Patents by Inventor Christina E. Sheppard

Christina E. Sheppard 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).

  • Patent number: 11157889
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer readable media for provisioning a prepaid mobile staging account to consumer mobile devices are disclosed. In an embodiment, a staging account provider computer receives a request to provision a prepaid mobile payment staging account from a prepaid staging account application program running on a consumer's mobile device, wherein the request includes identification information. The staging account provider computer then associates the identification information with a staging account program developed by a primary issuer comprising at least one a pre-packaged prepaid mobile account, identifies a financial account of the consumer held by the primary issuer, generates a pre-packaged prepaid mobile staging account from the staging account program of the primary issuer which is loaded with funds from the consumer's financial account, and transmits a confirmation message indicating successful setup to the consumer's mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Colin Tanner, Christina E. Sheppard, John Mwangi
  • Publication number: 20200202322
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer readable media for provisioning a prepaid mobile staging account to consumer mobile devices are disclosed. In an embodiment, a staging account provider computer receives a request to provision a prepaid mobile payment staging account from a prepaid staging account application program running on a consumer's mobile device, wherein the request includes identification information. The staging account provider computer then associates the identification information with a staging account program developed by a primary issuer comprising at least one a pre-packaged prepaid mobile account, identifies a financial account of the consumer held by the primary issuer, generates a pre-packaged prepaid mobile staging account from the staging account program of the primary issuer which is loaded with funds from the consumer's financial account, and transmits a confirmation message indicating successful setup to the consumer's mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Colin Tanner, Christina E. Sheppard, John Mwangi
  • Patent number: 10586224
    Abstract: Systems and methods for provisioning a prepaid mobile staging account to consumer mobile devices are described that allow issuer financial institutions to quickly and efficiently launch NFC device payment programs. In an embodiment, a staging account provider computer receives a request to provision a prepaid mobile payment staging account that includes identification information and associates the identification information with a prepaid mobile staging account. The staging account provider computer then identifies a financial account of the consumer held by an issuer financial institution (FI), generates a consumer prepaid mobile staging account loaded with funds from the financial account of the consumer, and transmits a confirmation message to the consumer's mobile device indicating successful setup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Colin Tanner, Christina E. Sheppard, John Mwangi
  • Patent number: 10445717
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for provisioning a payment account on a mobile device at a location such as a retail store in conjunction with a purchase. A method includes a personalization server computer receiving payment account information of a consumer and a mobile payment account information request message from a merchant device, the message including information identifying the make and model of a mobile device being considered for purchase and a mobile network operator (MNO) identifier. The personalization server computer verifies the payment account information, determines a provisioning response message that includes information identifying at least one provisioning option, and transmits the provisioning response message to the merchant device for presentation to the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Colin Tanner, Christina E. Sheppard, German Blanco
  • Publication number: 20170083895
    Abstract: Systems and methods for provisioning a prepaid mobile staging account to consumer mobile devices are described that allow issuer financial institutions to quickly and efficiently launch NFC device payment programs. In an embodiment, a staging account provider computer receives a request to provision a prepaid mobile payment staging account that includes identification information and associates the identification information with a prepaid mobile staging account. The staging account provider computer then identifies a financial account of the consumer held by an issuer financial institution (FI), generates a consumer prepaid mobile staging account loaded with funds from the financial account of the consumer, and transmits a confirmation message to the consumer's mobile device indicating successful setup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Colin Tanner, Christina E. Sheppard, John Mwangi
  • Patent number: 9542673
    Abstract: Prepaid staging account systems and methods are described that allow issuer financial institutions to quickly and efficiently launch NFC device payment programs. In an embodiment, a staging account provider computer receives a request to provision a mobile account. The staging account provider computer generates a mobile account PAN and associates it with a funding account PAN, and transmits a personalization request to personalize a payment application for the cardholder's mobile device to a trusted service manager (TSM) computer. The staging account provider computer receives a status confirmation message from the TSM computer indicating that the payment application has been personalized and loaded onto the cardholder's mobile device, and then transmits a mobile account initialization message that includes the mobile account PAN to the primary issuer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Colin Tanner, Christina E. Sheppard, John Mwangi
  • Publication number: 20140101035
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for provisioning a payment account on a mobile device at a location such as a retail store in conjunction with a purchase. A method includes a personalization server computer receiving payment account information of a consumer and a mobile payment account information request message from a merchant device, the message including information identifying the make and model of a mobile device being considered for purchase and a mobile network operator (MNO) identifier. The personalization server computer verifies the payment account information, determines a provisioning response message that includes information identifying at least one provisioning option, and transmits the provisioning response message to the merchant device for presentation to the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Colin Tanner, Christina E. Sheppard, German Blanco
  • Publication number: 20140101034
    Abstract: Prepaid staging account systems and methods are described that allow issuer financial institutions to quickly and efficiently launch NFC device payment programs. In an embodiment, a staging account provider computer receives a request to provision a mobile account. The staging account provider computer generates a mobile account PAN and associates it with a funding account PAN, and transmits a personalization request to personalize a payment application for the cardholder's mobile device to a trusted service manager (TSM) computer. The staging account provider computer receives a status confirmation message from the TSM computer indicating that the payment application has been personalized and loaded onto the cardholder's mobile device, and then transmits a mobile account initialization message that includes the mobile account PAN to the primary issuer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Colin Tanner, Christina E. Sheppard, John Mwangi