Patents by Inventor Guillaume P. Lebleu

Guillaume P. Lebleu 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: 10664923
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing fraud protection and transaction tracing for gift card accounts through use of a public blockchain ledger. Digital gift cards are associated with tokens which are passed between user accounts. The users do not obtain direct access to the debit codes assigned to the gift cards and are instead provided with variable authentication codes for use in merchant purchases. The variable authentication code is used by a merchant to obtain a reference to an actual debit code held by a web server. Numerous types of transactions are published to the blockchain ledger including initial purchases, reserving/claiming of debit codes, transfers of tokens between accounts, and depleting of gift card value associated with a token. Transactions published to the blockchain occur substantially simultaneously with a merchant purchase such that users may look up gift card values at any time to be assured each gift card is valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Inventors: Vinodan K. Lingham, Mark Levitt, Krisan Ramesh Nichani, Guillaume P. Lebleu
  • Publication number: 20200111088
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing fraud protection and transaction tracing for gift card accounts through use of a public blockchain ledger. Digital gift cards are associated with tokens which are passed between user accounts. The users do not obtain direct access to the debit codes assigned to the gift cards and are instead provided with variable authentication codes for use in merchant purchases. The variable authentication code is used by a merchant to obtain a reference to an actual debit code held by a web server. Numerous types of transactions are published to the blockchain ledger including initial purchases, reserving/claiming of debit codes, transfers of tokens between accounts, and depleting of gift card value associated with a token. Transactions published to the blockchain occur substantially simultaneously with a merchant purchase such that users may look up gift card values at any time to be assured each gift card is valid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Vinodan K. Lingham, Mark Levitt, Krisan Ramesh Nichani, Guillaume P. Lebleu
  • Patent number: 10535063
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are certain embodiments of systems and methods for standardizing a plurality of digital wallet credits, into one digital wallet system. Expenditures of merchant issued credit stored in digital wallets are supported by tokenization of assets. Assets are encoded and represented by currencies tracked on public ledgers. Data is mined from the public ledger, decoded, and presented to users with a unified interface which allows users to view balances at any time of all digital wallets in their possession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Vinodan K. Lingham, Mark Levitt, Krisan Ramesh Nichani, Guillaume P. Lebleu
  • Publication number: 20170011392
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are certain embodiments of systems and methods for standardizing a plurality of digital wallet credits, into one digital wallet system. Expenditures of merchant issued credit stored in digital wallets are supported by tokenization of assets. Assets are encoded and represented by currencies tracked on public ledgers. Data is mined from the public ledger, decoded, and presented to users with a unified interface which allows users to view balances at any time of all digital wallets in their possession.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Vinodan K. Lingham, Mark Levitt, Krisan Ramesh Nichani, Guillaume P. Lebleu
  • Publication number: 20160267474
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are certain embodiments of systems and methods for standardizing a plurality of digital wallet credits, into one digital wallet system. Expenditures of merchant issued credit stored in digital wallets are supported by tokenization of assets. Assets are encoded and represented by currencies tracked on public ledgers. Data is mined from the public ledger, decoded, and presented to users with a unified interface which allows users to view balances at any time of all digital wallets in their possession.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Vinodan K. Lingham, Mark Levitt, Krisan Ramesh Nichani, Guillaume P. Lebleu
  • Publication number: 20160267605
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing fraud protection and transaction tracing for gift card accounts through use of a public blockchain ledger. Digital gift cards are associated with tokens which are passed between user accounts. The users do not obtain direct access to the debit codes assigned to the gift cards and are instead provided with variable authentication codes for use in merchant purchases. The variable authentication code is used by a merchant to obtain a reference to an actual debit code held by a web server. Numerous types of transactions are published to the blockchain ledger including initial purchases, reserving/claiming of debit codes, transfers of tokens between accounts, and depleting of gift card value associated with a token. Transactions published to the blockchain occur substantially simultaneously with a merchant purchase such that users may look up gift card values at any time to be assured each gift card is valid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Vinodan K. Lingham, Mark Levitt, Krisan Ramesh Nichani, Guillaume P. Lebleu
  • Publication number: 20160267472
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for standardizing a plurality of digital wallet credits into one digital wallet system. Expenditures of merchant-issued credit stored in digital wallets are supported by tokenization of assets. Assets are encoded and represented by currencies tracked on public ledgers. Data is mined from the public ledger, decoded, and presented to users with a unified interface which allows users to view balances at any time of all digital wallets in their possession.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Vinodan K. Lingham, Mark Levitt, Krisan Ramesh Nichani, Guillaume P. Lebleu
  • Publication number: 20150046239
    Abstract: Systems and methods enable creation of assets redeemable for products and services for businesses. Business credits are assigned to users and applied toward transactions. Business credits from different businesses may be pooled and applied toward a single transaction. Rules for business credits may limit amounts that may be added to a pool. A users assets are ranked to determine those that are preferred to hold. Those assets that are available to fund a transaction and that are less preferable to hold are used first. Also disclosed is a system whereby brand-specific credits may be assigned to a user. A brand-specific credit may be selected and, in-response, branded products for which the credit may be redeemed are displayed. Upon selection of a product, an optical code is transmitted to a user device, which can be scanned to fund purchase of the selected product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Anthony C. Di Franco, Adalbert J. Wysocki, Arno Hesse, Guillaume P. Lebleu
  • Publication number: 20150046238
    Abstract: Systems and methods enable creation of assets redeemable for products and services for businesses. Business credits are assigned to users and applied toward transactions. Business credits from different businesses may be pooled and applied toward a single transaction. Rules for business credits may limit amounts that may be added to a pool. A users assets are ranked to determine those that are preferred to hold. Those assets that are available to fund a transaction and that are less preferable to hold are used first. Also disclosed is a system whereby brand-specific credits may be assigned to a user. A brand-specific credit may be selected and, in-response, branded products for which the credit may be redeemed are displayed. Upon selection of a product, an optical code is transmitted to a user device, which can be scanned to fund purchase of the selected product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Anthony C. Di Franco, Adalbert J. Wysocki, Arno Hesse, Guillaume P. Lebleu