Patents by Inventor Heather L. THOMAS

Heather L. THOMAS 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: 11232421
    Abstract: A method for shopping from a social media site using a direct buy link comprises electronically storing a plurality of account profiles and receiving a data message electronically transmitted via a communication network. The method may query a social media database for an account profile associated with the consumer identifier and the PIN. The method may display a plurality of direct buy links associated with a plurality of products for purchase, wherein at least one of the direct buy links is a modified direct buy link. The method may receive a data message electronically transmitted via the communication network and display the modified direct buy link comprising the personal data corresponding to the product, a purchase data, and payment preference information. The method may transmit confirmation of payment and the modified direct buy link associated with the purchased product to the consumer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Pia Maenpaa, Danielle Jean Eininger, Matthew Harris, Heather L. Thomas
  • Publication number: 20180046994
    Abstract: A method for identification of pre-approved products in a limited use account includes: storing, in a memory of a computing device, at least an account identifier; receiving, by an input device of the computing device, one or more product identifiers; electronically transmitting, by a transmitting device of the computing device, at least the account identifier and one or more product identifiers to a first computing system; receiving, by a receiving device of the computing device, an indication of at least one of the one or more product identifiers as a pre-approved identifier from the first computing system; and electronically transmitting, by the transmitting device of the computing device, at least the at least one product identifier indicated as a pre-approved identifier to a second computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Pia MAENPAA, Danielle Jean EININGER, Heather L. THOMAS, Matthew HARRIS
  • Publication number: 20170270498
    Abstract: A method for shopping from a social media site using a direct buy link comprises electronically storing a plurality of account profiles and receiving a data message electronically transmitted via a communication network. The method may query a social media database for an account profile associated with the consumer identifier and the PIN. The method may display a plurality of direct buy links associated with a plurality of products for purchase, wherein at least one of the direct buy links is a modified direct buy link. The method may receive a data message electronically transmitted via the communication network and display the modified direct buy link comprising the personal data corresponding to the product, a purchase data, and payment preference information. The method may transmit confirmation of payment and the modified direct buy link associated with the purchased product to the consumer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Pia MAENPAA, Danielle Jean EININGER, Matthew HARRIS, Heather L. THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20170270557
    Abstract: A method for tokenizing non-payment identifier, comprising storing a plurality of account profiles, wherein each account profile is a structured data set related to a transaction account including at least a non-payment identifier, at least one of a personal account number (PAN), and quantity of points affiliated with the non-payment identifier. Receiving a data signal from a consumer communication device, wherein the data signal may be superimposed with a tokenization request, the tokenization request including at least a non-payment identifier. Provisioning, by a generation module of the processing server, a token linking to the non-payment identifier. Transmitting, by a transmitting device of the processing server, the token linked to the non-payment identifier to the consumer communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Pia MAENPAA, Danielle Jean EININGER, Matthew HARRIS, Heather L. THOMAS