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: 20190370768
    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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Howard SPECTOR, Krishna K. BHAGAVATULA, Scott H. OUELLETTE, Winter P. NG, Devin C. MOORE
  • Publication number: 20190251565
    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: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Craig M. Mullaney, Howard Spector, Scott H. Ouellette, Tuan Dao, David G. Seeney
  • Publication number: 20190066095
    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: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Howard Spector, Eric L. Connolly, John D. Moore, Nancy E. Hiebler, Michael Naggar, Ayman Hammad, Tuan Dao, Venkat Maranani
  • Patent number: 10204337
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a wallet vault in communication with a financial payment network and a wallet in a customer device. Token information is generated and stored and corresponds to customer information and a payment product of the customer. The token information is output in an encrypted format from the wallet to a merchant website loaded on the customer device or a merchant application installed on the customer device, and then routed to the wallet vault. The token information may ultimately be routed to a financial entity to process the transaction. In such manner, a transaction may be authorized but the merchant does not receive the customer's unencrypted payment product information for such authorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Howard Spector, Hugh Tamassia, Brian Smyth, Joseph William Stanish, Reetika Grewal, Vincent R. D'Agostino, Russ Mahy, Scott Hollis Ouellette, Sherry Ann Allen, Dan Poswolsky
  • Publication number: 20180357635
    Abstract: Systems and methods for activating and using dynamic cards are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for activating a dynamic transaction instrument may include: (1) receiving, from an electronic device, an identification of an inactive financial instrument to activate; (2) receiving, from the electronic device, at least one parameter that restricts the use of the inactive financial instrument after it is activated; and (3) activating the inactive financial instrument subject to the at least one parameter by associating, at a backend, an account with the inactive financial instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: James P. White, III, Eric Han Kai Chang, Howard Spector, William F. Mann, III
  • Publication number: 20180349882
    Abstract: Systems and methods for account agnostic transaction routing are disclosed. According to one embodiment, in an information processing device comprising at least one computer processor, a method for account agnostic transaction routing may include: (1) receiving an identifier for a first financial instrument for a transaction being conducted at a point of transaction; (2) retrieving a plurality of financial instruments associated with the identifier, the plurality of financial instruments comprising the first financial instrument; (3) retrieving at least one transaction routing rule associated with the plurality of financial instruments, the transaction routing rule specifying a condition for using one of the plurality of financial instruments; (4) identifying one of the plurality of financial instruments for conducting the transaction based on the transaction and the transaction routing rule; and (5) settling the transaction with the identified financial instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: James P. White, III, Eric Han Kai Chang, Howard Spector, William F. Mann, III
  • Publication number: 20180349888
    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: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Tuan Dao, Howard Spector
  • Publication number: 20180308096
    Abstract: System and methods for conducting transactions using a surrogate PIN are disclosed. In one embodiment, at a mobile payment platform comprising at least one computer processor, a method for conducting a transaction may include: (1) receiving an identification of a debit-based payment instrument from an electronic wallet; (2) receiving, from a payment switch, a token for the debit-based payment instrument and a limited use key; (3) associating the token and limited use key with the debit-based payment instrument; and (4) providing the token and limited use key to a digital payment platform for transacting. A surrogate PIN may be provided to a debit payment network from one of the payment switch and a digital payment platform for an issuer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: Howard Spector
  • Publication number: 20180268399
    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: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Howard Spector, Allison Beer, Christina Sheppard, Scott H. Ouellette, Jason Carlyle, Tu P. Le
  • Publication number: 20180253705
    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 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Howard Spector, Allison Beer, Craig Mullaney, Vimal Brahmbhatt, Brent Samuels
  • Publication number: 20180218344
    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: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Brent J. BAHNUB, Howard SPECTOR
  • Patent number: 10002351
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a wallet vault, in the form of a tangibly embodied processing machine, disposed in communication with a financial payment network and a wallet in a customer device. Token information is generated and stored and corresponds to a payment product of the customer. The token information is output from the customer device by the wallet, to a merchant POS system, and routed to the wallet vault. At the wallet vault, the token information is used to retrieve the customer's payment product information and then output by the wallet vault for approval by the appropriate financial entity. In such manner, a transaction may be authorized but the merchant does not receive the customer's payment product information for such authorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Howard Spector, Hugh Tamassia, Brian Smyth, Joseph William Stanish, Reetika Grewal, Vincent R. D'Agostino, Russ Mahy, Scott Hollis Ouellette, Sherry Ann Allen, Dan Poswolsky
  • Patent number: 9275387
    Abstract: The invention provides a wallet vault, in the form of a tangibly embodied processing machine, disposed in communication with a financial payment network, the wallet vault comprising a communication portion and a processing portion. The processing portion may perform processing including storing token information of a customer and real credentials of the customer, the token information associated with the real credentials of the customer, the real credentials constituted by an account number of the customer; inputting the token information with transaction ID information from a processing entity in the financial network, the token information with transaction ID information generated by a merchant processing a transaction for the customer; associating the token information of the customer with the real credentials of the customer; and outputting the associated real credentials with the transaction ID information to the processing entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: JPMOGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Howard Spector, Hugh Tamassia, Brian Smyth, Joseph William Stanish, Reetika Grewal, Vincent R. D'Agostino, Russ Mahy, Scott Hollis Ouellette, Sherry Ann Allen, Dan Poswolsky
  • Patent number: 9195984
    Abstract: The invention provides a wallet vault, in the form of a tangibly embodied processing machine, disposed in communication with a financial payment network, the wallet vault comprising a communication portion that inputs and outputs information and a processing portion. The processing portion may perform processing including storing token information of a customer and real credentials of the customer, the token information associated with the real credentials of the customer, the real credentials constituted by an account number of the customer; inputting the token information with transaction ID information from a processing entity in the financial network, the token information with transaction ID information generated by a merchant processing a transaction for the customer; associating the token information of the customer with the real credentials of the customer; and outputting the associated real credentials with the transaction ID information to the processing entity in the financial network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Howard Spector, Hugh Tamassia, Brian Smyth, Joseph William Stanish, Reetika Grewal, Vincent R. D'Agostino, Russ Mahy, Scott Hollis Ouellette, Sherry Ann Allen, Dan Poswolsky