Patents by Inventor Frederic Billou

Frederic Billou 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).

  • Patent number: 10657557
    Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to notify a user of incentives offered by various funding sources based on the user's location. In particular, incentives offered by various funding sources at various merchant locations are determined. The user's location and movements are monitored. When the user approaches or is near a merchant location where a funding source offers incentives, a notification maybe generated and presented to the user to notify or remind the user of the incentives offered at the merchant location. The notification may include description of the incentives and directions on how to obtain the incentives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: Frederic Billou
  • Patent number: 9959559
    Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, a system and associated method for prioritizing search results in an electronic environment is disclosed. The system comprises a communications module to receive a search query from a searching party located in a geographic region and a search engine to conduct a search and generate search results. A query engine identifies the geographic region of the searching party and identifies a language associated with the identified geographic region of the searching party based on the identified geographic region of the searching party. The search results are prioritized based on the identified language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Frederic Billou
  • Publication number: 20150302469
    Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to notify a user of incentives offered by various funding sources based on the user's location. In particular, incentives offered by various funding sources at various merchant locations are determined. The user's location and movements are monitored. When the user approaches or is near a merchant location where a funding source offers incentives, a notification maybe generated and presented to the user to notify or remind the user of the incentives offered at the merchant location. The notification may include description of the incentives and directions on how to obtain the incentives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Frederic Billou
  • Publication number: 20150302367
    Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to select a funding source to avoid or minimize currency conversion cost for the payer. In particular, a payer may have a plurality of funding sources available for making payments. The available funding sources may make payments in different currencies. In order to avoid currency conversion fees, one or more funding sources may be selected such that the currency of the funding sources matches the currency accepted by the payee. If the available funding sources do not have a currency that matches the currency accepted by the payee, one or more funding sources may be selected to minimize the currency conversion cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Frederic Billou
  • Publication number: 20150220602
    Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, a system and associated method for prioritizing search results in an electronic environment is disclosed. The system comprises a communications module to receive a search query from a searching party located in a geographic region and a search engine to conduct a search and generate search results. A query engine identifies the geographic region of the searching party and identifies a language associated with the identified geographic region of the searching party based on the identified geographic region of the searching party. The search results are prioritized based on the identified language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventor: Frederic Billou