Patents by Inventor Christopher T. Scholl

Christopher T. Scholl 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: 11475513
    Abstract: A streamline banking system includes a customer kiosk having a photographic element and a processor. The processor is programmed to capture an image with the photographic element and determine that the captured image comprises an image of a machine-readable code. The processor decodes the machine-readable code and extracts customer financial account data therefrom. The customer financial account data is associated with one or more financial institutions. The processor retrieves information associated with one or more financial product offerings offered by the financial institutions. Each of the financial institutions is presented to a customer along with the respective financial accounts and the respective financial product offerings. The customer selects one or more of the financial accounts and the financial product offerings. The customer kiosk then transmits to the customer service computing system the customer selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: William Raymond Bowie, Regan E. Harmon, Christopher T. Scholl
  • Publication number: 20220261778
    Abstract: A computing device for securely transacting over a landline is provided. The computing device is configured to receive, through a landline, from a merchant in response to a transaction request by a user, a merchant identification message including a merchant identifier, extract the merchant identifier from the merchant identification message, query a database of merchant data including a plurality of merchants and a plurality of merchant identifiers, identify, in response to the query, the merchant by matching the extracted merchant identifier against the plurality of merchant identifiers in the database, retrieve, in response to successfully identifying the merchant, a token associated with a PAN of the user, generate a token message including the token, transmit the token message to the merchant through the landline, and receive, from a payment processor, a confirmation message indicating a payment using the PAN was made in response to the merchant receiving the token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher T. Scholl, James W. Barkhurst, Shawn Mehrhoff
  • Patent number: 11403614
    Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating transactions by disabled cardholders are provided herein. In particular, a method is provided for performing a transaction using a disability-friendly geolocation payment system that includes a payment application with a disability functionality, which may be activated so as to provide auditory instructions and/or enlarged text instructions to a disabled cardholder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrea Catalina Berdugo, Christopher T. Scholl
  • Publication number: 20220207534
    Abstract: Provided herein is a computing system for electronically transmitting a token linked to personally identifying information (PII) of a user to a merchant. The computing system includes a processor in communication at a memory device, and the processor is programmed to: (i) receive PII, issued payment instrument data, and a user identifier associated with a user, (ii) store the PII, issued payment instrument data, and user identifier in the memory device, (iii) receive an identification request for a user associated with a transaction including payment instrument data, (iv) perform a lookup in the memory device to retrieve the PII of the user and the stored user identifier associated with the received payment instrument data, (v) receive a user input identifier from the user to authenticate the user, (vi) generate a token that links the PII of the user to the transaction, and (vii) transmit the token to the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: James W. Barkhurst, Christopher T. Scholl
  • Publication number: 20220207551
    Abstract: Described herein is a computing system for linking products and containers to cardholders. The computing system is configured to receive transaction data associated with a transaction carried out by a cardholder, the transaction data including an account identifier associated with the cardholder, a product identifier, and a container identifier associated with a product purchased in the transaction. The computing system also links the product identifier and the container identifier to the account identifier, and stores the linked product identifier, container identifier, and account identifier. The computing system receives, from a user device, the container identifier associated with the container received by a user associated with recycling the container, determines the account identifier linked to the container identifier associated with the product received by the user, and automatically provides a reward to the cardholder via the account identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Shawn Mehrhoff, Christopher T. Scholl
  • Patent number: 11354762
    Abstract: A wallet provider (WP) computing device is provided for extending a digital passport object stored in a digital wallet. The WP computing device includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The processor is programmed to receive an augmentation request associated with the digital passport object from a requesting user device, retrieve an augmentation template and trusted authentication data based at least in part on the augmentation request, generate an augmentation package associated with the digital passport object, transmit an authentication request to an authenticating user device, receive an authentication response from the user device, determine an authentication evaluation of the augmentation package associated with the digital passport object, and transmit the updated augmentation package to the sponsoring authority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher T. Scholl, Regan E. Harmon, William Raymond Bowie, Matthew Wease
  • Patent number: 11348089
    Abstract: Methods and systems for hearing-impaired payment applications are provided herein. In particular, a method for performing a transaction using a hearing device payment system is provided that includes a hearing device and a cardholder computing device. The method includes pairing the hearing device to the cardholder computing device by means of a wireless communication protocol. A payment application on the cardholder computing device is started to perform a transaction. A cardholder initiates an audible instruction function of the payment application. In addition, the payment application transmits a digital audio signal to the hearing device by means of the wireless communication protocol. The digital audio signal provides an audible instruction to the cardholder via the hearing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrea Catalina Berdugo, Christopher T. Scholl, Adam Michael Sommer
  • Patent number: 11335209
    Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating transactions by visually-impaired cardholders are provided herein. In particular, a method for performing a transaction using a visually-impaired payment system is provided that includes a payment application with a visually-impaired functionality, which may be activated so as to provide auditory instructions and/or enlarged text instructions to a visually-impaired cardholder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrea Catalina Berdugo, Christopher T. Scholl
  • Patent number: 11321689
    Abstract: A computing device for securely transacting over a landline is provided. The computing device is configured to receive, through a landline, from a merchant in response to a transaction request by a user, a merchant identification message including a merchant identifier, extract the merchant identifier from the merchant identification message, query a database of merchant data including a plurality of merchants and a plurality of merchant identifiers, identify, in response to the query, the merchant by matching the extracted merchant identifier against the plurality of merchant identifiers in the database, retrieve, in response to successfully identifying the merchant, a token associated with a PAN of the user, generate a token message including the token, transmit the token message to the merchant through the landline, and receive, from a payment processor, a confirmation message indicating a payment using the PAN was made in response to the merchant receiving the token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher T. Scholl, James W. Barkhurst, Shawn Mehrhoff
  • Publication number: 20220115126
    Abstract: A virtual caregiver (VC) computing device may be provided. The VC computing device may include at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device, at least one sensor, and a payment processing network. The at least one processor may be configured to receive task data, generate, based on the task data, a task including a task identifier, a fulfillment condition, and a time deadline, store the generated task in a task database, receive, from the at least one sensor, sensor data, retrieve, from the payment processing network, transaction data, compare at least one of the received sensor data and the retrieved transaction data to the fulfillment condition to determine that the fulfillment condition has occurred, and record, in the task database, the task as fulfilled based on the determination that the fulfillment condition has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher T. Scholl, Shawn Mehrhoff, James W. Barkhurst
  • Publication number: 20220101311
    Abstract: Described are systems and methods for tracking a physical currency. A computing device includes a memory device for storing data and a processor in communication with the memory device. The processor is configured to store a plurality of currency identifiers associated with a respective plurality of physical currency units and store a plurality of entity identifiers associated with a respective plurality of an individual currency accounts. The processor is further configured to create and store a first electronic record including a first currency identifier and a first entity identifier. The record indicates that a first entity is a registered owner of a first physical currency unit. The processor is further configured to create and store a second record, in response to a transfer of the first currency unit to a second entity. The second record indicates that the second entity is a registered owner of a first physical currency unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Shawn Mehrhoff, Matthew Wease, Christopher T. Scholl
  • Patent number: 11288733
    Abstract: A 3D interface generator computing device (“3D device”) is provided. The 3D device includes at least one sensor, a projector, and a memory that stores (i) a 3D image including 3D elements, (ii) identification for individuals, each associated with an element, and (iii) list data associated with an individual and purchase options. The 3D device includes at least one processor coupled to the memory, the projector, and the sensor. The processor is configured to project the 3D image into a real-world space. The 3D device also receives a first interaction with a 3D element, retrieves the individual associated with the 3D element and a set of list data associated with the individual. The 3D device overlays purchase option images onto the 3D image, each representing an option in the list data, receives a second interaction with a purchase option image, and generates a purchase transaction request for the purchase option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher T. Scholl, James W. Barkhurst
  • Patent number: 11232443
    Abstract: An apparatus and computer-implemented electronic transaction method includes the operation of reading, via a payment-on-delivery device, a machine-readable transaction code in which transaction details of a collect-on-delivery transaction are encoded. A notification is transmitted to a consumer computing device. In addition, the transaction details are transmitted to the consumer computing device. The apparatus transmits payments details for funding the collect-on-delivery transaction to an interchange network for processing the collect-on-delivery transaction. The apparatus receives a payment authorization response message from the interchange network indicating completion of the collect-on-delivery transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Tara L. Sauer, Christopher T. Scholl
  • Publication number: 20210337344
    Abstract: A transportation controller (TC) computing system for monitoring a user computing device location and triggering location-based events using geo-fencing is provided. The TC computing system includes at least one TC computing device configured to register a customer with a transportation controller (TC) service using registration data received from a user computing device associated with the customer. The TC computing device is also configured to receive, in response to the user computing device detecting a first geo-fence, first travel data associated with a trip of the customer. The TC computing device is further configured to validate the trip using the first travel data, receive, in response to the user computing device detecting a second geo-fence, second travel data associated with the trip of the customer, and determine a first transaction amount for the trip based on the first travel data and the second travel data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Shawn Mehrhoff, Madeline Mueller, Christopher T. Scholl
  • Publication number: 20210248856
    Abstract: A rollable payment card is shiftable between a flat configuration and a rolled configuration via a manual rolling process. The payment card comprises a verification element, a processor, an electronic display unit in communication with the processor, and a power element providing electrical power to the display unit. The electronic display unit includes an electronic display region configured to display an image. The electronic display region is manually rollable. The payment card in the flat configuration presents horizontally spaced apart first and second ends and vertically spaced apart top and bottom edges. The first end overlaps the second end during the course of the rolling process, with the first end being disposed arcuately past the second end when the payment card is in the rolled configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Shawn J. Mehrhoff, Christopher T. Scholl
  • Patent number: 11074642
    Abstract: A system, computer-readable media and computer-implemented method for automated location interaction management. User input at least partly defining an item is received and stored via a mobile electronic device. A location interaction trigger for the item is automatically determined to have occurred, based at least in part on a geolocation of the mobile electronic device. An alert is generated describing the item for display on a display of the mobile electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Shawn Mehrhoff, Christopher T. Scholl
  • Publication number: 20210224880
    Abstract: An item tracker computing device includes a processor coupled in communication with a memory. The processor is programmed to receive transaction data from a payment network. The transaction data is associated with a user. In addition, the processor is programmed to receive assistance items data from a service provider. The processor is also programmed to process the transaction data and the assistance items data to generate essential needs data for the user. Moreover, the processor is programmed to store the essential needs data in a user profile and, based upon a location of the user corresponding with a location of a catastrophic event, transmit the user profile to the service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher T. Scholl, Marthom Daetz
  • Publication number: 20210217005
    Abstract: The disclosure describes systems and methods for tokenizing a contactless payment card. A token requesting device receives contactless card data associated with the contactless payment card and transmits a token request message to a token service system. The token service system generates a contactless token for the contactless payment card. The contactless token is associated with the contactless card data, for example, in a token vault. The token requesting device establishes a wireless communication connection with the contactless payment card. The contactless token is then written to a token data portion of the contactless payment card memory device and a pointer stored in the token data portion of the contactless payment card memory device is updated to point to the contactless token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Shawn J. Mehrhoff, Christopher T. Scholl
  • Patent number: 11057735
    Abstract: A transportation controller (TC) computing system for monitoring a user computing device location and triggering location-based events using geo-fencing is provided. The TC computing system includes at least one TC computing device configured to register a customer with a transportation controller (TC) service using registration data received from a user computing device associated with the customer. The TC computing device is also configured to receive, in response to the user computing device detecting a first geo-fence, first travel data associated with a trip of the customer. The TC computing device is further configured to validate the trip using the first travel data, receive, in response to the user computing device detecting a second geo-fence, second travel data associated with the trip of the customer, and determine a first transaction amount for the trip based on the first travel data and the second travel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shawn Mehrhoff, Madeline Mueller, Christopher T. Scholl
  • Publication number: 20210192610
    Abstract: A streamline banking system includes a customer kiosk having a photographic element and a processor. The processor is programmed to capture an image with the photographic element and determine that the captured image comprises an image of a machine-readable code. The processor decodes the machine-readable code and extracts customer financial account data therefrom. The customer financial account data is associated with one or more financial institutions. The processor retrieves information associated with one or more financial product offerings offered by the financial institutions. Each of the financial institutions is presented to a customer along with the respective financial accounts and the respective financial product offerings. The customer selects one or more of the financial accounts and the financial product offerings. The customer kiosk then transmits to the customer service computing system the customer selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: William Raymond Bowie, Regan E. Harmon, Christopher T. Scholl