Patents by Inventor Colm Bergin

Colm Bergin 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: 11270301
    Abstract: A system for combining a payment mechanism with an offer to a consumer is described. The system includes a virtual payment account number generation engine to generate virtual payment account numbers that can be used by a consumer in a payment transaction at a merchant, the virtual payment account number generation service also operable to take a portion of the virtual payment account number and send it as a checkout code to a consumer using the consumer's mobile device, and an offer generation engine used to set rules for an offer to be sent to consumers, create a fund for the offer, and determine individual consumer's eligibility for the offer. The offer is associated with the checkout code such that the offer is processed as part of the payment during the payment transaction using the virtual payment account number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ModoPayments, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory W. Harvey, Samuel N. Brown, David S. Sink, Aaron Wilkinson, Michael Menefee, Mark S. Saum, Colm Bergin, Bruce Parker, Ralf Erich Schulz, Jon Buell, Jason Fisher
  • Publication number: 20190114602
    Abstract: A system of providing a receiver of payments access to a plurality of payment sources, is described that includes a configuration tool listing a plurality of payment sources available to the receiver of payments and configured to allow the receiver to select one or more disparate payment sources from which it will accept payments. The system then provides a payment interface for the receiver of payments displayable to customers of the receiver. A payment transaction database stores data related to financial transactions carried out on behalf of the receiver of payments. The system also includes a payment hub that provides an interface between the receiver of payments and the selected payment sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: ModoPayments, LLC
    Inventors: Cevat Kerim Incedayi, Adam D. Schnaare, Bruce Parker, Gregory W. Harvey, John F. Conley, III, Colm Bergin
  • Publication number: 20140289126
    Abstract: A system for combining a payment mechanism with an offer to a consumer is described. The system includes a virtual payment account number generation engine to generate virtual payment account numbers that can be used by a consumer in a payment transaction at a merchant, the virtual payment account number generation service also operable to take a portion of the virtual payment account number and send it as a checkout code to a consumer using the consumer's mobile device, and an offer generation engine used to set rules for an offer to be sent to consumers, create a fund for the offer, and determine individual consumer's eligibility for the offer. The offer is associated with the checkout code such that the offer is processed as part of the payment during the payment transaction using the virtual payment account number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: MODOPAYMENTS, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory W. Harvey, Samuel N. Brown, David S. Sink, Aaron Wilkinson, Michael Menefee, Mark S. Saum, Colm Bergin, Bruce Parker, Ralf Erich Schulz, Jon Buell, Jason Fisher
  • Patent number: 8751380
    Abstract: A system for combining a payment mechanism with an offer to a consumer is described. The system includes a virtual payment account number generation engine to generate virtual payment account numbers that can be used by a consumer in a payment transaction at a merchant, the virtual payment account number generation service also operable to take a portion of the virtual payment account number and send it as a checkout code to a consumer using the consumer's mobile device, and an offer generation engine used to set rules for an offer to be sent to consumers, create a fund for the offer, and determine individual consumer's eligibility for the offer. The offer is associated with the checkout code such that the offer is processed as part of the payment during the payment transaction using the virtual payment account number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: ModoPayments, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory W. Harvey, Samuel N. Brown, David S. Sink, Aaron Wilkinson, Michael Menefee, Mark S. Saum, Colm Bergin, Bruce Parker, Ralf Erich Schulz, Jon Buell, Jason Fisher
  • Publication number: 20140040001
    Abstract: A system for combining a payment mechanism with an offer to a consumer is described. The system includes a virtual payment account number generation engine to generate virtual payment account numbers that can be used by a consumer in a payment transaction at a merchant, the virtual payment account number generation service also operable to take a portion of the virtual payment account number and send it as a checkout code to a consumer using the consumer's mobile device, and an offer generation engine used to set rules for an offer to be sent to consumers, create a fund for the offer, and determine individual consumer's eligibility for the offer. The offer is associated with the checkout code such that the offer is processed as part of the payment during the payment transaction using the virtual payment account number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: ModoPayment, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory W. Harvey, Samuel N. Brown, David S. Sink, Aaron Wilkinson, Michael Menefee, Mark S. Saum, Colm Bergin, Bruce Parker, Ralf Erich Schulz, Jon Buell, Jason Fisher
  • Publication number: 20120101887
    Abstract: A system for combining a payment mechanism with an offer to a consumer is described. The system includes a virtual payment account number generation engine to generate virtual payment account numbers that can be used by a consumer in a payment transaction at a merchant, the virtual payment account number generation service also operable to take a portion of the virtual payment account number and send it as a checkout code to a consumer using the consumer's mobile device, and an offer generation engine used to set rules for an offer to be sent to consumers, create a fund for the offer, and determine individual consumer's eligibility for the offer. The offer is associated with the checkout code such that the offer is processed as part of the payment during the payment transaction using the virtual payment account number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Gregory W. Harvey, Samuel N. Brown, David S. Sink, Aaron Wilkinson, Michael Menefee, Mark S. Saum, Colm Bergin, Bruce Parker, Ralf Erich Schulz, Jon Buell, Jason Fisher