Patents by Inventor Gunter Pfau

Gunter Pfau 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: 20250252431
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modifying transaction data at a remote point-of-sale device (POS) are disclosed. A system in accordance with the present disclosure includes at least one processor programmed to receive, from a POS device, an offer request message including a unique consumer identifier and transaction data. In response to receiving the offer request message, the processor is programmed to retrieve an offer associated with the unique consumer identifier and cause to be displayed, on a user interface of a remote computing device, the offer. The at least one processor is further programmed to receive, from the POS device, updated transaction data, the updated transaction data including a second transaction amount that is greater than the first transaction amount and in response to receiving the updated transaction data, transmit a modification message cause the POS device to modify the transaction in accordance with the at least one offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Gunter Pfau, Aaron McLean, Navid Safabakhsh
  • Publication number: 20240412239
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transforming and managing performance data associated with a retailer network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computing system for creating and managing a retailer network is disclosed. The computing system comprises at least one processor and a memory device. The at least one processor is programmed to perform steps including receiving an identifier for a retailer network, linking at least one retailer to the identifier, and in response to the linking the identifier to the at least one retailer, automatically receiving, from at least one remote computing device, performance data for the at least one retailer, the performance data including at least one of new member enrollment data or transaction data. The steps further include normalizing and processing the performance data and causing to be displayed, on a user interface of a user computing device, a visual representation of the processed performance data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Gunter Pfau, Aaron McLean, Scott Wasserman, Jakov Suran, Joshua Skaroff
  • Publication number: 20240046296
    Abstract: Systems and methods for wallet steering are disclosed. A wallet steering method in accordance with the present disclosure may comprise receiving a consumer identifier, such as a phone number, during a transaction. In response to receiving the consumer identifier, a consumer member profile is automatically created for the consumer identifier and data elements associated with the transaction and/or consumer are be stored in the consumer member profile. The consumer member profile may be built over time based on transactions associated with the consumer identifier. Customized offers which precisely and profitably steer consumer purchases from one business to another, one product/service to another and/or one payment tender to another may then be generated based on the consumer profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Gunter Pfau, Aaron McLean, Scott Wasserman, Jakov Suran
  • Publication number: 20230289846
    Abstract: Systems and methods for wallet steering are disclosed. A wallet steering method in accordance with the present disclosure may comprise receiving a consumer identifier, such as a phone number, during a transaction. In response to receiving the consumer identifier, a consumer member profile is automatically created for the consumer identifier and data elements associated with the transaction and/or consumer are be stored in the consumer member profile. The consumer member profile may be built over time based on transactions associated with the consumer identifier. Customized offers which precisely and profitably steer consumer purchases from one business to another, one product/service to another and/or one payment tender to another may then be generated based on the consumer profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Gunter Pfau, Aaron McLean, Scott Wasserman, Jakov Suran
  • Patent number: 10290029
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a media engagement gateway (MEG) for providing application and analytic services across diverse operating platforms is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Stuzo, LLC
    Inventor: Gunter Pfau
  • Publication number: 20180033057
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a media engagement gateway (MEG) for providing application and analytic services across diverse operating platforms is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventor: Gunter Pfau
  • Patent number: 9747619
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a media engagement gateway (MEG) for providing application and analytic services across diverse operating platforms is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Stuzo, LLC
    Inventor: Gunter Pfau
  • Publication number: 20150065098
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a media engagement gateway (MEG) for providing application and analytic services across diverse operating platforms is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Stuzo, LLC
    Inventor: Gunter Pfau