Patents by Inventor Howard Spector

Howard Spector 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: 20230315546
    Abstract: Systems and methods for moving, reconciling, and aggregating data from mainframe computers to hybrid cloud are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Tayo IBIKUNLE, Vishnuvardhan PONDUGULA, Mizan MIAH, Howard SPECTOR, Ashok REDDY, Arun SUBRAMANIAN, Raghu VUDATHU, Anupam ARORA
  • Publication number: 20230316268
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cross-platform conversion and exchange of virtual assets are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving, at an external application programming interface (API) gateway of a financial institution backend, an API call, including completed-objective data from an entertainment platform, wherein the completed-objective data represents an in-game objective completed by a user of the entertainment platform; processing, as input to a conversion engine, the completed objective data, wherein the conversion engine includes a conversion table, and wherein the conversion table includes conversion rates that specify a value of the in-game objective in a plurality of different assets; crediting the value of the in-game objective to an account of the user; and displaying, as output of the conversion engine, the value of the in-game objective in the plurality of different assets to the user in electronic form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Dave CAREY, Howard SPECTOR, Peter G. COSTANZO
  • Patent number: 11776012
    Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: providing a host application that provides a native service of a host organization to an end user of the application, and wherein the application integrates and provides an augmented reality service of a third party to the end user of the application; determining, by the data center of the host organization, a location-relevant incentive offer based on location telemetry data; sending the location-relevant incentive offer to a data center of the third party; monitoring, by the data center of the third party, the physical location of the end user; sending to the augmented reality service, the location-relevant incentive offer; and presenting, by the augmented reality service and to the end user via the application, the location-relevant incentive offer when the end user is within a predefined proximity to a vendor associated with the location-relevant incentive offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Dave Carey, Howard Spector, Peter G Costanzo
  • Publication number: 20230306411
    Abstract: System and methods for managing third party tokens and transaction across issuer ecosystems are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing device comprising at least one computer processor, a method for managing payment tokens may include: (1) a first computer program associated with a financial institution and executed by the information processing device accessing a payment token associated with a second computer program executed by the information processing device; (2) the first computer program identifying the payment token as associated with a financial instrument issued by the financial institution; (3) a backend for the financial institution generating an association between the payment token and the financial institution; and (4) the backend for the financial institution communicating the association to an authorization platform for the financial institution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tuan DAO, Howard SPECTOR, Craig MULLANEY, Ayman HAMMAD, Stanley M. DeVAN, Soumyajit GHOSH, Sangameswara PANCHOMARTHI
  • Publication number: 20230306410
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating custom products using configurable services platforms are disclosed. A method for generating a custom financial instrument may include: (1) uploading, by a custom card engine computer program executed by a backend electronic device, a plurality of options for financial instrument features to a database; (2) presenting, by the custom card engine computer program, the plurality of options for financial instrument features to a customer on a customer electronic device; (3) receiving, by the custom card engine computer program, a selection of a subset of the plurality of options for financial instrument features from the customer electronic device; (4) generating, by the custom card engine computer program, a custom financial instrument based on the subset of the plurality of options for financial instrument features; and (5) issuing, by the custom card engine computer program, the custom financial instrument to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Priya ELAMBARUTHI, Natalie M. ROCCO, Priti NAIK, John F. MICHENER, Howard SPECTOR
  • Patent number: 11763313
    Abstract: Systems and methods for issuer-specified domain control on a payment instrument are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for issuer-specified domain controls on a payment instrument may include: (1) receiving, from an issuer of a financial instrument, an identification of a domain control or restriction on a payment token for the financial instrument, the domain control or restriction to be applied by the issuer; (2) requesting generation of the payment token with a pass-through indicator from a token service provider; (3) receiving, from the token service provider, the payment token; and (4) storing an association of the domain control or restriction and the payment token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Craig M. Mullaney, Howard Spector, Scott H. Ouellette, Tuan Dao, David G. Seeney
  • Patent number: 11756113
    Abstract: Systems and methods for conducting person to person (P2P) transactions using points are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for person-to-person reward points gifting may include: (1) receiving, from a bank customer, a request to issue a reward points gift to a gift recipient, the request identifying gift recipient contact information for the gift recipient and a reward points amount; (2) sending a notification to the gift recipient contact information for the gift recipient to log in a gift recipient account to redeem the reward points gift; and (3) transferring the reward points amount to a gift recipient reward points account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: David Christopher Carey, Syed Rizwan Ali, Howard Spector, Amit Rajwani, Rajini Kakarla, Tuan Dao, Ashok Reddy, Mizan Miah, Sangameswara Rao Panchomarthi
  • Patent number: 11748725
    Abstract: Systems and methods for online billpay using credit products are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for online billpay using a credit product may include: (1) receiving, from a customer, an identification of a merchant for online credit-based bill pay; (2) retrieving accepted payment mechanisms from the merchant; (3) selecting a payment mechanism from the accepted payment mechanisms; (4) receiving an invoice for a customer transaction with the merchant from the merchant; (5) conducting a payment transaction with the selected payment mechanism; and (6) charging the payment transaction to a credit account associated with the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Howard Spector, Krishna K. Bhagavatula, Scott H. Ouellette, Winter P. Ng, Devin C. Moore
  • Patent number: 11727389
    Abstract: System and methods for managing third party tokens and transaction across issuer ecosystems are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing device comprising at least one computer processor, a method for managing payment tokens may include: (1) a first computer program associated with a financial institution and executed by the information processing device accessing a payment token associated with a second computer program executed by the information processing device; (2) the first computer program identifying the payment token as associated with a financial instrument issued by the financial institution; (3) a backend for the financial institution generating an association between the payment token and the financial institution; and (4) the backend for the financial institution communicating the association to an authorization platform for the financial institution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Tuan Dao, Howard Spector, Craig Mullaney, Ayman Hammad, Stanley M. Devan, Soumyajit Ghosh, Sangameswara Panchomarthi
  • Publication number: 20230196338
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic inclusion of enhanced data in transactions are disclosed. According to another embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for conducting a mobile wallet payment with dynamic enhanced data using a mobile payment application may include: (1) receiving, from a merchant point of transaction device, a transaction request from a mobile payment application executed by a mobile electronic device, the transaction request comprising a unique identifier for a financial instrument provisioned to a mobile wallet computer application and a payment option selection; and (2) processing the transaction request according to the payment option selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Howard SPECTOR, Allison BEER, Craig M. MULLANEY, Vimal BRAHMBHATT, Brent SAMUELS
  • Patent number: 11681826
    Abstract: Systems and methods for protection of data across multiple users and devices are disclosed. According to one embodiment, in privacy server comprising at least one computer processor, a method for protection of data across multiple users and devices may include: (1) receiving, from a first user device, a data sharing permission for the first user device and a data sharing permission for a second user device, the first user device and the second user device associated with the same user; (2) provisioning the data sharing permission for the second user device; and (3) communicating the provisioned data sharing permission to the second user device, wherein the second user device shares data with the first user device according to the provisioned data sharing permission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Tuan Dao, Howard Spector, Jeremy F. Bennett, Rod Bachelor, Pavan Mummareddi, Ralph Darmo
  • Publication number: 20230186283
    Abstract: Systems and methods for systems and methods for cryptocurrency checkout are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method may include a financial institution backend: receiving, from a merchant backend, control of a checkout flow for a transaction comprising an identification of a good or service to purchase, wherein the merchant backend accepts payment in cryptocurrency; receiving login credentials for the customer from the computer program; retrieving a plurality of customer accounts for the customer; receiving selection of one or more of the plurality of customer accounts to fund the cryptocurrency for the transaction; deducting a payment amount for the transaction from the one or more selected customer accounts; confirming payment to the merchant backend; returning control of the checkout flow to the merchant backend, wherein the merchant backend completes the transaction with the customer; and settling the transaction by providing a settlement amount in cryptocurrency to the merchant backend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: David Christopher CAREY, Howard SPECTOR, Peter G. COSTANZO, Sudhir UPADHYAY
  • Publication number: 20230177563
    Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: providing a host application that provides a native service of a host organization to an end user of the application, and wherein the application integrates and provides an augmented reality service of a third party to the end user of the application; determining, by the data center of the host organization, a location-relevant incentive offer based on location telemetry data; sending the location-relevant incentive offer to a data center of the third party; monitoring, by the data center of the third party, the physical location of the end user; sending to the augmented reality service, the location-relevant incentive offer; and presenting, by the augmented reality service and to the end user via the application, the location-relevant incentive offer when the end user is within a predefined proximity to a vendor associated with the location-relevant incentive offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Dave CAREY, Howard SPECTOR, Peter G COSTANZO
  • Publication number: 20230153795
    Abstract: Systems and methods for use and management of issuer-provided payment tokens are disclosed. A method may include: receiving, at a financial institution computer program executed by a backend for a financial institution, a request for a payment token for a primary account number (PAN) from a token requestor computer program; requesting, by the financial institution computer program, the payment token for the PAN from a token provider, wherein the token provider is configured to generate the payment token and store a mapping of the PAN to the payment token in a token provider token vault; receiving, by the financial institution computer program and from the token provider, the payment token; storing, by the financial institution computer program, the mapping of the PAN to the payment token in a financial institution token vault; and returning, by the financial institution computer program, the payment token to the token requestor computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: John D MOORE, Dave CAREY, Howard SPECTOR
  • Patent number: 11652795
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing pre-emptive intercept warning for online privacy or security are disclosed. In one embodiment, at a privacy security appliance comprising at least one computer processor, a method for may include: (1) establishing a virtual private network (VPN) connection with a computer application executed by a client device; (2) receiving, over the VPN connection, an internet protocol (e.g., HTTP or HTTPS) request for a website host; (3) communicating the internet protocol request to the website host; (4) receiving a response to the internet protocol request from the website host; (5) inspecting the response for privacy or security issues with embedded links in the response; (6) scoring the embedded links based on the inspection; (7) generating a mock webpage based on the response comprising the scoring for the embedded links; and (8) delivering the mock webpage with the scoring to the application over the VPN. The mock webpage may include links to the embedded links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Tuan Dao, Howard Spector
  • Patent number: 11620639
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic inclusion of enhanced data in transactions are disclosed. According to another embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for conducting a mobile wallet payment with dynamic enhanced data using a mobile payment application may include: (1) receiving, from a merchant point of transaction device, a transaction request from a mobile payment application executed by a mobile electronic device, the transaction request comprising a unique identifier for a financial instrument provisioned to a mobile wallet computer application and a payment option selection; and (2) processing the transaction request according to the payment option selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Howard Spector, Allison Beer, Craig Mullaney, Vimal Brahmbhatt, Brent Samuels
  • Publication number: 20230094243
    Abstract: Systems and methods for digital identity verification are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for digital identify verification may include: (1) receiving, from a user electronic device or at a website, an image of an identity document for a user, the identity document comprising an image of the user; (2) processing the identity document with at least one business-specific rule; (3) extracting identity information from the identity document; (4) determining a match rate of the image of the user on the identity document to a captured image; (5) assigning a verification score to the user based on extracted identity information and the match rate; and (6) publishing the verification score to at least one system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Howard SPECTOR, Jasbir BANGA, Allison BEER, Meena PINTO, Michael S. HARTMAN, Dennis BOWERS, Pio ABATE
  • Publication number: 20230081810
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mobile wallet payments are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for conducting a payment using an electronic wallet may include: (1) a mobile application receiving a selection of an alternate payment currency; the mobile application receiving a payment payload from an issuer; the mobile application providing the selection of the alternate payment currency and an identifier to the issuer; and the mobile application providing the payment payload and the identifier to a merchant host. The merchant host may communicate the identifier to the issuer, and the issuer may identify selection of the alternate payment currency based on the identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Howard SPECTOR, Eric CONNOLLY, John D MOORE, Nancy E HIEBLER, Michael NAGGAR, Ayman A HAMMAD, Tuan DAO, Venkata MARANANI
  • Publication number: 20230081875
    Abstract: Method and systems for facilitating cashless payments by using a smart phone without a requirement for any of a mobile application, an exchange of personally identifying information, or a payee account are provided. The method includes: receiving an identification number that corresponds to a request for payment submitted by a potential payee; retrieving, based on the identification number, identifying information that corresponds to an account associated with a potential payor; transmitting, to the potential payor, a first message that includes a request for a payment amount; receiving, from the potential payor, a second message that includes a confirmation and the payment amount; validating the request for payment; transferring, to the potential payee, a cookie that is associated with the requested payment amount; and when a confirmation that the requested payment has been completed is received, transmitting, to the payor, a confirmation that the payment has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Howard SPECTOR
  • Publication number: 20230076359
    Abstract: Systems and methods for issuer-specified domain control on a payment instrument are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for issuer-specified domain controls on a payment instrument may include: (1) receiving, from an issuer of a financial instrument, an identification of a domain control or restriction on a payment token for the financial instrument, the domain control or restriction to be applied by the issuer; (2) requesting generation of the payment token with a pass-through indicator from a token service provider; (3) receiving, from the token service provider, the payment token; and (4) storing an association of the domain control or restriction and the payment token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Craig M. MULLANEY, Howard SPECTOR, Scott H. OUELLETTE, Tuan DAO, David G. SEENEY