Patents by Inventor James Saltmar

James Saltmar 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: 11468466
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods directed to a social-financial platform. In certain embodiments, sponsor-members, consumer-members, and beneficiary members are part of a social-financial platform in which purchases made by consumer-members at merchant sponsor-members result in automatic rebates being paid to and allocated between the consumer member and one or more beneficiary-members. Also disclosed is a monolithic financial structure for carrying out rebate allocation automatically and instantaneously, and for transferring funds between users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: PayForward, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Marks, Armando Rand, James Saltmar, Armen Santourian, Ronnie Silos
  • Patent number: 11010732
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods directed to processing payments using an event-triggered distributed rules-based system (“DRBS”). In one embodiment, a system comprises a DRBS comprising a DRBS virtual holding account associated with the DRBS, a merchant virtual account associated with a merchant, the merchant being a member of the DRBS, and/or a consumer virtual account associated with a consumer. The system also comprises a database configured to manage virtual balance information for the plurality of virtual accounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: PayForward LLC
    Inventors: Armando Rand, James Saltmar, Armen Santourian, Ronnie Silos
  • Publication number: 20210027330
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods directed to a social-financial platform. In certain embodiments, sponsor-members, consumer-members, and beneficiary members are part of a social-financial platform in which purchases made by consumer-members at merchant sponsor-members result in automatic rebates being paid to and allocated between the consumer member and one or more beneficiary-members. Also disclosed is a monolithic financial structure for carrying out rebate allocation automatically and instantaneously, and for transferring funds between users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: PayForward, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Marks, Armando Rand, James Saltmar, Armen Santourian, Ronnie Silos
  • Patent number: 10679237
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods directed to a social-financial platform. In certain embodiments, sponsor-members, consumer-members, and beneficiary members are part of a social-financial platform in which purchases made by consumer-members at merchant sponsor-members result in automatic rebates being paid to and allocated between the consumer member and one or more beneficiary-members. Also disclosed is a monolithic financial structure for carrying out rebate allocation automatically and instantaneously, and for transferring funds between users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PayForward, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Marks, Armando Rand, James Saltmar, Armen Santourian, Ronnie Silos
  • Publication number: 20180018645
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods directed to processing payments using an event-triggered distributed rules-based system (“DRBS”). In one embodiment, a system comprises a DRBS comprising a DRBS virtual holding account associated with the DRBS, a merchant virtual account associated with a merchant, the merchant being a member of the DRBS, and/or a consumer virtual account associated with a consumer. The system also comprises a database configured to manage virtual balance information for the plurality of virtual accounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: PayForward LLC
    Inventors: Armando Rand, James Saltmar, Armen Santourian, Ronnie Silos
  • Publication number: 20150332306
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods directed to a social-financial platform. In certain embodiments, sponsor-members, consumer-members, and beneficiary members are part of a social-financial platform in which purchases made by consumer-members at merchant sponsor-members result in automatic rebates being paid to and allocated between the consumer member and one or more beneficiary-members. Also disclosed is a monolithic financial structure for carrying out rebate allocation automatically and instantaneously, and for transferring funds between users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: PayForward, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Marks, Armando Rand, James Saltmar, Armen Santourian, Ronnie Silos