Patents by Inventor Jeff Shaffer

Jeff Shaffer 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: 20110040608
    Abstract: Systems and methods encourage customer loyalty by providing an enhanced rewards program. A customer with an account with an account provider may receive a reward (e.g., cash back) for activity with respect to the account. To encourage loyalty, the customer may be asked whether they wish to save the reward, and the saved reward may be enhanced based at least in part on subsequent activity with respect to the account (e.g., maintaining the account in good standing for a predetermined time). The customer may be awarded the enhanced reward once the conditions of the subsequent activity have been satisfied. In one example embodiment, a customer may receive cash back as a reward for a purchase. As an incentive to remain with the financial institution, the customer may decline to redeem the cash back, and the cash back amount may increase by a multiple after a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Ruven Cohen, Michael Biafore, Jeff Shaffer, Patricia Asgeirsson, Edward Ebel