Patents by Inventor George F. Gogol

George F. Gogol 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: 9852407
    Abstract: Systems and methods for routing debit transactions. In one embodiment, a method for routing debit transactions can be provided. The method can include obtaining, by a routing determination system comprising one or more computers, information associated with a proposed debit transaction. The method can also include identifying, by the routing determination system based at least in part upon the obtained information, one or more merchant parameters associated with a merchant on whose behalf the proposed debit transaction will be submitted to a transaction processor. Further, the method can include determining, by the routing determination system based at least in part upon the one or more merchant parameters, a debit transaction network for routing the proposed debit transaction to the transaction processor, wherein the debit transaction network is included in a plurality of available debit transaction networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley T. Masterson, George F. Gogol, Donna Collela, David M. Hulbert, Thomas Howe, Robert J. Cole
  • Publication number: 20140040114
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide for methods for obtaining, by a service provider system comprising one or more computers, information associated with a plurality of payment transactions processed via a plurality of transaction networks; generating, by the service provider system based at least in part upon the information, one or more graphical user interfaces associated with the distribution of payment transactions among the plurality of transaction networks; receiving, by the service provider system via the one or more graphical user interfaces, user input associated with the distribution of payment transactions; and generating, by the service provider system based upon the received user input, one of a recommendation or updated distribution information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark D. Baumgart, Javier M. Alvarado, George F. Gogol
  • Publication number: 20130282563
    Abstract: Systems and methods for routing debit transactions. In one embodiment, a method for routing debit transactions can be provided. The method can include obtaining, by a routing determination system comprising one or more computers, information associated with a proposed debit transaction. The method can also include identifying, by the routing determination system based at least in part upon the obtained information, one or more merchant parameters associated with a merchant on whose behalf the proposed debit transaction will be submitted to a transaction processor. Further, the method can include determining, by the routing determination system based at least in part upon the one or more merchant parameters, a debit transaction network for routing the proposed debit transaction to the transaction processor, wherein the debit transaction network is included in a plurality of available debit transaction networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradley T. Masterson, George F. Gogol, Donna Collela, David M. Hulbert, Thomas Howe, Robert J. Cole