Patents by Inventor Curtis Winchester

Curtis Winchester 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).

  • Private label purchase card acceptance systems and methods
    Publication number: 20060253390
    Abstract: A method of processing a purchase card transaction includes receiving a transaction request at a host computer system from a point-of-sale device of a first merchant. The transaction request comprises transaction details relating to a purchase from the first merchant using a private label purchase card relating to a second merchant and an issuer. The first merchant and the second merchant are different merchants. The transaction details comprise at least an identifier relating to the first merchant, an amount, and an account identifier relating to the private label purchase card. The method further includes evaluating at least a portion of the account identifier, recognizing that the account identifier relates to the issuer, routing at least a portion of the transaction request to the issuer, and facilitating a payment from the issuer to the first merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: James McCarthy, Paul Fortney, Curtis Winchester, Brian Teller, Douglas Byerley, Arthur Velez, Joni Wheeler, Stephen Hug