Patents by Inventor Christopher Continanza

Christopher Continanza 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: 20240127209
    Abstract: An embodiment may receive a transaction from an account associated with a user; associate a transfer group parameter with the transaction; create a set of transfers to a set of connected accounts using the transfer group parameter, a secret key, and a single-use token, the token associated with a first system and generated using information from the user, wherein the set of transfers is identifiable by the transfer group parameter and linked together for tracking a service associated with the transfer group parameter and the set of transfers; in response to a determination that the secret key is valid and is associated with a second system, execute the transaction using the single-use token and the secret key; and transmit a portion of the set of transfers to each account of the set of connected accounts to perform the service associated with the transfer group parameter and the set of transfers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Continanza, Shreyas Surendra Doshi, Brian David Krausz, Jay Shah
  • Patent number: 11887087
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide systems, methods, and apparatuses for facilitating transfers between user commerce accounts associated with a merchant of a commerce platform within a computing environment supported by a processor and a memory to execute such functionality. An exemplary system may include a means for creating a merchant account platform at the payment system; creating a single charge from a customer at the merchant account platform; creating multiple transfers from the merchant account platform to different connected accounts, wherein the multiple transfers are to each transfer a sub-portion of proceeds associated with the single charge from the customer to each of the different connected accounts; performing the single charge from the customer to the merchant account platform; and performing each of the multiple transfers from the merchant account platform to the different connected accounts. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: STRIPE, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Continanza, Shreyas Surendra Doshi, Brian David Krausz, Jay Shah
  • Publication number: 20230281582
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide systems, methods, and apparatuses for facilitating transfers between user commerce accounts associated with a merchant of a commerce platform within a computing environment supported by a processor and a memory to execute such functionality. An exemplary system may include a means for creating a merchant account platform at the payment system; creating a single charge from a customer at the merchant account platform; creating multiple transfers from the merchant account platform to different connected accounts, wherein the multiple transfers are to each transfer a sub-portion of proceeds associated with the single charge from the customer to each of the different connected accounts; performing the single charge from the customer to the merchant account platform; and performing each of the multiple transfers from the merchant account platform to the different connected accounts. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Continanza, Shreyas Surendra Doshi, Brian David Krausz, Jay Shah
  • Patent number: 11551193
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide systems, methods, and apparatuses for facilitating transfers between user commerce accounts associated with a merchant of a commerce platform within a computing environment supported by a processor and a memory to execute such functionality. An exemplary system may include a means for creating a merchant account platform at the payment system; creating a single charge from a customer at the merchant account platform; creating multiple transfers from the merchant account platform to different connected accounts, wherein the multiple transfers are to each transfer a sub-portion of proceeds associated with the single charge from the customer to each of the different connected accounts; performing the single charge from the customer to the merchant account platform; and performing each of the multiple transfers from the merchant account platform to the different connected accounts. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: STRIPE, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Continanza, Shreyas Surendra Doshi, Brian David Krausz, Jay Shah
  • Publication number: 20180232715
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide systems, methods, and apparatuses for facilitating transfers between user commerce accounts associated with a merchant of a commerce platform within a computing environment supported by a processor and a memory to execute such functionality. An exemplary system may include a means for creating a merchant account platform at the payment system; creating a single charge from a customer at the merchant account platform; creating multiple transfers from the merchant account platform to different connected accounts, wherein the multiple transfers are to each transfer a sub-portion of proceeds associated with the single charge from the customer to each of the different connected accounts; performing the single charge from the customer to the merchant account platform; and performing each of the multiple transfers from the merchant account platform to the different connected accounts. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Continanza, Shreyas Surendra Doshi, Brian David Krausz, Jay Shah