Patents by Inventor Douglas Wilbur Van Horn

Douglas Wilbur Van Horn 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: 20150100420
    Abstract: A method for real-time ranking of offers for consumer distribution includes: storing a plurality of offer data entries, each entry including an offer identifier and offer data; storing a consumer profile, the profile including data related to a consumer including a consumer identifier and consumer characteristics; storing a plurality of distribution data entries, each entry including data related to an offer previously distributed to the consumer including an offer identifier, offer data, and indication of at least one of: receipt, viewing, and acceptance of the offer; identifying a ranking of the offer data entries based on the respective included offer data, the consumer characteristics, and the offer data and indication included in each of the distribution data entries; and transmitting the offer data included in at least one of the offer data entries based on the rank to a computing device associated with the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas Wilbur VAN HORN, Lisa Maria Bongiovi
  • Publication number: 20130282593
    Abstract: A method and system for generating alerts are provided. The system includes a data warehouse configured to receive, for a plurality of financial transactions each using a financial payment card between a merchant and a customer, unique personal account numbers associated with each financial payment card, a transaction reference identifier, and a merchant identifier. The data warehouse is further configured to retrieve historical multi-party payment card transaction information for each personal account number. The system also includes an enterprise marketing platform configured to receive customer safety alert registration information from at least one of a merchant point of sale device, a web interface, and a mobile interface, and a customer contact server configured to receive safety alert information and corresponding customer information and to contact each corresponding customer in response to a safety alert affecting the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher John Merz, Kimberly Ann Purcell, Douglas Wilbur Van Horn, Joshua Joseph Baron, John Gioacchini, Maria Escobar