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: 20220172197
    Abstract: A method for inline passive payment may include a passive payment computer program: (1) identifying a communication from an electronic device associated with a customer for a merchant backend; (2) intercepting the communication; (3) generating a unique identifier for the communication; (4) communicating the unique identifier to an issuer backend associated with the customer; (5) anonymizing the customer and/or the electronic device in the communication; and (6) routing the anonymized communication to the merchant backend with the unique identifier. The wherein the merchant backend is configured to request payment for a transaction involving the electronic device by providing transaction information and the unique identifier to the issuer backend, and the issuer backend is configured to issue a guarantee of payment for the merchant backend for the transaction using the unique identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventor: Howard SPECTOR
  • Publication number: 20220156708
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented system and method for receiving at a business an electronic person to business (P2B) payment from an individual. The method may comprise the steps of contacting an individual having a demand deposit account (DDA) to request the P2B payment in an amount that is due to the business; providing a designated electronic address for the business for receiving the P2B payment; identifying a reference number that is associated with the P2B payment; requesting the individual to use a P2B payment server to make the P2B payment from the individual's DDA account to the designated electronic address, wherein the P2B payment is associated with the reference number; monitoring the P2B payment server in real time to confirm receipt of the P2B payment; and using the reference number to apply the received P2B payment to the amount that is due to the business.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Brent J. BAHNUB, Howard SPECTOR
  • Patent number: 11334903
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing expedited promotions are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include (1) a financial institution server comprising at least one computer processor receiving, from a merchant, a transaction comprising an identification of a good or service, a customer financial instrument issued by the financial institution, and a promotion identifier; (2) the financial institution server retrieving a promotion associated with the promotion identifier; (3) the financial institution server approving the transaction with the financial instrument; and (4) the financial institution server automatically applying the promotion to the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Howard Spector, Dennis Bowers, Gerald Francis Barks, III, Kim Tate, Brian J. Smyth
  • Publication number: 20220101328
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for assigning a transaction risk score are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for generating a transaction risk score may include: (1) receiving, by a transaction scoring service computer program and from an electronic device, a merchant URL that is being accessed by an application or a browser executed on the electronic device; (2) retrieving, by the transaction scoring service computer program, a plurality of transactions involving the merchant URL; (3) generating, by the transaction scoring service computer program, a risk score for the merchant URL based on the plurality of transactions; (4) generating, by the transaction scoring service computer program, a warning in response to the risk score exceeding a predetermined threshold; and (5) communicating, by the transaction scoring service computer program, the warning to the application or the browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Ralph DARMO, Jeremiah C. OLVER, Tuan DAO, Howard SPECTOR, Scott H. OUELLETTE, Craig M. MULLANEY, Donna BEATTY
  • Patent number: 11288398
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for obfuscation of browser fingerprint data are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method may include: (1) receiving an electronic communication from an electronic device to a destination; (2) identifying a raw device fingerprint value in the electronic communication from an electronic device; (3) selecting at least one replacement value for the raw device fingerprint value; (4) replacing the raw device fingerprint value with the replacement value in the electronic communication; and (5) sending the electronic communication with the replacement value to the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Jeremy F. Bennett, Rod Bachelor, Andrew Grignon, Howard Spector, Ralph Darmo, Christopher Choi, Jeffrey E Miller, Hallie Huggins, Tuan Dao
  • Publication number: 20220066932
    Abstract: A method for facilitating predictive caching of data is provided. The method includes retrieving raw data relating to user activity for a plurality of users, the user activity including a history of web resources accessed by a user; converting the raw data into a structured data set based on a predetermined criterion; generating a model based on the structured data set; training the model by using a training data set, the training data set including the user activity for a predetermined period of time; determining, by using the trained model, a predicted first web resource for the user; and automatically caching, in a memory, the predicted first web resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ramin KOCH, Eric-Andre VIGROUX, Liang ZHOU, Mathieu CLICHE, Yihui TANG, Howard SPECTOR, Rebecca SETTING, Neil V O'DONNELL, Su AMARATUNGA, Andy HOUSTON, Timothy LORENZ
  • Patent number: 11257053
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented system and method for receiving at a business an electronic person to business (P2B) payment from an individual. The method may comprise the steps of contacting an individual having a demand deposit account (DDA) to request the P2B payment in an amount that is due to the business; providing a designated electronic address for the business for receiving the P2B payment; identifying a reference number that is associated with the P2B payment; requesting the individual to use a P2B payment server to make the P2B payment from the individual's DDA account to the designated electronic address, wherein the P2B payment is associated with the reference number; monitoring the P2B payment server in real time to confirm receipt of the P2B payment; and using the reference number to apply the received P2B payment to the amount that is due to the business.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Brent J. Bahnub, Howard Spector
  • Patent number: 11252140
    Abstract: Systems and methods for securely calling APIs on an API gateway from applications that need first party authentication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include: (1) receiving, from a protected service, an authentication system token/cookie identifier, a first plurality of user identifying attributes, and a request to create an oAuth access token; (2) creating an attribute string; (3) encrypting the attribute string with a private key, resulting in the oAuth access token; (4) sending the oAuth access token to the first party computer application; (5) receiving, from the first party computer application, a request to access a backend service, a second plurality of user identifying attributes, and the oAuth access token; (6) decrypting the oAuth access token; (7) validating the decrypted oAuth access token; (8) inserting the authentication system token/cookie identifier into the request to access; and (9) communicating the request to the backend service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Raghuram Vudathu, Howard Spector
  • Publication number: 20220027892
    Abstract: System and methods for supporting legacy and tokenized transactions are disclosed. According to one embodiment, in an information processing device comprising at least one computer processor, a method for selecting an electronic payment credential to communicate to a merchant, may include (1) an electronic wallet backend receiving a plurality of payment credentials associated with a payment account; (2) the electronic wallet backend receiving a credential capability for a merchant; (3) the electronic wallet backend selecting one of the payment credentials for a transaction with the merchant based on the credential capability; and (4) the electronic wallet backend communicating the selected payment credential to a point of transaction device for the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Howard SPECTOR, Allison BEER, Christina SHEPPARD, Scott H. OUELLETTE, Jason CARLYLE, Tu P. LE
  • Publication number: 20210377302
    Abstract: Systems and methods for preventing the fraudulent sending of data from a computer application to a malicious third party are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for preventing a computer application from sending data to an unauthorized website may include: (1) receiving, at a computer application executed by an electronic device and from a first website, an identification of a second website for receiving data from the computer application; (2) providing, by the computer application and to a certificate authority, the identification of the second website, wherein the certificate authority validates that the second website is on a list of allowed websites for the first website; (3) receiving, by the computer application and from the certificate authority, validation; and (4) communicating, by the computer application, the data to the second website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Howard SPECTOR, Glenn GRAY, Paul YACOVETTA, Jin WEN, Donald B. ROBERTS, Matthew CERINI
  • Patent number: 11138589
    Abstract: System and methods for supporting legacy and tokenized transactions are disclosed. According to one embodiment, in an information processing device comprising at least one computer processor, a method for selecting an electronic payment credential to communicate to a merchant, may include (1) an electronic wallet backend receiving a plurality of payment credentials associated with a payment account; (2) the electronic wallet backend receiving a credential capability for a merchant; (3) the electronic wallet backend selecting one of the payment credentials for a transaction with the merchant based on the credential capability; and (4) the electronic wallet backend communicating the selected payment credential to a point of transaction device for the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Howard Spector, Allison Beer, Christina Sheppard, Scott H. Ouellette, Jason Carlyle, Tu P. Le
  • Patent number: 11122056
    Abstract: In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for binding a GET/AUTHORIZE URL to a proxy through a native application may include: (1) receiving, at a native application executed by an electronic device, an applink call or a universal link call from a third-party application executed by the electronic device, the redirect comprising at least one parameter; (2) providing a Get/Authorize call with the at least one parameter to an API gateway; (3) receiving a 302 redirect from the API gateway; (4) providing authentication information to an authorization platform; (5) receiving an authorization code from the authorization platform; and (6) redirecting the third-party application with the redirect URL and authorization code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Gayathri Sundar, Howard Spector, Rajitha Dissanayake
  • Patent number: 11107067
    Abstract: Systems and methods real-time application configuration for NFC transactions using a secure-element based wallet are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing device comprising at least one computer processor, a method for application configuration for NFC transactions may include: (1) a computer application executed by the information processing device receiving a selection of a provisioned financial instrument and a payment feature; (2) the computer application identifying a directory entry for the provisioned financial instrument having the selected payment feature; and (3) the computer application modifying an application priority indicator in the identified directory entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Tuan Dao, Howard Spector
  • Publication number: 20210173960
    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: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Tuan DAO, Howard SPECTOR, Jeremy F. BENNETT, Rod BACHELOR, Pavan MUMMAREDDI, Ralph DARMO
  • Publication number: 20210166258
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing expedited promotions are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include (1) a financial institution server comprising at least one computer processor receiving, from a merchant, a transaction comprising an identification of a good or service, a customer financial instrument issued by the financial institution, and a promotion identifier; (2) the financial institution server retrieving a promotion associated with the promotion identifier; (3) the financial institution server approving the transaction with the financial instrument; and (4) the financial institution server automatically applying the promotion to the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Howard SPECTOR, Dennis BOWERS, Gerald Francis BARKS, III, Kim TATE, Brian J. SMYTH
  • Publication number: 20210160215
    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: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Tuan DAO, Howard SPECTOR
  • Publication number: 20210125273
    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: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: David Christopher CAREY, Syed Rizwan ALI, Howard SPECTOR, Amit RAJWANI, Rajini KAKARLA, Tuan DAO, Ashok REDDY, Mizan MIAH, Sangameswara Rao PANCHOMARTHI
  • Publication number: 20210117250
    Abstract: A mobile computer application may (1) access a financial institution mobile application to determine if there is an account that is eligible for provisioning to the mobile computer application; (2) initiate a secure session with the financial institution backend in response to a determination that there is an account eligible for provisioning to the mobile computer application; (3) request an identification of an account that is eligible for provisioning to the mobile computer application from the financial institution backend; (4) receive a pointer to an account that is eligible for provisioning to the mobile computer application from the financial institution backend; (5) display an icon for the eligible account; (6) receive a selection of the icon; (7) return the pointer to the financial institution backend; (8) receive a provisioning payload for the eligible account from the financial institution backend; and (9) initiate in-application provisioning of the eligible account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Howard SPECTOR, David Christopher CAREY, Indeevara H. DE SILVA, Sridhar ARAVAMUDHAN
  • Publication number: 20210081929
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating payment application provisioning and transacting are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for provisioning a token to a third party payment application on a mobile device may include (1) receiving a logon from a customer using a mobile application for a financial institution executed on a mobile device and a device identifier for the mobile device; (2) receiving a request to provision a token for a third party payment application; (3) authenticating the customer using the logon information and the device identifier; (4) provisioning a token for a payment device associated with the customer; and (5) providing the token to the third party payment application for transaction processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Howard SPECTOR, Scott OUELLETTE, Brian J. SMYTH, Christina SHEPPARD, Gavin MICHAEL, Sih X. LEE, Kelly DEMPSKI, Tim J. PARSEY, Andrew SLOPER, Ken WIMBERELY, Laura X. WANG, Shadman ZAFAR
  • Patent number: 10943247
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing expedited promotions are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include (1) a financial institution server comprising at least one computer processor receiving, from a merchant, a transaction comprising an identification of a good or service, a customer financial instrument issued by the financial institution, and a promotion identifier; (2) the financial institution server retrieving a promotion associated with the promotion identifier; (3) the financial institution server approving the transaction with the financial instrument; and (4) the financial institution server automatically applying the promotion to the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Howard Spector, Dennis Bowers, Gerald Francis Barks, III, Kim Tate, Brian J. Smyth