Patents by Inventor David J. Elder

David J. Elder 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: 20190050888
    Abstract: The system may be configured to perform operations including determining a point conversion rate between a first merchant point value associated with a first merchant point and a second merchant point value associated with a second merchant point; receiving a request from a consumer to sell an exchanged point amount comprising a first merchant point amount; receiving a first payment from the first merchant for the first merchant point amount; retrieving the first merchant point amount from a consumer profile; transmitting the first merchant point amount to the first merchant; calculating a second merchant point amount equal to the first merchant point amount, based the first conversion rate; transmitting a second payment to the second merchant to purchase the second merchant point amount from the second merchant; receiving the second merchant point amount from the second merchant; and transmitting the second merchant point amount to the consumer profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Elder, David B. Kennedy, Mitchell Kurman, Jules Mahabir