Patents by Inventor Cathryn H. "Katie" Harlow

Cathryn H. "Katie" Harlow 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: 20240013249
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing account holders with a reward based on similar rewards previously obtained through other accounts. The method includes identifying, using one or more computer processors configured to access an account database, an eligible account based on eligibility criteria, wherein the eligible account is associated with an account of an account holder stored in the account database; receiving identifying data that identifies the eligible account; associating a customer identifier with the identifying data from the eligible account; for each customer identifier, receiving confirmation data associated with a separate account of the account holder, wherein the confirmation data comprises a reward variable; validating, using one or more computer processors, the confirmation data; and rewarding the eligible account with a matching variable, wherein the matching variable is approximately equal to the reward variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Duane Smith, JR., Ricardo Alvarez, Michael K. Nolan, Kristi S. Hebner, Cathryn H. "Katie" Harlow
  • Publication number: 20200265456
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing account holders with a reward based on similar rewards previously obtained through other accounts. The method includes identifying, using one or more computer processors configured to access an account database, an eligible account based on eligibility criteria, wherein the eligible account is associated with an account of an account holder stored in the account database; receiving identifying data that identifies the eligible account; associating a customer identifier with the identifying data from the eligible account; for each customer identifier, receiving confirmation data associated with a separate account of the account holder, wherein the confirmation data comprises a reward variable; validating, using one or more computer processors, the confirmation data; and rewarding the eligible account with a matching variable, wherein the matching variable is approximately equal to the reward variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Duane Smith, JR., Ricardo Alvarez, Michael K. Nolan, Kristi S. Hebner, Cathryn H. "Katie" Harlow
  • Publication number: 20190205916
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing account holders with a reward based on similar rewards previously obtained through other accounts. The method includes identifying, using one or more computer processors configured to access an account database, an eligible account based on eligibility criteria, wherein the eligible account is associated with an account of an account holder stored in the account database; receiving identifying data that identifies the eligible account; associating a customer identifier with the identifying data from the eligible account; for each customer identifier, receiving confirmation data associated with a separate account of the account holder, wherein the confirmation data comprises a reward variable; validating, using one or more computer processors, the confirmation data; and rewarding the eligible account with a matching variable, wherein the matching variable is approximately equal to the reward variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Duane Smith, JR., Ricardo Alvarez, Michael K. Nolan, Kristi S. Hebner, Cathryn H. "Katie" Harlow
  • Publication number: 20130226685
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing account holders with a reward based on similar rewards previously obtained through other accounts. The method includes identifying, using one or more computer processors configured to access an account database, an eligible account based on eligibility criteria, wherein the eligible account is associated with an account of an account holder stored in the account database; receiving identifying data that identifies the eligible account; associating a customer identifier with the identifying data from the eligible account; for each customer identifier, receiving confirmation data associated with a separate account of the account holder, wherein the confirmation data comprises a reward variable; validating, using one or more computer processors, the confirmation data; and rewarding the eligible account with a matching variable, wherein the matching variable is approximately equal to the reward variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Capital One financial Corporation
    Inventors: Duane Smith, JR., Ricardo Alvarez, Michael K. Nolan, Kristi S. Hebner, Cathryn H. "Katie" Harlow