Patents by Inventor Gene CORCORAN

Gene CORCORAN 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).

  • Method and system for integration of merchant trade areas into search results
    Patent number: 11238514
    Abstract: A method for identifying merchant trade areas for search result filtering includes: storing a plurality of merchant profiles, each profile including data related to a merchant including a merchant identifier and merchant geographic location; storing a plurality of transaction data entries, each entry including data related to a payment transaction including a specific merchant identifier and merchant geographic location associated with a merchant involved in the transaction, a consumer primary geographic location associated with a consumer involved in the transaction, and a travel distance based on a distance between the merchant and consumer primary geographic locations; identifying, for each merchant profile, merchant trade area data, the data including trade distances based on the travel distance included in transaction data entries where the included specific merchant identifier corresponds to the merchant identifier included in the respective merchant profile; and updating merchant profiles to include th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gene Corcoran, Kenneth Unser, Bruce Macnair
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATION OF MERCHANT TRADE AREAS INTO SEARCH RESULTS
    Publication number: 20190340668
    Abstract: A method for identifying merchant trade areas for search result filtering includes: storing a plurality of merchant profiles, each profile including data related to a merchant including a merchant identifier and merchant geographic location; storing a plurality of transaction data entries, each entry including data related to a payment transaction including a specific merchant identifier and merchant geographic location associated with a merchant involved in the transaction, a consumer primary geographic location associated with a consumer involved in the transaction, and a travel distance based on a distance between the merchant and consumer primary geographic locations; identifying, for each merchant profile, merchant trade area data, the data including trade distances based on the travel distance included in transaction data entries where the included specific merchant identifier corresponds to the merchant identifier included in the respective merchant profile; and updating merchant profiles to include th
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gene CORCORAN, Kenneth UNSER, Bruce MACNAIR
  • Method and system for integration of merchant trade areas into search results
    Patent number: 10402882
    Abstract: A method for identifying merchant trade areas for search result filtering includes: storing a plurality of merchant profiles, each profile including data related to a merchant including a merchant identifier and merchant geographic location; storing a plurality of transaction data entries, each entry including data related to a payment transaction including a specific merchant identifier and merchant geographic location associated with a merchant involved in the transaction, a consumer primary geographic location associated with a consumer involved in the transaction, and a travel distance based on a distance between the merchant and consumer primary geographic locations; identifying, for each merchant profile, merchant trade area data, the data including trade distances based on the travel distance included in transaction data entries where the included specific merchant identifier corresponds to the merchant identifier included in the respective merchant profile; and updating merchant profiles to include th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bruce MacNair, Gene Corcoran, Kenneth Unser
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATION OF MERCHANT TRADE AREAS INTO SEARCH RESULTS
    Publication number: 20160042424
    Abstract: A method for identifying merchant trade areas for search result filtering includes: storing a plurality of merchant profiles, each profile including data related to a merchant including a merchant identifier and merchant geographic location; storing a plurality of transaction data entries, each entry including data related to a payment transaction including a specific merchant identifier and merchant geographic location associated with a merchant involved in the transaction, a consumer primary geographic location associated with a consumer involved in the transaction, and a travel distance based on a distance between the merchant and consumer primary geographic locations; identifying, for each merchant profile, merchant trade area data, the data including trade distances based on the travel distance included in transaction data entries where the included specific merchant identifier corresponds to the merchant identifier included in the respective merchant profile; and updating merchant profiles to include th
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce MacNAIR, Gene CORCORAN, Kenneth UNSER