Patents by Inventor Chris Leech

Chris Leech 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, APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS AND ARTICLES FOR USE IN PROVIDING HUMAN UNDERSTANDABLE INDICATION OF ACCOUNT BALANCE
    Publication number: 20140191029
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method includes receiving, in a proximity coupling system, holder consent to provide a human understandable indication of an account balance associated with a payment account; and providing a human understandable indication of the account balance associated with the payment account via an output device, in response at least in part to the consent; wherein receiving holder consent comprises receiving holder consent provided via a proximity payment device associated with the payment account. In accordance with some embodiments, a method includes storing account data and preference data in a proximity payment device, the preference data indicative of a preferred method to provide a human understandable indication of an account balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Burdett, Colin Tanner, Chris Leech
  • Methods, apparatus, computer program products and articles for use in providing human understandable indication of account balance
    Patent number: 8684261
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method includes receiving, in a proximity coupling system, holder consent to provide a human understandable indication of an account balance associated with a payment account; and providing a human understandable indication of the account balance associated with the payment account via an output device, in response at least in part to the consent; wherein receiving holder consent comprises receiving holder consent provided via a proximity payment device associated with the payment account. In accordance with some embodiments, a method includes storing account data and preference data in a proximity payment device, the preference data indicative of a preferred method to provide a human understandable indication of an account balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Burdett, Colin Tanner, Chris Leech
  • METHODS, APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS AND ARTICLES FOR USE IN PROVIDING HUMAN UNDERSTANDABLE INDICATION OF ACCOUNT BALANCE
    Publication number: 20100181376
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method includes receiving, in a proximity coupling system, holder consent to provide a human understandable indication of an account balance associated with a payment account; and providing a human understandable indication of the account balance associated with the payment account via an output device, in response at least in part to the consent; wherein receiving holder consent comprises receiving holder consent provided via a proximity payment device associated with the payment account. In accordance with some embodiments, a method includes storing account data and preference data in a proximity payment device, the preference data indicative of a preferred method to provide a human understandable indication of an account balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Richard Burdett, Colin Tanner, Chris Leech