Patents by Inventor Darci Groves

Darci Groves 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).

  • Electronic transaction notification system and method
    Patent number: 9235840
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for delivering notifications to user regarding use of their authentication information. The delivery of notifications involves ascertaining a device identifier associated with a request received from a user device to engage in a transaction using the authentication information and comparing this device identifier associated with the request to a plurality of known device identifiers previously associated with the authentication information. Thereafter, a notification for a user associated with the authentication information can be generated and delivered, if the device identifier is not among the plurality of known device identifiers. In the systems and methods, contact information for delivering the notification is based on contact information for at least one previous transaction that meets a selection criteria and that is associated with the authentication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Farman Syed, Daniel Emil Pu, Darci Groves, David Ralston, Thomas K. Burkholder, Roozbeh Ghaffari
  • ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20130305335
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for delivering notifications to user regarding use of their authentication information. The delivery of notifications involves ascertaining a device identifier associated with a request received from a user device to engage in a transaction using the authentication information and comparing this device identifier associated with the request to a plurality of known device identifiers previously associated with the authentication information. Thereafter, a notification for a user associated with the authentication information can be generated and delivered, if the device identifier is not among the plurality of known device identifiers. In the systems and methods, contact information for delivering the notification is based on contact information for at least one previous transaction that meets a selection criteria and that is associated with the authentication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Farman Syed, Daniel Emil Pu, Darci Groves, David Ralston, Thomas K. Burkholder, Roozbeh Ghaffari