Patents by Inventor Chris J. Merz

Chris J. Merz 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).

  • Systems and methods for generating relationships via a property graph model
    Patent number: 10528958
    Abstract: A method of generating graph data components stored in a graph database is provided. The method is implemented using a graph component generator computing device in communication with a memory. The method comprises receiving transaction data from a relational database, wherein transaction data is derived from transactions, processed by a payment processor, between a first merchant of a plurality of merchants and a first cardholder of a plurality of cardholders, defining a graph including creating at least a first node representing at least the first merchant and a second node representing the first cardholder, identifying at least one relationship between at least two nodes including the first node and the second node in the graph based, at least in part, on transaction data common to the at least two nodes, and generating at least one edge between the at least two nodes, representing a new relationship between the at least two nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Peng Yang, Wally Lo Faro, Ravi S. Arvapally, Chris J. Merz
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING RELATIONSHIPS VIA A PROPERTY GRAPH MODEL
    Publication number: 20170053294
    Abstract: A method of generating graph data components stored in a graph database is provided. The method is implemented using a graph component generator computing device in communication with a memory. The method comprises receiving transaction data from a relational database, wherein transaction data is derived from transactions, processed by a payment processor, between a first merchant of a plurality of merchants and a first cardholder of a plurality of cardholders, defining a graph including creating at least a first node representing at least the first merchant and a second node representing the first cardholder, identifying at least one relationship between at least two nodes including the first node and the second node in the graph based, at least in part, on transaction data common to the at least two nodes, and generating at least one edge between the at least two nodes, representing a new relationship between the at least two nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Peng Yang, Wally Lo Faro, Ravi S. Arvapally, Chris J. Merz