Patents by Inventor Houman Motaharian

Houman Motaharian 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: 10909533
    Abstract: A method of anonymously matching a buyer to a seller comprises receiving, at a server from the buyer, an approval model in byte code format, encrypting, by the seller, customer data to produce encrypted customer data, executing, by the server, the approval model using the encrypted customer data as an input, generating, by the server from the executed approval model, a transaction response, determining, by the server, that the transaction response comprises an approval of at least one product, publishing, to the server by the seller, the product lead, receiving, at the server from the buyer, an acceptance of the product lead based on the approval, and sending, by the server, the customer data to the buyer in response to receiving the acceptance of the product lead. The customer data can correspond to a product lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Stream Source Technologies
    Inventors: Tushar Srivastava, Prerit Srivastava, Mayank Tewari, Houman Motaharian
  • Publication number: 20200320619
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to systems and methods of detecting and preventing fraud in financial institution accounts. In various embodiments, data associated with tradelines may be received from credit reporting bureaus. The data may be used to generate a graph that represents a community of shared tradelines based on matches between attributes associated with tradelines such as account numbers or account type. A set of machine learning models can be trained using a training dataset to provide a set of rules that is optimized for evaluating the graph to detect synthetic identities. The set of rules can be evaluated against one or more nodes in the graph to determine whether an identity represented by each respective node in the graph is a synthetic identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: HOUMAN MOTAHARIAN, MENISH GUPTA
  • Publication number: 20200311808
    Abstract: A method of providing a loan credit to a customer before the customer requests the loan comprises obtaining, by a server, personal information for a customer by a credit broker application executing on the server, executing, on the server, a plurality of lender approval models using the personal information for the customer as input to each lender approval model, where each lender approval model is stored on the computer system in a byte code format as part of a private blockchain system, generating, by the server, a plurality of loan, evaluating, by a credit broker application executing on the server, the plurality of loan approvals based on a credit broker rule set, selecting, by the credit broker application, one of the loan approvals by the credit broker application, and presenting information to the customer comprising the terms of the selected loan approval by the credit broker application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Tushar SRIVASTAVA, Prerit SRIVASTAVA, Mayank TEWARI, Houman MOTAHARIAN
  • Patent number: 10789595
    Abstract: A consumer uses a web client to transmit purchase information associated with a transaction to a merchant server. The purchase information is transmitted via a web acceleration server. The web acceleration server identifies enhanced authorization data associated with the transaction. The web acceleration server creates a pseudo authorization message. The web acceleration server transmits the pseudo authorization message to a transaction account issuer. The merchant server transmits an authorization request to the transaction account issuer. The transaction account issuer determines that the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message are associated with the same transaction. The transaction account issuer merges the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message and performs a fraud analysis. The transaction account issuer transmits an authorization response to the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Marcel Leyva, Houman Motaharian, Robert Phelan, Hing Seng Too
  • Publication number: 20200294037
    Abstract: A method of anonymously matching a buyer to a seller comprises receiving, at a server from the buyer, an approval model in byte code format, encrypting, by the seller, customer data to produce encrypted customer data, executing, by the server, the approval model using the encrypted customer data as an input, generating, by the server from the executed approval model, a transaction response, determining, by the server, that the transaction response comprises an approval of at least one product, publishing, to the server by the seller, the product lead, receiving, at the server from the buyer, an acceptance of the product lead based on the approval, and sending, by the server, the customer data to the buyer in response to receiving the acceptance of the product lead. The customer data can correspond to a product lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Tushar SRIVASTAVA, Prerit SRIVASTAVA, Mayank TEWARI, Houman MOTAHARIAN
  • Patent number: 10643277
    Abstract: A system may detect an outstanding account of a borrower having an outstanding amount. The system may also display a loan-request interface associated with the outstanding account with the loan-request interface activated in response to the outstanding amount being within the dynamically calculated loan capacity. The system may receive an input via the loan-request interface to request a loan based on the outstanding amount. A request for the loan may be transmitted in response to the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Cecile Berta, Mehdi Esmail, Manish Gupta, Malerie Luciano, Houman Motaharian, Art Ricciardi, Aparna Sarin, Brett Sussman, Fernando Valdes
  • Patent number: 10475057
    Abstract: Systems and methods of improving the operation of a transaction network and transaction network devices is disclosed. A business size arbitration network host may comprise various modules and engines as discussed herein wherein the size of the business (e.g., aggregate value of sales) may be identified as being relatively large, whereby the transaction network may tailor the handling of a transaction of the business, such as by adjusting handling speed, fees, etc., whereby the transaction network may actively encourage use of transaction products and services by relatively large businesses, and/or such as by delivering value-added services, such as electronically provided advertisements and/or offers, and/or other credit and/or lending products, whereby the transaction network more properly functions according to approved parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Vernon Marshall, Houman Motaharian, Ashish Kapatia Sharma, Harry Singh, Ashwin Srinivasachary, Chao Yuan
  • Publication number: 20190087914
    Abstract: Systems and methods of improving the operation of a transaction network and transaction network devices is disclosed. A SBO identification network host may comprise various modules and engines as discussed herein wherein the probability that a cardholder is a small business owner may be evaluated for establishing proper usage of differentiated transaction instruments according to their proper purposes, marketing and cross-marketing of differentiated transaction instruments, and provision of value-added services. For instance, a probable SBO may be identified, whereby the SBO identification network network may tailor the handling of the transactions, such as by denying them, whereby the transaction network may actively deter misuse of transaction products, or tailor the handling of electronically delivered advertisements, such as by targeting them, whereby the SBO identification network more properly functions according to approved parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: VERNON MARSHALL, ARNAB BOSE, HOUMAN MOTAHARIAN, ASHISH KAPATIA SHARMA, SURABHI SINGHAL, CHAO YUAN
  • Patent number: 10152754
    Abstract: Systems and methods of improving the operation of a transaction network and transaction network devices is disclosed. A SBO identification network host may comprise various modules and engines as discussed herein wherein the probability that a cardholder is a small business owner may be evaluated for establishing proper usage of differentiated transaction instruments according to their proper purposes, marketing and cross-marketing of differentiated transaction instruments, and provision of value-added services. For instance, a probable SBO may be identified, whereby the SBO identification network network may tailor the handling of the transactions, such as by denying them, whereby the transaction network may actively deter misuse of transaction products, or tailor the handling of electronically delivered advertisements, such as by targeting them, whereby the SBO identification network more properly functions according to approved parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Vernon Marshall, Arnab Bose, Houman Motaharian, Ashish Kapatia Sharma, Surabhi Singhal, Chao Yuan
  • Publication number: 20170270603
    Abstract: A system may detect an outstanding account of a borrower having an outstanding amount. The system may also display a loan-request interface associated with the outstanding account with the loan-request interface activated in response to the outstanding amount being within the dynamically calculated loan capacity. The system may receive an input via the loan-request interface to request a loan based on the outstanding amount. A request for the loan may be transmitted in response to the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Cecile Berta, Mehdi Esmail, Manish Gupta, Malerie Luciano, Houman Motaharian, Art Ricciardi, Aparna Sarin, Brett Sussman, Fernando Valdes
  • Publication number: 20170228736
    Abstract: A consumer uses a web client to transmit purchase information associated with a transaction to a merchant server. The purchase information is transmitted via a web acceleration server. The web acceleration server identifies enhanced authorization data associated with the transaction. The web acceleration server creates a pseudo authorization message. The web acceleration server transmits the pseudo authorization message to a transaction account issuer. The merchant server transmits an authorization request to the transaction account issuer. The transaction account issuer determines that the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message are associated with the same transaction. The transaction account issuer merges the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message and performs a fraud analysis. The transaction account issuer transmits an authorization response to the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Leyva, Houman Motaharian, Robert Phelan, Hing Seng Too
  • Publication number: 20170193534
    Abstract: Systems and methods of improving the operation of a transaction network and transaction network devices is disclosed. A business size arbitration network host may comprise various modules and engines as discussed herein wherein the size of the business (e.g., aggregate value of sales) may be identified as being relatively large, whereby the transaction network may tailor the handling of a transaction of the business, such as by adjusting handling speed, fees, etc., whereby the transaction network may actively encourage use of transaction products and services by relatively large businesses, and/or such as by delivering value-added services, such as electronically provided advertisements and/or offers, and/or other credit and/or lending products, whereby the transaction network more properly functions according to approved parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Vernon Marshall, Houman Motaharian, Ashish Kapatia Sharma, Harry Singh, Ashwin Srinivasachary, Chao Yuan
  • Publication number: 20170161842
    Abstract: Systems and methods of improving the operation of a transaction network and transaction network devices is disclosed. A SBO identification network host may comprise various modules and engines as discussed herein wherein the probability that a cardholder is a small business owner may be evaluated for establishing proper usage of differentiated transaction instruments according to their proper purposes, marketing and cross-marketing of differentiated transaction instruments, and provision of value-added services. For instance, a probable SBO may be identified, whereby the SBO identification network network may tailor the handling of the transactions, such as by denying them, whereby the transaction network may actively deter misuse of transaction products, or tailor the handling of electronically delivered advertisements, such as by targeting them, whereby the SBO identification network more properly functions according to approved parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: VERNON MARSHALL, ARNAB BOSE, HOUMAN MOTAHARIAN, ASHISH KAPATIA SHARMA, SURABHI SINGHAL, CHAO YUAN
  • Patent number: 9665869
    Abstract: A consumer uses a web client to transmit purchase information associated with a transaction to a merchant server. The purchase information is transmitted via a web acceleration server. The web acceleration server identifies enhanced authorization data associated with the transaction. The web acceleration server creates a pseudo authorization message. The web acceleration server transmits the pseudo authorization message to a transaction account issuer. The merchant server transmits an authorization request to the transaction account issuer. The transaction account issuer determines that the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message are associated with the same transaction. The transaction account issuer merges the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message and performs a fraud analysis. The transaction account issuer transmits an authorization response to the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Marcel Leyva, Houman Motaharian, Robert Phelan, Hing Seng Too
  • Publication number: 20140201082
    Abstract: A consumer uses a web client to transmit purchase information associated with a transaction to a merchant server. The purchase information is transmitted via a web acceleration server. The web acceleration server identifies enhanced authorization data associated with the transaction. The web acceleration server creates a pseudo authorization message. The web acceleration server transmits the pseudo authorization message to a transaction account issuer. The merchant server transmits an authorization request to the transaction account issuer. The transaction account issuer determines that the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message are associated with the same transaction. The transaction account issuer merges the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message and performs a fraud analysis. The transaction account issuer transmits an authorization response to the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Leyva, Houman Motaharian, Robert Phelan, Hing Seng Too
  • Patent number: 8719167
    Abstract: A consumer uses a web client to transmit purchase information associated with a transaction to a merchant server. The purchase information is transmitted via a web acceleration server. The web acceleration server identifies enhanced authorization data associated with the transaction. The web acceleration server creates a pseudo authorization message. The web acceleration server transmits the pseudo authorization message to a transaction account issuer. The merchant server transmits an authorization request to the transaction account issuer. The transaction account issuer determines that the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message are associated with the same transaction. The transaction account issuer merges the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message and performs a fraud analysis. The transaction account issuer transmits an authorization response to the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Leyva, Houman Motaharian, Robert Phelan, Hing Seng Too
  • Patent number: 8650120
    Abstract: A consumer uses a web client to transmit purchase information associated with a transaction to a merchant server. The purchase information is transmitted via a web acceleration server. The web acceleration server identifies enhanced authorization data associated with the transaction. The web acceleration server creates a pseudo authorization message. The web acceleration server transmits the pseudo authorization message to a transaction account issuer. The merchant server transmits an authorization request to the transaction account issuer. The transaction account issuer determines that the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message are associated with the same transaction. The transaction account issuer merges the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message and performs a fraud analysis. The transaction account issuer transmits an authorization response to the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Leyva, Houman Motaharian, Robert Phelan, Hing Seng Too
  • Publication number: 20130232069
    Abstract: A consumer uses a web client to transmit purchase information associated with a transaction to a merchant server. The purchase information is transmitted via a web acceleration server. The web acceleration server identifies enhanced authorization data associated with the transaction. The web acceleration server creates a pseudo authorization message. The web acceleration server transmits the pseudo authorization message to a transaction account issuer. The merchant server transmits an authorization request to the transaction account issuer. The transaction account issuer determines that the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message are associated with the same transaction. The transaction account issuer merges the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message and performs a fraud analysis. The transaction account issuer transmits an authorization response to the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Leyva, Houman Motaharian, Robert Phelan, Hing Seng Too
  • Publication number: 20130232068
    Abstract: A consumer uses a web client to transmit purchase information associated with a transaction to a merchant server. The purchase information is transmitted via a web acceleration server. The web acceleration server identifies enhanced authorization data associated with the transaction. The web acceleration server creates a pseudo authorization message. The web acceleration server transmits the pseudo authorization message to a transaction account issuer. The merchant server transmits an authorization request to the transaction account issuer. The transaction account issuer determines that the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message are associated with the same transaction. The transaction account issuer merges the authorization request and the pseudo authorization message and performs a fraud analysis. The transaction account issuer transmits an authorization response to the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Leyva, Houman Motaharian, Robert Phelan, Hing Seng Too