Patents by Inventor Christopher McFall

Christopher McFall 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).

  • Automatic determination of card data based on network category codes
    Patent number: 11468455
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for automatic determination of card data based on network category codes. A user may engage in a transaction with another user, such as a purchase of goods, services, or other items a merchant using a physical payment card. An online transaction processor may receive information from processing of the payment card over an electronic card network so that the online transaction processor may determine data for the payment card. The data may be determined over a time period, which may be dynamically adjusted based on additional data for the user, time period, and/or payment card. The data is further identified and determined based on network category codes for different transaction data when processed over the electronic network. Thereafter, categories of data may be selected to provide benefits back to the user's account or payment card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Ariane Wesleigh Cherry, Nakul Gupta, Christopher McFall, Rebecca Sloan Newman
  • AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF CARD DATA BASED ON NETWORK CATEGORY CODES
    Publication number: 20210406923
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for automatic determination of card data based on network category codes. A user may engage in a transaction with another user, such as a purchase of goods, services, or other items a merchant using a physical payment card. An online transaction processor may receive information from processing of the payment card over an electronic card network so that the online transaction processor may determine data for the payment card. The data may be determined over a time period, which may be dynamically adjusted based on additional data for the user, time period, and/or payment card. The data is further identified and determined based on network category codes for different transaction data when processed over the electronic network. Thereafter, categories of data may be selected to provide benefits back to the user's account or payment card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Ariane Wesleigh Cherry, Nakul Gupta, Christopher McFall, Rebecca Sloan Newman
  • Payment card with a machine-readable code surface
    Patent number: D970612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher McFall, Alexander C. Simonson, Roger Evoy
  • Payment card with a machine-readable code surface
    Patent number: D1031837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher McFall, Alexander Cortelyou Simonson, Roger Evoy
  • Payment card with a machine-readable code surface
    Patent number: D1032718
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher McFall, Alexander Cortelyou Simonson, Roger Evoy