Patents by Inventor Corinna Balkow

Corinna Balkow 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: 20120246064
    Abstract: A method by which a merchant can establish and advantageously use an account at an online payment service provider for making both payments and refunds to customers so as to minimize overdraft or non-sufficient funds (NSF) occurrences and the attendant delays and loss of customer good will includes providing at least one processor communicating through at least one network, and using the at least one processor and network to receive a refund request, access a user reserve account with an online payment service provider, wherein the reserve account is associated with a regular account of the user with the payment service provider, and processing the refund request from the reserve account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: EBAY, INC.
    Inventor: Corinna Balkow