction originated at one of the participating merchants by comparing the received merchant identifier to the list of participating merchants stored within the database, manipulating the authorization request to include a private label identifier when the transaction is determined to have originated at one of the participating merchants, and transmitting an authorization response from the interchange network to the acquirer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Brad Michael Tomchek, Jill E. Chong, Suman Rausaria, Cathrine Lee Bone, Linda L. McCorkell, Shoon Ping Wong, Janet Smith
  • Methods and systems for managing merchant screening
    Patent number: 8271392
    Abstract: A method and system for processing a financial transaction using a payment card through a third-party interchange network is provided. The financial transaction is initiated by a cardholder at a merchant location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Brad Michael Tomchek, Jill E. Chong, Suman Rausaria, Cathrine Lee Bone, Linda L. McCorkell, Shoon Ping Wong, Janet Smith
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING CO-BRAND PROPRIETARY FINANCIAL TRANSACTION PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20090254462
    Abstract: A method and system for processing a financial transaction using a co-brand proprietary payment card through a multi-party payment card interchange network is provided. The method includes storing within a database a list of merchants participating in a co-brand program with the interchange network, receiving an authorization request for the transaction involving the co-brand payment card wherein the authorization request includes a merchant identifier, determining whether the transaction originated at one of the participating merchants by comparing the received merchant identifier to the list of participating merchants stored within the database, manipulating the authorization request to include a private label identifier when the transaction is determined to have originated at one of the participating merchants, and transmitting an authorization response from the interchange network to the acquirer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Brad Michael Tomchek, Jill E. Chong, Suman Rausaria, Cathrine Lee Bone, Linda L. McCorkell, Shoon Ping Wong, Janet Smith
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING MERCHANT SCREENING
    Publication number: 20090254463
    Abstract: A method and system for processing a financial transaction using a payment card through a third-party interchange network is provided. The financial transaction is initiated by a cardholder at a merchant location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Brad Michael Tomchek, Jill E. Chong, Suman Rausaria, Cathrine Lee Bone, Linda L. McCorkell, Shoon Ping Wong, Janet Smith