Patents by Inventor Dave McClure

Dave McClure 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).

  • Method and system for incentivizing the promotion of a payment service
    Publication number: 20050171842
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus to incentivize a first party to refer a payment service to a second party. The method includes establishing an account for the second party, wherein the account is associated with one of a plurality of bonus programs and wherein the account is further associated with the first party; receiving a payment for the second party in the account; and automatically awarding a payout to the first party based on the payment to the account and the bonus program that is associated with the account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Alan Tien, Dave McClure