Patents by Inventor Deviprasad Mulupuri

Deviprasad Mulupuri 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).

  • Systems and methods for payment processing during vehicular travel
    Patent number: 12518259
    Abstract: Systems and methods of retailing a retail item to an airline passenger generally include providing an airplane equipped with: an airplane cabin; a plurality of seats disposed within the airplane cabin and partitioned by an aisle; a service cart movable along the aisle; and a digital reader device; positioning the retail item in the vicinity of the digital reader device; reading an item identifier of the retail item using the digital reader device; storing the item identifier in a reader memory of the digital reader device; positioning a digital payment object in the vicinity of the digital reader device, the digital payment object being carried onto the airplane by the airline passenger; communicating information between the digital payment object and the digital reader device; and processing payment for the retail item. The digital payment object may include a physical passenger identifier, a contactless payment object, or a portable user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
    Inventors: Hyder Alkasimi, Roger Jarboe, Charles Sucur, Susanna Brown, Benjamin Chan, Deviprasad Mulupuri
  • Systems and methods for payment processing during vehicular travel
    Patent number: 11195159
    Abstract: Systems and methods of retailing a retail item to an airline passenger generally include providing an airplane equipped with: an airplane cabin; a plurality of seats disposed within the airplane cabin and partitioned by an aisle; a service cart movable along the aisle; and a digital reader device; positioning the retail item in the vicinity of the digital reader device; reading an item identifier of the retail item using the digital reader device; storing the item identifier in a reader memory of the digital reader device; positioning a digital payment object in the vicinity of the digital reader device, the digital payment object being carried onto the airplane by the airline passenger; communicating information between the digital payment object and the digital reader device; and processing payment for the retail item. The digital payment object may include a physical passenger identifier, a contactless payment object, or a portable user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
    Inventors: Hyder Alkasimi, Roger Jarboe, Charles Sucur, Susanna Brown, Benjamin Chan, Deviprasad Mulupuri