Patents by Inventor J. Hastings Granbery

J. Hastings Granbery 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: 11687905
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for transactions associated with a mobile device are discussed. A method can include receiving a merchant identifier, sending an identification data, receiving a transaction, and processing a funds transfer. The receiving the merchant identifier is from a mobile device associated with a user registered with a central payment service. The identification data is associated with the user and the identification data includes multiple identifying data items. The transaction data details a transaction between the merchant and the user. The funds transfer is between the merchant and the user based on the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: J. Hastings Granbery, Max Metral
  • Publication number: 20210342810
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for transactions associated with a mobile device are discussed. A method can include receiving a merchant identifier, sending an identification data, receiving a transaction, and processing a funds transfer. The receiving the merchant identifier is from a mobile device associated with a user registered with a central payment service. The identification data is associated with the user and the identification data includes multiple identifying data items. The transaction data details a transaction between the merchant and the user. The funds transfer is between the merchant and the user based on the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: J. HASTINGS GRANBERY, MAX METRAL
  • Patent number: 11062295
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for transactions associated with a mobile device are discussed. A method can include receiving a merchant identifier, sending an identification data, receiving a transaction, and processing a funds transfer. The receiving the merchant identifier is from a mobile device associated with a user registered with a central payment service. The identification data is associated with the user and the identification data includes multiple identifying data items. The transaction data details a transaction between the merchant and the user. The funds transfer is between the merchant and the user based on the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: J. Hastings Granbery, Max Metral
  • Publication number: 20190080310
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for transactions associated with a mobile device are discussed. A method can include receiving a merchant identifier, sending an identification data, receiving a transaction, and processing a funds transfer. The receiving the merchant identifier is from a mobile device associated with a user registered with a central payment service. The identification data is associated with the user and the identification data includes multiple identifying data items. The transaction data details a transaction between the merchant and the user. The funds transfer is between the merchant and the user based on the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: J. Hastings Granbery, Max Metral
  • Patent number: 10074086
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for transactions associated with a mobile device are discussed. A method can include receiving a merchant identifier, sending an identification data, receiving a transaction, and processing a funds transfer. The receiving the merchant identifier is from a mobile device associated with a user registered with a central payment service. The identification data is associated with the user and the identification data includes multiple identifying data items. The transaction data details a transaction between the merchant and the user. The funds transfer is between the merchant and the user based on the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: J. Hastings Granbery, Max Metral
  • Patent number: 8645213
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for transactions associated with a mobile device. A method includes, in a merchant device linked to a server by a first network, sending a registration to the server, sending a transaction message to the server, receiving a unique identifier from the server in response to the transaction message, broadcasting the unique identifier, in response to the broadcasted unique identifier, receiving instructions in the server from a mobile application residing in a memory of a mobile device over a second network, processing a transaction in response to the instructions, and notifying the merchant device of the processed transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: eBay, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Hastings Granbery, Max Metral
  • Publication number: 20120130895
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for transactions associated with a mobile device are discussed. A method can include receiving a merchant identifier, sending an identification data, receiving a transaction, and processing a funds transfer. The receiving the merchant identifier is from a mobile device associated with a user registered with a central payment service. The identification data is associated with the user and the identification data includes multiple identifying data items. The transaction data details a transaction between the merchant and the user. The funds transfer is between the merchant and the user based on the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: J. Hastings Granbery, Max Metral
  • Publication number: 20110178883
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for transactions associated with a mobile device. A method includes, in a merchant device linked to a server by a first network, sending a registration to the server, sending a transaction message to the server, receiving a unique identifier from the server in response to the transaction message, broadcasting the unique identifier, in response to the broadcasted unique identifier, receiving instructions in the server from a mobile application residing in a memory of a mobile device over a second network, processing a transaction in response to the instructions, and notifying the merchant device of the processed transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: J. Hastings Granbery, Max Metral