Patents by Inventor Frank S. Giaccio

Frank S. Giaccio 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: 20210248597
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide approaches for processing a payment in an electronic commerce environment. Specifically, a customer of a merchant website in the electronic commerce environment is provided a universal payment interface in response to the customer's request to pay. The universal payment interface retrieves a proprietary token from the customer. This proprietary token is a mobile device-based token that is provided by a provider associated with the mobile device. The universal payment interface requests a determination from the provider as to whether the proprietary token is valid, and the payment is verified based on the determination from the provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Albert D'Alisa, Scott W. Frey, Frank S. Giaccio, Greg Hines, Frank Sherman
  • Patent number: 10937021
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide approaches for processing a payment in an electronic commerce environment. Specifically, a customer of a merchant website in the electronic commerce environment is provided a universal payment interface in response to the customer's request to pay. The universal payment interface retrieves a proprietary token from the customer. This proprietary token is a mobile device-based token that is provided by a provider associated with the mobile device. The universal payment interface requests a determination from the provider as to whether the proprietary token is valid, and the payment is verified based on the determination from the provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TREC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Albert D'Alisa, Scott W. Frey, Frank S. Giaccio, Greg Hines, Frank Sherman
  • Publication number: 20170185997
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide approaches for processing a payment in an electronic commerce environment. Specifically, a customer of a merchant website in the electronic commerce environment is provided a universal payment interface in response to the customer's request to pay. The universal payment interface retrieves a proprietary token from the customer. This proprietary token is a mobile device-based token that is provided by a provider associated with the mobile device. The universal payment interface requests a determination from the provider as to whether the proprietary token is valid, and the payment is verified based on the determination from the provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Albert D'Alisa, Scott W. Frey, Frank S. Giaccio, Greg Hines, Frank Sherman
  • Publication number: 20160253660
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide approaches for processing a payment in an electronic commerce environment. Specifically, a customer of a merchant website in the electronic commerce environment is provided a universal payment interface in response to the customer's request to pay. The universal payment interface retrieves a proprietary token from the customer. This proprietary token is a mobile device-based token that is provided by a provider associated with the mobile device. The universal payment interface requests a determination from the provider as to whether the proprietary token is valid, and the payment is verified based on the determination from the provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Albert D'Alisa, Scott W. Frey, Frank S. Giaccio, Greg Hines, Frank Sherman