Patents by Inventor Greg Hines

Greg Hines 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: 20240311804
    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: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Albert D'Alisa, Scott W. Frey, Frank S. Giaccio, Greg Hines, Frank Sherman
  • Publication number: 20240215539
    Abstract: An animal cleaning system removably connected to at least a portion of a pet door, the animal cleaning system including at least one main body to extend from a top portion of the pet door to a bottom portion of the pet door, a tubular spring shell disposed on at least a portion of the at least one main body to spring bias the at least one main body to remain draped over the pet door, and a shell cover disposed on at least a portion of the tubular spring shell to clean the animal moving through the pet door in response to contact with a portion of a body of the animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventor: Greg Hines
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20130238229
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of estimating traffic data for a location, the method being implemented in a computer comprising a memory in communication with a processor. The method comprises receiving, as input to the processor, first data associated with the location selecting, by the processor, one of a plurality of models based upon the first data associated with the location receiving, as input to the processor, second data associated with the location and estimating traffic data for the location based upon the selected model and the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Andrew Lundquist, Greg Hines